Bugwere Kingdom to host 400 African leaders

Kampala. Bugwere Kingdom is set to host more than 400 cultural and religious leaders across Africa during the African cultural leaders’ summit.

At least 40 religious and cultural leaders from various parts of Africa have confirmed the attendance of the three-day event scheduled to take place between July 6 and 9, according to the organisers in Bugwerere Kingdom headquarters in Kaliro.

The countries expected to send delegates include; Swaziland, Ghana, Madagascar, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Botswana, Burundi among other local religious and traditions in Uganda.

Mr Eric Kasolo, the prime minister of Bugwere Kingdom, told Daily Monitor in a recent interview that the budget for the event is about Shs400m. It will facilitate the transportation, accommodation and feeding of all the delegates for the entire event.

The confirmation
“We have already written to most of the intended visitors. We are conducting fundraising drives ahead of the event. We also expect some funds from the government but we have not yet about how much it is,” Mr Kasolo said.

“The reason for the summit is to encourage economic empowerment within kingdoms through creating of a universal Sacco, which will help in fundraising,” he said.

“The cash collected will help to build structures and promote stable finances for the subjects within the kingdoms. The summit will also discuss the security and peace within the kingdoms. Most of the kingdoms are having internal issues and the summit will discuss the way forward in solving some of the conflicts,” Mr Kasolo added.

Mr Kasolo said this summit would be geared towards addressing some of these issues because they are universal.

A delegation led by Bishop John Chrysostom Oyabore, the leader of Bugwere Kingdom, spent the better part of last month in Ghana meeting some of the chiefs about the intended summit as well as creating rapport.
Mr Oyabore, who doubles as a Pentecostal church leader, said 10 of the chiefs they visited have confirmed attending the summit.

“I was welcomed in Ghana and we shall continue visiting the other countries that we have not yet written to. We want to see that other leaders can work together with the governments,” he said.
“We plan to use the summit to elect the leaders for an annual thing. We hope religious and cultural leaders in Africa have a key role to play in changing what is happening right now. We can make crucial decisions,” Mr Oyabore said.

The organisers expect at least 30,000 guests including well-wishers from within the kingdom and other neighbouring kingdoms such as Busoga, Buganda and Teso.

About Bugwere kingdom

Bugwere Royal Kingdom is a traditional and cultural institution of the Bagwere through which the Bagwere come together and derive their identity, cultural heritage, norms, values, hence promote “inclusive and shared prosperity.
According to its Constitution, which was adopted in May 2013 and amended in December 2015, Obwa Ikumbania bwa Bugwere translated as Bugwere Royal Kingdom is constitutional monarchy where the King (Ikumbania) is the crown. The Monarchy also has democratically elected Kingdom parliament (Isimoola) whose term of office is five years. The Kingdom was established in accordance with the Institution of Traditional or Cultural Leaders Act 2011 of Uganda.

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