Tooro

THE EXTENT OF KITARA EMPIRE UNDER OMUKAMA KABALEGA (Kabalega’s reign series part….1)

THE EXTENT OF KITARA EMPIRE UNDER OMUKAMA KABALEGA (Kabalega’s reign series part….1)

“…..Know the Colonies of Greater Kitara Empire and their subsequent Counties and how Kitara was reduced……..the ultimate ancient History of the Kitara Empire ”   Now let’s explore the extent of the territory of Kitara during the reign of Kabalega and before the British annexed some parts of it to the neighbors. It was in […]

Kabaka suspends kingdom constitution: Royals question his powers

 The king (Kabaka or omukama) of Tooro kingdom, Oyo Nyimba Iguru last week suspended the Kingdom constitution. The king says that he wanted to pave way for the constitutional amendment exercise. But the suspension of this 1999 constitution of Tooro Kingdom by Oyo Nyimba has divided his subjects and kingdom officials. Many of the kingdom […]

Divide and rule policy: Tooro kingdom split into two parts

  It seems the European colonialists who introduced the divide and rule policy in Uganda made a very bad mistake. The policy has been carried on in post independence Uganda to an extent that some people lose their lives as the political sadists implement the policy. The divide and rule policy has ‘killed’ the unity […]

Rwagweri’s second book: Tooro and her Peoples, Past, Present and future

PART 2 of Rwagweri Stephen talks about preserving African culture, writing books After university, I moved to Tooro region and started engaging in community development work. In the field we faced challenges on certain issues in the development programs we were implementing and we started researching on a number of development issues as they affect […]

Rwagweri Stephen talks about preserving African culture, writing books

PART 1 Stephen Rwagweri is a social worker, book writer, broadcaster and currently working on a very ambitious project to build a museum for the people of Rwenzori region. He is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Engabu Za Tooro or Tooro Youth Platform for Action ,a development organization, which operates in the Rwenzori […]