{"id":51773,"date":"2024-10-29T17:08:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T17:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/banyarwanda-in-uganda-petition-president-museveni-reject-bavandimwe-identity\/"},"modified":"2024-10-31T15:14:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T15:14:33","slug":"banyarwanda-in-uganda-petition-president-museveni-reject-bavandimwe-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/banyarwanda-in-uganda-petition-president-museveni-reject-bavandimwe-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Banyarwanda in Uganda petition President Museveni, reject Bavandimwe identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe are Banyarwanda not Bavandimwe as being mooted by Mr. Frank Gashumba and some State Agents. We have suspended him (Gashumba) from our affairs and also petitioned the president over this matter,\u201d Simon Kaiyitana Chairman-Umubano Task Force &#038; Member of Buganda Lukiiko told the press on October 29, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed that Gashumba has been suspended with immediate effect and requested to stop peddling his personal interests using Abavandimwe disguising as Banyarwanda.<\/p>\n<p>According to plan, there are scheduled meetings between Banyarwanda community and the leaderships of all Kingdoms and cultural institutions in the country during the ongoing countrywide consultations expected to end on December 01, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The cultural institutions to be consulted include Buganda Kingdom, Tooro Kingdom, Bunyoro Kingdom, Busoga Kingdom, Rwenzururu Kingdom, Rwoti Cultural Institution and others to solicit views and support for a proposed amendment bill regarding right to citizenship, identification and certification of Ugandans.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-76480 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/pic_1-54.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Kayitana also said that his group will meet the European Union Representative in Uganda, the British and United Nations and United States Ambassadors, and other members of the donor community over the same matter.<\/p>\n<p>Hon. Dr. Fred Mukasa Mbidde, the Legal Advisor to UMUBANO Task Force said that the Uganda Government and President of the Republic of Uganda has been put to notice that over six million Kinyarwanda-speaking people in Uganda are now stateless because of the wrongful constitutional provision under Article 10.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the proposed law seeks an amendment of the first section of the article to delete and replace the year 1926 with 1962 as well as introduce the \u201cJus soli\u201d principle of international Law on citizenship by birth for all persons born in Uganda while maintaining the Jus Snguinis principle already applied under the law.<\/p>\n<p>Other amendments include introduction of freedom of access to citizenship rights through proper management, certification, identification, recognition and equal opportunities for both roving and borderline ethnic groups as well as amendment of the immigration law \u201cmutatis mutandis\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-76479 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/pic_4-33.jpg\" alt=\"Banyarwanda have on several occasions conducted campaigns to advocate for their rights in Uganda. \" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Mbidde highlighted that the above process has been reduced into a fully-fledged memorandum that shall be handed over to Government for ultimate consideration.<\/p>\n<p>After engaging all Banyarwanda across the country, the task formed will hold a major public hearing at Kololo Independence Grounds on the final day of the consultations.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-76477 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/pic_2-47.jpg\" alt=\"Kinyarwanda-speaking people in Uganda are now stateless because of the wrongful constitutional provision under Article 10.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-76478 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/pic_3-43.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Uganda Banyarwanda Development Cultural Association (UMUBANO) has reject the identity of Bavandimwe, saying that they shall never change their identity and have petitioned President Yoweri Museveni to listen to their concerns as Banyarwanda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":2000076476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[3135],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-51773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-sam-k-nkurunziza-2"],"bylines":[{"id":3135,"name":"Sam K Nkurunziza","slug":"sam-k-nkurunziza-2","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default 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