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At the meeting which took place at State House Entebbe, the President together with Nagginda and her delegation discussed ways to harness culture for peace and development (reviving Obuntubulamu).
President Museveni urged the delegation to “audit culture and promote positive traditions and practices.”
“For example, can we discipline children without killing their inquisitiveness and initiative?” noted the president
Through her non-profit, the Nnabagereka Development Foundation, Nagginda has for the past 23 years been running the “Ekisakaate Kya Nabagereka” program which has been instrumental in raising young people properly grounded their culture and traditions.
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The program emphasizes “obuntubulamu” which entails teaching children and youths traits such as having a sense of shame, morality, honesty, empathy, civil engagement, self-reliance, responsibility, transparency, humility, cleanliness, and proactive leadership.
Yesterday’s meeting with the President, however, comes amidst a yet-to-be-resolved standoff between the State House and Buganda Kingdom.
The Kingdom recently expressed displeasure with the State House for holding meetings with its elders (Abataka).
Last month Buganda Prime Minister Charles Peter Mayiga revealed that Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II did not greenlight a meeting between a section of Abataka with the President.
The disgruntled Kingdom elders met with the President in March and in August this year.
These were taken to the President by the Minister for ICT, Hon Joyce Ssebuggwawo Nabbosa.
During the meeting, Minister Ssebuggwawo told the President that the elders were “unhappy about the way they were being treated.”
Mayiga expressed displeasure at State House for “skipping procedure” by inviting the Kingdom officials behind the Kingdom’s back.
If the President wanted to help them, he said, he should have followed the right process by requesting the meeting through the King.