Museveni is right: Bunyoro entitled to justice
“Nationalists” and “constitutionalists” have criticised President Yoweri Museveni for injecting justice entitlement considerations over land conflicts and compounded historical injustices in Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom ( See Museveni’s original letter on land issues in Bunyoro, DM, 04 Aug 2009 ). The president’s critics evade the fundamental question of justice and historical injustice, by latching on the incidental, secondary claims of civic citizenship rights, rather than the compelling need for justice for Bunyoro Kitara (see Anger over Museveni tribal talk, DM, 02 Aug 2009 ; Bunyoro belongs to all Ugandans, DM editorial, 01 Aug 2009 ). Bunyoro Kitara, like Buganda Kingdom’s quest to repossess their “things,” deserves sympathies and serious considerations. But sympathies alone are not enough; we must provide the correct and just national solution to this problem. We agree with the president in his understanding of what the problems are. There are three grounds upon which Bunyoro deser...