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Bugwere to review law before picking new leader
Sunday April 25 2021
Mr Joshua Musimami, one of the contestant for the Bagwere Cultural Institution, addresses residents in Kasodo Sub-county, Pallisa District last week. PHOTO | MUDANGHA KOLYANGHA
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The Elders’ Council of the Bugwere Cultural Institution have set up a constitutional review committee ahead of the forthcoming election of a new cultural leader.
The 14-member committee will, among others, scrutinise and propose amendments to some articles in the constitution that are deemed obsolete and unfavourable.
The resolution was reached at during a meeting attended by clan leaders, political leaders, security officials, and officials from Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social development and chaired by the Kibuku Resident District Commissioner, Ms Mwanamoiza Kikomeko in Kibuku on Wednesday.
Bagwere cultural leader Weyabire dies from Covid-19
Monday February 08 2021
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The cultural leader who was born in 1957 in Kenkebu sub-county,present –day Kibuku district, had been battling the pandemic for close to a week.
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The Bagwere community from the four districts of Pallisa, Butebo, Budaka and Kibuku, are in total shock and grief following the sudden death of their cultural Leader (Ikumbania), his highness, Dr John Chrystom Weyabire.
“It has been confirmed that the cultural leader succumbed to Covid-19,” Budaka District Health Officer (DHO), Dr Elisa Mulwani remarked.
The Ikumbania (Weyabire) passed on at Entebbe Hospital yesterday evening.
The cultural leader who was born in 1957 in Kenkebu sub-county,present –day Kibuku district, had been battling the pandemic for close to a week.