The Cultural leader of the Obusinga Bwa Rwenzururu in Kasese District Charles Wesley Mumbere has halted his 12th coronation anniversary celebrations that were due to take place on Tuesday.
Obusinga Bwa Rwenzururu had looked set to celebrate its first coronation anniversary in 5 years since the arrest of Mumbere when the Kingdom Prime Minister Joseph Kule Muranga announced last week that the cultural leader had called for coronation activities.
The prime minister then announced a week long activities that included tree planting and there was to be a dialogue on the coronation day presided over by a guest from the ministry of gender.
However, in a twist of events, Muranga has announced that the institution will not celebrate the coronation anniversary as guided by Mumbere.
Without divulging details Muranga said, the cultural leader and government had received “disturbing” information since the activities were announced last week and in his wisdom Mumbere requested the coronation celebrations to be cancelled.
However, Muranga said the tree planting activity will continue to be undertaken requesting the cultural institution subjects to use the coronation day to pray for the institution and its leadership.
Mumbere faces treason, terrorism and murder charges arising from the November 27, 2016 military attack on his palace which left over a hundred of his subjects dead and he granted bail but was restricted from entering his kingdom.
