Okusinziira ku Prof. Samwiri Lunyiigo, waliwo abazze bogera ebintu bingi ebitali bituufu ku Ssekabaka Basammula Ekkere Mwanga II nga bagendelera okwonoona erinnya lye ate n’okukweeka ebyonoono byebakola ku Buganda. Bino Lunyiigo, omukugu mu kubuliriiza ku byafaayo bya Buganda, yabyogera nga awa omusomo ku bulamu n’obukulembeze bwa Ssekabaka Mwanga II,awamu n’okusoomoozebwa kweyafuna.
Lunyiigo yakyasanguza nti abasajja nga Apollo Kaggwa, Stansilus Mugwanya, Zakaria Kisingiri, Ham Mukasa ne bannabwe abalala baalina omululu ogwabatuusa okulya mu Buganda ne Kabaka waabwe olukwe, nebeyambisa Abangereza okuwamba n’okunyaga Obuganda. Era nti, abasajja bebaamu bekobaana n’Abazungu okusiga pokopoko (propaganda) agamba nti Mwanga nti yali mutemu nnyo eyattanga era abasomi mu makanisa n’amakereziya olw’enzikiriza zaabwe. Lunyiigo yategeeza abali bamuwuliriza nti waliwo ebyasoba ennyo kubanga abantu abakyamu era abaasiga ensigo z’enkwe, obubbi, n’obukumpanya mu Mengo ate babbulwaamu enguudo ennene mu kibuga kya Buganda ekikulu, Kampala.
Omusomo gwa Lunyiigo gwetabwaamu abakungu ba Kabaka, omwaali Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga, Omumyuka wa Katikkiro Apollo Makubuya, Omuwolereza wa Mengo David Mpanga, ba minisita ba Buganda abenjawulo, abakiise mu Lukiiko lwa Buganda, abaami ba Masaza n’Abaganda bangi abalala.
Omusomo gwaaliwo di era lwaki?
Omusomo gwa Lunyiigo ku Mwanga gwaaliwo nga 13 July 2018, mu Hotel Africana, mu Kampala, Kyaddondo. Omusomo gwategekebwa wansi wenteekateeka y’okujaguza okujjukira emyaka 25 bukyanga Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II atuula ku Nnamulondo. Omukolo ogw’okunttikko gwabaddewo nga 31 July 2018 mu Lubiri e Mengo.
Bikulu ki Lunyiigo byeyayigiriza ku Ssekabaka Mwanga II?
- Ssekabaka Mwanga II yalya Obwakabaka mu 1884 nga wa myaka 18 gyokka egy’obukulu, n’olwekyo yasembeza nnyo abavubuka mu bukulembeeze bwe. Wabula yagenda okulya Namulondo ng’Abazungu bamaliridde okuwamba obwakabaka bwe, nga bayita mu kusasaanya eddiini engwiira n’okuzikozesa okwawula Abaganda.
- Abawereeza ba Mwanga abattibwa, kati abagambibwa nti bajulizi batukiriivu, kumpi bonna baali baana bato abalimbibwa abazungu nti ne bwebafa wano ku nsi bajja kugenda mu ggulu butereevu bassinkane Yesu eyali abalinze. Ebigambo n’ebisuubizo bya bazungu abaalina omubiri omweeru nga Yesu eyali mu bifananyi, byatengula emitima gy’abaana abato nebewaayo okugoberera Abazungu n’okuwagira enteekateeka z’abwe ez’okulwanyisa Kabaka.
- Mwanga teyayigganya basomi ba ddiini y’onna abataali bajeemu, kubanga abantu abaamuli ku lusegere nabo baali basomi mu diini. Eby’okulabirako mwe mwaali n’abadduumiizi be ggye lya Buganda nga Gabreal Kintu, Yona Wasswa, Sepiriya Mutagwanya, wamu ne Katikkiro we Luis Bakunga Kibanyi. Bano bonna bali basomi e Namirembe oba e Rubaga naye Mwanga teyabatta wabula ate yabesiga nnyo.
- Abaminsane (missionaries) bebawabya abaana abogerwaako ng’abajulizi abatukiriivu okujemeera Kabaka waabwe eyali alwanirira okukuuma Buganda ng’ensi eyetongodde. Amazima gali nti Mwanga yalagira abaweereza abagaala okusoma ediini basome ediini zonna zebagala naye bakikolere mu Lubiri mwokka. Yakikola nga yekengedde enjawukana ensomesa ya Bazungu zeyaali ereese mu bantu be. Abawereeza Abakatoliki bali batandise okweyita Abafalansa ate Abakulisitayo nga betuumye Abangereza, Mwanga yakilaba ng’obujulizi nti Abazungu baali bayita mu linnya lya Katonda okuwamba obuyinza n’okwabuluzaamu Buganda.
- Abamu ku bakungu ba Ssekabaka Mwanga abaali abavubuka nga ye, naddala Apollo Kaggwa, Stansilus Mugwanya, Zakariya Kisingiri ne Hamu Mukasa bakukuta n’Abazungu okusuula Kabaka waabwe era n’okusanyaawo Ennono ya Baganda. Era Apollo Kaggwa yeyannyonyola Abazungu era n’okubawa amagezi nti okufuna Kabaka atalemese nteekateeka zaabwe, kyali kibakatako okuwamba Mwanga bamutwaale mu buwawanguse ewala ennyo, Abaganda gyebatosobola kutuuka. Ate era, Apollo Kaggwa yeyalagira Anderea Luwandagga okukulembeera egye eryawamba Mwanga, naweebwaayo mu mikono gy’Abazungu okuwangangusibwa mu bizinga bye Ssesere (Seychelles) gyeyafiira. Olwo Kaggwa ne banne nebatuuza mutabani wa Mwanga eyali omuwere ku Namulondo nga Kabaka Cwa II era nebegabira omulimu gw’okubeera abakuza be.
- Okumulaga okusiima okungi olw’ebyo byeyabakolera mu kusanyaawo Ssekabaka Mwanga n’okuzza obuyinza bwa Kabaka mu mikono gyaabwe, amadiini amagwiira ne mikwano gyaabwe mu Mengo, Abangereza bawa Kaggwa ekitiibwa ekya “Sir”. Ate, nebamugattirako ne mailo (square miles) z’ettaka 100 awamu n’okumuwa obwa Katikkiro. [Stansilus Mugwanya naweebwa eky’Omulamuzi.]
- Amadiini amagwiira kyekintu ekisinze ennyo okwawulayawula n’okusabuluula Abaganda. Kubanga ne leero, Abaganda bangi bakulembeza nnyo eddiini okusinga eggwanga n’Obwakabaka mwebazaalibwa. Kwekugamba nti Buganda okusobola okuddamu okufuna obuyinza bweyetaaga, enjawukana ezesigamye ku madiini amagwiira zirina kumala kuggwa mu mirimu gy’obwakabaka emitongole.
Lunyiigo byeyasomesa yabijja wa?
Ebigambo Prof. Lunyiigo byeyayogera mu musomo gwe ebisinga yabyesigamya ku biri mu kitabo kyeyawandiika ekiyitibwa, Mwanga II Resistance to Imposition of British Colonial Rule in Buganda 1884-1899.
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