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The President of ICOB Uganda Chapter, Grace Mugabirwe Mutebile made the comments while speaking at the opening of the two-day Banyakigezi annual convention at National Teacher's College Kabale in Kabale Town.
She listed the positions that were once held by their members but have had replacements from other parts of the country.
They include: former Prime Ministers Amama Mbabazi and Ruhakana Rugunda, former Finance Minister Ezra Suruma, former Inspector General of Government Kale Kayihura and former Agriculture Minister Hope Mwesigye.
According to Mugabirwe, they have been sidelined and forgotten by the regime.
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"While we support the NRM government and its leadership, we must be given due consideration when it comes to appointments in influential positions.
We appeal to President Museveni to remember the Banyakigezi," she said.
ICOB Uganda chapter is a non-partisan, non-profit making organisation that was established in the early 2000s to promote the cultural, social and economic development of Banyakigezi in Uganda and in the Diaspora.
Mugabirwe also disbanded allegations that the organisation is partisan, serving interests of opposition in Uganda. She said that criticising the government does not mean enmity.
“As ICOB Uganda chapter, we support the NRM government and its leadership because it has given us an opportunity to serve our people.
But we do not belong to any opposition political party although some elders in the country associate all of us with the opposition leaders, just because some few members of our organisation write articles in the media that are critical of the NRM government,” Mugabirwe said.
Also present at the event was State Minister for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives David Bahati, representing former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi as the chief guest at the opening.
He applauded the community for its distinguished character but called for patriotism for prosperity.
"The people of Kigezi are a great resource characterised by hard work, speaking the truth, being honest and openness, among other unique characteristics that distinguish the Banyakigezi both in Kigezi and in the Diaspora from the rest of Ugandan citizens. I appeal for unity because it leads to development," Bahati said.