Nnaabagereka Sylivia Nnagginda ng’ayigiriza abamu ku Basaakaate engeri y’okulukamu omukeeka.



Bya Terah Kaaya





EKISAAKAATE y’emu ku nkola Buganda mw’eyise okunyweza empisa, obuwangwa, obuntubulamu n’ennono mu baana baayo. Eky’omwaka guno, Nnaabagereka Sylivia Nagginda yakigguddewo ku ssomero lya Mbogo Mixed Secondary e Kawanda.



Ekisaakaate kitambulidde ku miramwa 11 gyonna nga gyekuusa ku kuzza abaana abakyali mu myaka emito ku biruubirirwa by’okukuza Obuganda.



Abaana abatuumiddwa Abasaakaate, 865 be bakyetabyemu nga kuliko n’abavudde wabweru w’eggwanga nga Kenya awaavudde Abasaakaate 12, South Africa 12, e Tanzania n’abalala 7 okuva e Bungereza.



Omugunjuzi omukulu, Anatole Kiriggwajjo agamba, abantu bangi okuva mu mawanga amalala beegomba empisa, ennono n’obuntubulamu bw’Abaganda era eno y’ensonga lwaki nabo baa-leese abaana baabwe bayigirizibwe ku bintu ng’ebyo.



Kirigwajjo yategeezezza nti ku baana bano, 140 bokka be balenzi. Annyonnyola nti abaana baabayise basaakaate nga baagala okukomyawo omutima gwa Buganda n’enjogera eyabeeranga mu bisakaate.



Abasaakaate baategekeddwa mu bibinja bisatu okusinziira ku myaka gyabwe. ekisooka kirimu ba myaka 9 okutuuka ku 12 nga bano bali 192, ab’e 13 -15 nga bali 208 ng’abasigadde bali wakati w’emyaka 16 -18.

Ebisomesebwa mulimu:



1. Obunnamuntu: Lino ssomo erisomesebwa Abasaakaate okutandika n’okunyweza okwetegeera, okwekkiririzaamu wamu n’okwekuuma nga ba kitiibwa.



2. Entondwa: lino ssomo abaana lye bayigirizibwa okwetegeera ekikula kyabwe nti balenzi oba bawala ate basobole okwekkiririzaamu.



3. Obwakabaka: Mu lino, Abasaakaate bakubirizibwa okwagala Obwakabaka bwabwe, okubutegeera obulungi, okubayamba okusibusa mu bo obuvunaanyizibwa, obukulembeze obwegombesa n’okwettanira empisa ez’obuntubulamu.



4. Obukulembeze: Muno abaana bayigirizibwa obukulembeze era nga bategekebwa mu masaza buli omu n’amanya essaza ly’avaamu, omukulu waalyo na ki ky’alina okukola ng’Omuganda mu bukulembeze.



5. Obuvunaanyizibwa: Abaganda balina okubeera ab’obuvunaanyizibwa, era nnyingo nkulu okunyweza obuganda mu mirimu n’ebifo eby’enjawulo.



6. Obukozi n’obutetenkanya: Abasaakaate basomesebwa n’okunywezebwamu obusobozi bw’okuvumbula n’okugaggawala mu ngeri eyeegombesa.



7. Obwebulungulule: Mu ssomo lino Abasaakaate basomesebwa n’okunyweza obusobozi bw’okukuuma n’okutaasa Obwebulungulule (obutonde bw’ensi), okwagala ennyo ettaka n’okulikuuma.



8. Obutebenkevu: Mu ssomo lino bayiga okukuuma Obwakabaka bwabwe nga buli ggulugulu.



9. Endya, ensula, obulamu bw’omubiri n’ebitone: Lino essomo likoleddwa okusomesa mu baana okwettanira okukuuma n’okulabirira emibiri gyabwe nga miramu era nga gyesobola.



10. Obukkiririza mu Katonda n’obulamuzi obw’obwenkanya: lino mulimu okusomesa n’okunywereza mu baana obukkiriza mu Katonda n’okulamula mu bwenkanya. Muno Abasaakaate bakubirizibwa okumanya nti waggulu wa buli kintu eriyo Katonda, era nti mu bye bakola walina okubaawo obwenkanya nga balamula.



11. Olulimi oluganda: Kino kissiddwaako nnyo essira Abasaakaate bamanye engeri gye balina okulweyambisamu obulungi ate n’okulwagala okusinga endala zonna.



