traditional kingdoms of Uganda

Bunyoro kingdom’s Omukama Iguru still hoping on compensation from Britain for war crimes during colonialism

The king of the mid-western Uganda Bunyoro-Kitara kingdom, Omukama Solomon Gafabusa Iguru has hinted that his kingdom is still awaiting compensation and an apology from the British government over war crimes he alleges the British Crown committed in Bunyoro. Iguru told his Kingdom’s Parliament on Saturday that as individuals and companies led by UK’s Tullow […]

Bunyoro Kingdom’s compensation demands from Britain

“Great Britain has an international legal obligation to pay compensation to the Omukama and the royal household of Bunyoro-Kitara as it is provided for in the Protocol 1 under Article 91 for the following goods and assets requisitioned, pillaged and destroyed by British troops. The computation covers the period since effective hostilities ended in 1899,” […]