Heavy Deployment at the entrance

There is heavy deployment of the Anti-riot police and the Uganda Peoples Defense forces soldiers at the Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom premises in Hoima district. 

The Anti-riot police and the UPDF deployment is visible at the Kingdom headquarters, at the entrance of the Omukama’s palace and inside the palace.

Julius Hakiza, the Albertine region police spokesperson has confirmed the deployment of the officers saying they received intelligence-led information that some people opposed to the leadership of Andrew Kirungi Byakutaga, the Prime minister of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom were planning to go and cause commotion at the Kingdom headquarters on Monday afternoon.

He says the deployment is aimed at protecting the King, his workers, property and to restore peace within the Kingdom. 

Andrew Byakutaga, the embattled Kingdom prime minister explained that they sought  heavy deployment from the police after receiving a number of threats from some people, saying they can not take such a situation lightly.  

The Bunyoro Kitara prime minister is under fire from the Babiito clan members who are the ruling clan of the Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom.

On Sunday, the Babiito clan members through the Okwiri Fred Mugenyi Ruchunya ordered Byakutaga to immediately vacate office.  

According to a January 30th, 2022 letter seen by Galaxy fm news desk, the ruling clan members in their meeting chaired by Okwiri Fred Mugenyi Ruchunya at Karuziika palace in Hoima City on January 29th, 2022 resolved to suspend Byakutaga from running the Kingdom affairs until further notice.

Heavy Deployment at the entrance

In the same letter, the Babiito clan members have also suspended Owek. Edgar Agaba, the Attorney General of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom, Owek. Robert Owagonza, the minister for finance and planning. 

In the letter, the Babiito clan members accuse Byakutaga of lack of transparency and accountability for the Bunyoro Kitara kingdom resources pointing out the fraudulent and dubious cash withdraws and expenditures without the approval of the Kingdom finance committee.