Bayigirizibwa n’okukola ebintu ebyemikono omuli okuluka ebibbo, ebitambaala n’ebirala. Kino kikulu naddala mu baana abawala kuba be babeezaawo amaka amayonjo ng’ebikozesebwa be babyerukira. Bayigirizibwa n’enfumba eng’anda naddala ku mmere ey’amatooke, okuwaata, okusiba n’okufumba okutuuka ng’etuuse okujjula.



Abalenzi bayigiriziddwa obuvunaanyizibwa bw’omusajja Omuganda ng’okukolerera amaka.



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tuyina okubikuma--kubanga kye kyawula omuganda ku musoga,omunyakole,omcholi,omunyolo-nabalala.

Kabaka akwasizza Katikkiro Ddamula





Walusimbi (wakati mu ggandulula) ng’atambula ayanguwa n’abawagizi be okutwala Ddamula mu Butikkiro.



Bya Robert Masengere



EBIGAMBO bya Kabaka byayaniriziddwa emizira n’okubwatuka kw’engalo bwe yabadde akwasa Katikkiro J.B. Walusimbi Ddamula ku mukolo ogw’ekitiibwa mu maaso ga wankaaki w’olubiri e Mmengo.



“Walusimbi nkukwasa Ddamula ono okulembere bulungi Obuganda,” Kabaka bwe yategeezezza ku mukolo ogwamaze eddakiika ttaano zokka. Mujaguzo zaakubiddwa wakati mu kutyabula amazina n’okujaganya okuva mu bantu abangi abaabaddewo abaakulembeddwa abekika kya Walusimbi eky’Effumbe.



Walusimbi eyabadde anekedde mu gganduula eya bbulu olwamukwasizza Ddamula n’ayolekera Butikkiro ng’atambula ayanguwa (kino kikolebwa olw’okutya okugimusikako). Butikkiro ge maka ga Katikkiro amatongole era bwe yagiyingidde n’alagira basale ente gye yagabudde. Ddamula muggo ogw’obuyinza Kabaka gwakwasa Katikkiro we okumulamulirako Obuganda.



Omukolo gwabaddeko Abalangira, abaaliiko Bakatikkiro Mulwanyammuli Ssemwo-gerere, Dan Muliika ne Mayanja Nkangi n’abakungu ba Kabaka abenjawulo, Sipiika wa palamenti Edward Ssekandi ne ssentebe wa muvumenti Moses Kigongo, Ssebaana Kizito ne Paul Kawanga Ssemwogerere.



Kyokka abamu baabadde beesunga Kabaka okwogera gye bali naddala ku by’ettaka. Wabula Ssaabasajja bwe yakwasizza Katikkiro Ddamula n’addayo munda mu lubiri n’abantu be ne bamugoberera. Yatuddeko mu weema eyamuzimbiddwa mu maaso ga Twekobe wabula yamazeeyo akaseera katono n’awuubira ku bantu n’agenda.



Oluvannyuma Omutaka Walusimbi yategekedde Katikkiro ekijjulo ku KK Beach e Gaba.





Published on: Monday, 21st January, 2008





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Learning all about good grooming and manners



STELLA NAKAKANDE



See, learn and practice" was the theme of the 2008 Kisakate organised by the Nabagereka of Buganda Sylvia Nagginda Luswata.

Kisakate is basically an event where children board in a school away from home and are equipped with the most basic and sophisticated of skills all in one go.



In Luganda, Kisakate is a word derived to mean an enclosure.

It dates as far as the ancient kings of Buganda. In the traditional setting, the Kabaka had chiefs who made it a point to fence their homesteads with long reeds. Within these homesteads, their children as well as those of their colleagues were groomed in cultural ideals. It is from this lot that the next Kabaka would choose another generation of chiefs, palace officials or even wives.



So for whoever wished their child groomed, even those in lower castes, the Kisakate (sometimes as per Buganda's counties) was always the option.

This time round, the grooming was done by tutors from university lecturers to ordinary women and men. It was moving to note that some of these actually boarded in the school together with the children.



Sunday 20th was when throngs of parents and onlookers flooded Mbogo Mixed Secondary School at Kawanda for the closure of the two week training camp.



Kisakate, where culture prevails, could be a theme to define the event, although it will only serve as an understatement.



The intake of participants tripled from 282 in 2007 to over 700 this year. Tribe was no issue. It was therefore no wonder that Ankole's Boaz Byaruhanga emerged as one of the best. And at the event, every one was a victor as each participant walked home with a certificate.



