Mayiga breaks silence on alleged issues with Nnaabagereka, Kabaka's health

Rumours about the prime minister and the queen having unsettled issues swirled after he didn't turn up for her book launch.

The Nnaabagereka of Buganda Queen Sylvia Nagginda Luswata, the eponymously-named book, was launched on March 23 at the Sheraton Hotel in Kampala.

The Katikkiro said he didn't attend because he was on leave.

He also noted that he wouldn't have written the book's foreword if they weren't on good terms.

"It is wrong to assume that I have issues with the Nnabagereka of Buganda. I was absent from her book launch because I was away on leave," Mayiga said, according to Daily Monitor. 

"For those who read the book will realize that I wrote the foreword. I support Maama Nnabagereka and I have always supported her projects including the Kisakaate."

Noah Kiyimba, the Buganda Kingdom spokesperson and information minister, had earlier also said that the prime minister was on leave.

The book, which revealed some details about Nagginda and Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi most people didn't know about, was ghost-written by Dr. Dennis Sempebwa.

Dr. Sempebwa, who is a professional author, is the founder of Eagle’s Wings Press, which published the book. 

The memoir also made it to the top-seller list on Amazon.

Peter Mayiga, who is marking 10 years as Buganda Kingdom's prime minister, also urged people to stop asking him to discuss Kabaka’s health in public.

"I'm not a doctor and I am not the person treating the Kabaka but what I can assure you is that whenever the Kabaka falls sick, he gets treated by the best physicians,” he said, according to Daily Monitor. “Health is an issue to do with privacy and at no time will I be in position to discuss Kabakas' health."

The Kabaka has recently made public appearances.