Buganda Kingdom Deceased Chief To Be Buried In 100 Bark Clothes , Not In A Coffin – Secrets Emerge On Why It’s Taking Long To Bury Him

On Tuesday morning, the Katikkiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga, convened with a segment of the executive members of the Buganda Kingdom clan heads council (Olukiiko lw’abataka), led by Ssalongo Augustine Kizito Mutumba, the speaker of the Council, at Bulange Mengo, the headquarters of the Buganda Kingdom.

The purpose of the meeting was to address specific issues concerning the council, particularly the funeral arrangements for Omutaka Daniel Bbosa Lwomwa, the clan head of the Endiga (Sheep) clan, who was assassinated by gunmen near his residence in Lungujja, Lubaga Division, a suburb of Kampala.

Israel Kazibwe Kitooke, the Kingdom’s Information and Mobilization minister, revealed that the Kingdom intends to oversee Bbosa’s burial arrangements. Owekitiibwa Anthony Wamala, the Culture, Palace, and Security minister in the Kingdom, is collaborating with the deceased’s family and the clan heads council to ensure a dignified send-off.

However, sources within the clan heads council disclosed that during the initial meeting to plan the burial, a significant disagreement arose between the family and other committee members, predominantly clan premiers (bakatikkiro b’ebika) representing their clan heads.

The contention emerged when the widow, Gladys Bbosa, and the deceased’s son, Bruce Bbosa, insisted on a Christian burial for the late, citing his staunch adherence to the born-again faith. The family desired for the late Bbosa to be interred in a suit, placed in a casket, and laid to rest in a conventional grave.

Conversely, some clan premiers objected to the proposal, advocating for a traditional Kiganda burial style, which involves wrapping the body in over 100 back clothes and interring it in a 15×15 feet grave without a casket.

A committee member informed the family representative that during the burial of Minge Kasujja, the clan head of the Engeye clan, Sheikh Nuhu Muzaata Batte insisted on a Muslim burial for Kasujja, despite objections from clan premiers.

Eventually, Prince Kassim Nakibinge Kakungulu intervened, and Kasujja was buried in the Kiganda style.Bbosa’s widow received assurance that her wish to be buried next to her husband would be honored, despite his burial at the deceased’s ancestral home in Mpigi district, where his parents are also buried.

The burial of Bbosa is scheduled for next week, pending the ongoing process of selecting his successor. Initially, the clan royal chair (Ssemusota) will be appointed to oversee the succession process.

Once the successor is chosen, Mayiga will present him to Kabaka Mutebi for confirmation or rejection, after which the burial will take place.At the time of his passing, the Buganda Kingdom cultural Court (kkooti ya kisekwa) had declared Bbosa’s occupancy of the Endiga clan head position illegal.

However, Bbosa had appealed the judgment to Kabaka Mutebi, whose decision was pending.