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Two kings sign a royal communique agreement of peace
in Rwenzori region.
Kabarole: The two kings have signed a joint royal
communiqué touching the memorandum of protocol between and amongst the Obisinga
Bwa Rwenzururu and his delegation of the one side and the Obundigya Bwa Bamba
and his delegation and other part in the presence of the leaders from the
government team and its delegation to
re-establish peace, security and stability in the region.
Rwenzururu cultural
leader Omusinga Charles Wesley Mumbere and Lt.Col.Martin Kamya Omudingiya wa Bwamba
appended their signatures on the Royal
Communiqué at Mountain of the Moon Hotel in Fort Portal on Thursday in the presence of justice
James Ogola the Inter- Religious
council members and Vice chairman NRM for Eastern Uganda Miko Mukula.
Basing on the fact that the Rwenzori region has in
the recent past experienced a wave of tragic, traumatizing and regrettable events and development
characterized by insecurity and instability leading to the loss of lives and
destruction of property of citizens of the republic of Uganda.
In the royal communiqué observed that the two
kingdoms had a respective role and influence of both the Obusinga and obudigya
in providing positive leadership and guidance to their subjects and people
within the Rwenzori region specifically Uganda in general.
The royal communiqué tasked the two kingdoms to be
Mindful of the strategic need and resolve by all the concerned stakeholders
spare headed by the Obusinga Bwa Rwenzururu and the Obundigya Bwa Bamba under auspices of government of Uganda to permanently resolve the a above mentioned simmerian potential conflict
within the region through a thorough consultative process embodying
transparency and mutual respect.
In
the royal communiqué the kings agreed on four points and signed to insure that
peace is prevailed among the four points include:
1. To
work tireless and endless towards re-establishing peace, security and stability
in the region through promoting deliberate and strategic conflict resolution
mechanisms, including early warning signals so as to prevent possibility of reoccurrence
of situations that may again threaten peace and security in the region.
It has consequently
been agreed and resolved that a permanent working committee comprising relevant
stakeholders from the cultural institutions, government from the republic of
Uganda and eminent citizens of Uganda be setup for the purposes of coordinating
these efforts.
A road map beginning
with the calling for cessation of hostilities to calling of consultative and
coordination meetings of the two cultural institutions will be designed and
agreed upon and implemented to its logical conclusion.
2. To
promote inter cultural institutional dialogue and activities as a confidence
building mechanism between and amongst the above mentioned cultural
institutions within the region and for the government of the republic of Uganda
to continue proactively engaging the
said cultural institutions through process geared towards resolving and
addressing their specific concerns and need of the institutions in accodence
with article 246 of the constitution of the republic of Uganda.
It has been commonly agreed and resolved that
the two principles i.e the Obusinga Bwa Rwenzururu and the Obundigya Bwa Bamba
will hold join mobilization rallies in their respective territories of
jurisdiction with the purposeful message of peace, stability, and harmonious
co-existence. Government of the republic Uganda will be represented at these
joint mobilizations at the highest level of His excellence the president of
Uganda as the fountain of honor.
3. To
work together as a cultural institutions with stake holders in the region to
draw the clear dichotomy between national and local politics and the cultural
institutions and to specifically curtail their respective subjects and people
who are engaged in elective politics from evoking the cultural institution and
to lies with government of the republic of Uganda to “immunize” the cultural
institution from the body politics.
4. To
promote the principles of equity, justice and specifically respect for the rule
and institution of law within the region and to particularly discourage
impunity and such similar acts involving the people and subjects of the
respective cultural institution of extra-judicial activities.
After reading through
the four points the two kings signed the communique accepting to follow the
rules so that peace can be prevailed in the region.
The mediator Capt.
Micheal Mukula asked ever king to make a remark to the press where Omusinga
Mumbere Charles hailed the organizers for bring them together to share peaceful
words so that development can be achieved in the region.
“Whenever we think of
developing in my district such instability occur which has limited us from
developing” omusinga said.
He asked everyone to
support them so that peace and stability can be prevailed.
The Omundigya Martin
kamya in his simple remark said coming together is the beginning, staying
together is progress and remaining together is development.
The justice Jame Ogola
hailed the two kings describing them as one family which started the strangle
in the early 1950’s 60’s and 70’s with solders together fighting for peace but their minds now seem
to have diverted to get other things which is bad.
James said as elders
the documents signed act as depository which will be kept for years by the inter religious council which is moving forward towards achieving peace in the
region.
End.
