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Government to pay 30 Billion to Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom

Government to pay 30 Billion to Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom Government of Uganda has agreed to compensate the Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom with Shs30 billion for the eight square miles of land covering Kakumiro Town Council in Kakumiro District. While presiding over the victory celebrations of Kakumiro Mayor-elect Fred Mwesigwa, the Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja announced that the government will also allocate land titles to sitting tenants occupying the contested land. Kakumiro District forms part of the former Buyaga and Bugangaizi counties, which were officially returned to the Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom from Buganda Kingdom in 1964 following a referendum. Since then, many residents have reportedly lived on the land as squatters. Bugangaizi and Buyaga Counties are historic administrative areas in western Uganda, currently part of Kakumiro District within the Bunyoro sub-region. They are most notable for its role in the "Lost Counties" dispute between the Bunyoro and Buganda kingdoms. The "Lost Counties" refer to six counties—Buyaga, Bugangaizi, Buwekula, Singo, Bulemezi, and Bugerere—annexed from the Bunyoro Kingdom and given to the Buganda Kingdom by the British in the 1900 Agreement. Following a 1964 referendum, Buyaga and Bugangaizi returned to Bunyoro, while the others remained part of Buganda.In 1893–1894, British colonel Henry Colvile invaded the Kingdom of Bunyoro in an effort to secure and expand the nascent Uganda Protectorate, which initially included solely the Kingdom of Buganda. Colvile promised all lands south of the River Kafu to Buganda in return for their support, and following the conflict the relevant counties were duly transferred as promised, with the transfer recognised in the Buganda Agreement (1900). Despite deliberate attempts by the Buganda government to integrate the resident Banyoro, the return of the 'lost counties' was the subject of repeated appeals from the Bunyoro government to the British government. The potential for conflict between the two Kingdoms was therefore still a considerable cause for concern in the run up to independence amid considerable violence. In 1961 the Uganda Relationships Commission, under the leadership of the Earl of Munster, was tasked with looking into the issue. It proposed that a referendum should be held in three of the disputed counties: Buyaga and Bugangaizi (the two counties which retained the strongest cultural and ethnic ties to Bunyoro) and a third county of Bunyoro's choice. This would "put [Bunyoro's] claims to the test in a county where the figures appear to be against her so that Bunyoro would have no grievance in future based upon unqualified success in a strictly limited referendum".In the talks leading up to Ugandan Constitutional Conference of September and October 1961, neither Bunyoro nor Buganda looked favourably on such a proposition: Bunyoro favoured a referendum in all the lost counties and Buganda a referendum in none.[4] Bunyoro only agreed to participate in the Conference if the 'lost counties' issue was on the agenda; and when the British Colonial Secretary Ian Macleod suggested that the proposed referendum could not proceed given the lack of Bugandan support, and instead proposed the establishment of a further Commission of Privy Councillors, Bunyoro's delegates walked out. Result of the Referendum The referendum went ahead on 4 November 1964 as planned. The result went overwhelmingly in favour of returning the two counties to the Kingdom of Bunyoro. In Buyaga, 86% of voters favoured reunion with Bunyoro, as did 60% or 70% of voters in Bugangaizi. The Constitution of Uganda (Third Amendment) Bill was introduced to the Parliament of Uganda to give effect to the result, with the Kabaka again refusing to sign it in January 1965. Again, it had to be signed into law by Obote. The result was subject to further (unsuccessful) litigation. The loss of the two counties reduced the number of saza (county) chiefs by two, and hence restricted the availability of patronage opportunities in Buganda. It also reduced the tax base by 3–4%. The referendum result was met with considerable violence in Buganda. The administration in Buganda, led by Katikkiro Michael Kintu, lost a vote of no confidence and resigned on 9 November. #LostCounties #BunyoroSubRegion #BuyagaCounty #Kakumiro #KakumiroDistrict #BunyoroKingdom #Buyaga # Bugangaizi #BugandaKingdom #UgandaCatholicTelevision #uctvuganda #uctv #uctvupdates #uctvnewsupdates