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Residents look on helplessly as the tombs burn. Photo by Katherine Haywood 

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Posted  Tuesday, March 16  2010 at  21:23

Kasubi Tombs, one of Uganda's historical monuments has gone up in flames, completely razing the building that houses the graves of four former kings of Buganda Kingdom.

The tombs, established in 1881 and declared a world heritage site by Unesco in 2001 started burning at about 8:30pm.

Hundreds of kingdom subjects have thronged the site, crying and screaming while others were seen prostrating in front of the embers.

The tombs are located about five kilometres from Kampala City in Kasubi, a Kampala suburb.

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  1. Submitted by batmusa
    Posted March 17, 2010 10:11 AM

    It's absurd that all this has happened at a time when our country is going through a "political crisis". It calls us to prayer for our nation as this is most likely to be the worst blow to the Buganda Kingdom in this regime that committed its self to protect the citizens and their property. History will recount this. Musa

  2. Submitted by seebwojo
    Posted March 17, 2010 03:35 AM

    i just request who ever reads this news after go to youtube and see a song Landlord by miyinja.sabasaja awangale tukusabila togwamu manyi.katonda wo ku nsozi ela ye katonda wo mikiko

  3. Submitted by 70667
    Posted March 17, 2010 03:14 AM

    What a sad day.

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