Jane Nayiga, a student of Lubiri S.S. carried home a 24-inch television courtesy of Samona for excelling among others. One would have thought that it is strictly a Baganda affair. That was just a misconception though. Essentially, it is not only the descendants of Kintu who require grooming in the best of manners, even those from Mundu and Sera, Iguru, Kairu and Kakama among others were involved. In the end, we are all Ugandans, aren't we?



It also cut across borders. There were children from Tanzania, and Congo.

The social status was also nothing to deter any one from participating, neither was physical disability. It was training for all youngsters from the age of 9 -18 at a cost of Shs102, 000 per head.



There were rather teary moments as well especially when physically handicapped Jeruminah Nabagala who came riding on a wheelchair donated by the sponsors of the event received a certificate engraved with her name and a loving hug from the Nabagereka, "our mother", as she was referred to during the event.



For Nabagala, the event was the first time she had gone out to watch the sun and actually discover that there is a blue sky and a world outside her charity home.



The emotional moments aside, the camp was all about learning in every way. The children did lots of arts and crafts like weaving mats and baskets, as well as knitting table cloths. This was aimed at improving their creative skills and opening their business eyes to all kinds of opportunities.



"We want these children to export these skills, we want them to learn and manifest what prevailed in the event," Mr. Aloysius Matovu Joy, one of the organisers said.



Business was however not all there was. Domestic skills were part of the package too. Children male or female were equipped with skills to help them manage homes and well be useful all the same. They were taught to peel and tie up food in the most sophisticated of ways with the acclaimed banana leaves. They were even taught how to watch the water in the food, clean the house and lay their beds.



In came the ssenga and kojja skills, advice the parents would rather skip. There were people to let the children in on this. And this for the children was enrichment.



Counselling was an addition to the package with children being educated on HIV/Aids and how best to protect themselves. Karate skills were taught and the struggle against Cross Generational Sex was enhanced.



The Kisakate was supported by Centenary Bank, Samona, Shoprite, Maganjo Grain Millers, Kinyara Sugar Works, Lweza Clays, Unilever, Britannia, Coca-Cola Company and Radio One among others.



A beautiful event, if I were to be asked, enriched with language, customs and tradition. So when the call is up for the aged like me, I guess kisakate will be the way to go.

Bannange wano Museveni watuuse agenda. Kubanga tulabye abakulembeze bangi aba vvoola abakade be ddiini naye okumaliriza nga bagudde kya bugazi. Simanyi oba Museveni agudde ddalu oba yerabidde byonna ebyaggwa ku banne be yaddira mu bigere. Wuuyo alwana n'abaganda, kati ate alumbye ba na ddiini. Nze ndowooza kati luno lwe lugendo lwe. Ate akimanyi kuba engeri gye yagambyemu nti naye yetegese buli ekijja kyona akirinze!!!!!

Mpozzi nze kyemmanyi mu bulamu kiri nti, mu kulinda temuli buvumu bwonna. Mpozzi mu kusaba nokwesiga Omutonzi wo, nga bwewetegeka. Naye mu kulinda obulinzi? Kubanga bwotolinde, ekinajja lwekitajje? Bwekiba nga kino kyogerebwa lwa kutiisa tiisa, nze ndowooza abantu bwobakuba ennyo ku nsolobotto, nebaaba nga tebakyalaba kyebafiirwa, nga buli kimu okibasuzizza, nga obatadde mu kubeera desperate, ebyokutiisa bibeera tebikyaakola. Ba M7 nebanne bebalina emirimu gyonna, ssente zonna, bebajajjabiwa obulungi, bebalya obulungi, bebasula obulungi, bebalina byonna. Bebalina byebafiirwa ebingi mu deal eno yonna, nolweekyo aleke okulimba bebalina okutya. Ago mateeka ga Universe. Ayagala gateeke ne ku nsolo ojja kulaba nga gegamu gegakola. Nekimera kyemenya kituuke ku kitangaala. Naye bwaba nga ddala ayogera mazima, nga kyonna Mukama kyanamuleetera akirinze, ekyo kirungi ddala. Ffenna abakkiriza tuddamu nti Allelujah. Kubanga ababadde bategeka East African Confederation ate kati aba na Kenya bagobye banna Uganda ewaabwe, ekyo nakyo yabadde akirinze? Nga Confederation ategese kugikolera wakati mu muliro? Time will tell. Naye bbyo ebyokutiisa tiisa abiveeko, awulirize eddobozi lyabantu, kubanga lyeddobozi lya Mukama. Obudde tebunnayita nnyo, akyayinza oku saving-a abantu be okuva ku busungu bwa Katonda nga alwaniririra Baganda be.