Thursday, August 22, 2019

Tooro Kingdom: The last two weeks in King Oyo's schedule

Because I am quite late on many posts, I will be compiling the last few days in the schedule of His Majesty Rukirabasaija Rukidi VI of Tooro Kingdom.

On August 11th, His Majesty received the Kingdom's Amagatwa(government) both old and newly appointed members at the royal palace in Fort Portal. His Majesty was accompanied by his mother Her Royal Highness Queen Mother Best Kemigisa.

In a tweet, He asked the new cabinet to deliver on our key focus areas of health, education, environment and tourism. He also remarked how he reduce the government from 33 to 17 members.

On August 12th, He attended a farewell ceremony of the outgoing ArchBishop, His Eminence Stanley Ntagali will be retiring next year in March. His Majesty thanked His Eminence for his service and spiritual guidance to Ugandans during his term and wished him a happy retirement.

On August 14th, His Majesty traveled to Burahya County in Kabarole district, to meet with his subjects at Bukuku town council headquarters. During his visit, he asked the resident to stop engaging in massive tree cutting and that he had launched a campaign to plant 10 million trees in all parts of the kingdom within five years.

On August 16th, He was in Kibale, where he met with the citizens leaving there. During his visit, he applauded the residents of Rwamwanja, Nkoma for the Unity and cooperation between them with the refugees settled in the area. He also encouraged them to protect themselves against HIV, and plant trees to conserve the environment.

On August 18th, he visited Kitagwenda County, where he met with his subjects there. During his visit he applauded the residents and encouraged them for their Agricultural initiatives in Mahyooro. I urged them to plant trees and promote the agro-Tourism potential the area has.

On August 22nd, He visited The Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial development(Pibid) center in Bushenyi district where he expressed interest in establishing high-level collaborations with the initiative not only in the area of supplying produce to the factory but in value addition.

He and his team wanted to have a firsthand view of the facility with the aim of having a similar set-up in Tooro.

PIBID's VISION is to produce value-added Matooke products for both the local and international markets



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