Summary
· No need of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom positions for Prime Minister, ministers, sectoral committee chairpersons and MPs since they don’t deliver services to cause development and unite people
· Bunyoro has never discussed the oil refinery and Kabaleega Industrial Park
· Need for a regional tier for the kingdom to engage central government
· Oil and gas and related infrastructure should have been key in debate for sustainable development in Bunyoro
· Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom Prime Minister, Mr Andrew Byakutaaga’s title does not add up to the meaning since the monarchy does not have any single cabinet minister like it used to prior to the Omukama’s (King) reported ailing state when he was the appointing and disappointing authority.
The Former Member of Parliament for Buliisa County in Buliisa District, Mr Stephen Biraahwa Mukitale Adyeri, has said that he is not bothered by a lack of cabinet ministers in the current Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom (BKK) administration.
In a one-to-one interview with Kazi-njema Radio Unit, he said that the question is only about what they achieved when they were still in service vis-à-vis the most salient issues of Bunyoro.
“Whether the BKK Prime Minister is serving alone or not, it is not an issue to take my time. As I have been saying, we need to sit as the people of Bunyoro who are highly threatened by land grabs and selfish politics where our own people are being used against us,” he said.
Mr Mukitale cited debating the formation of the regional tier government, educating children in skills and evaluating the benefits and shortfalls of the oil projects in the midst of the Banyoro as some of the issues that need attention.
“Unfortunately I have seen neither the kingdom nor Members of Parliament assertively raise these issues,” he added.
Mr Mukitale who is currently a member of the National Planning Authority, said that it was high time the leaders and all the people of Bunyoro united for crucial issues or else they waited for doom.
“There are five key issues: mounting pressure to form a regional tier government, education for skills, land management, looking at issues killing the fishing and agriculture sectors for example and looking back at what they have gained and lost as a result of the oil sector development vis-à-vis their initial expectations,” he said.
Mr Mukitale does not believe the Prime Minister and the ministers can make an impact without working in solidarity with Members of Parliament and local leaders.
According to him, hot debates are also needed around Kabaleega International Airport which has seen no airplane land as well as how her oil related infrastructures have impacted people’s lives and the economy.
The regional tier government would allow the people of Bunyoro to pay attention to their issues and find solutions in solidarity without relying on the central government, according to his opinion.
“Think about how camps were established to accommodate thousands,” Mr Mukitale said, downplaying his expectations for Bunyoro to expand through the hospitality industry.
He regretted the health state of the Royal Highness Omukama Dr Solomon Gafaabusa Iguru I, challenging the Royal Commission and other stakeholders to think beyond the leadership structure if Bunyoro is to revive its glory free from ideologies of secession and infights.
Mr Mukitale’s comment followed continued debate about the ability of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom Prime Minister, Mr Andrew Kirungi Byakutaaga, singularly serving without cabinet ministers.
Mr Byakutaaga has created a rare experience of holding a title of Prime Minister without ministers for more than a year, the title which is not commensurate with its meaning.
Cultural institutions did not restore that command they had before colonial invasion and even a sense of breath they had before abolition by President Milton Obote in 1967.
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) government restored them in 1993.
