Gen.Muhoozi Kainerugaba Buys Over 1,000 Kits For Kabaka Birthday Run, Pledges To Support Buganda Kingdom

As Buganda Kingdom gears up for the annual Kabaka birthday run slated for this Sunday, the unstoppable wave of supporters of first son Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba stormed Bulange Mengo today to celebrate the 68th birthday of the Kabaka of Buganda His Majesty Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II.

The hundreds of Gen. Muhoozi’s supporters were led by MK Movement National Vice Chairman for Western Uganda Balaam Barugahara Ateenyi commonly known as Balaam who is also Uganda’s top Music and events promoter.

The massive supporters were seen clad in yellow T-shirts with photos of Gen Muhoozi and endorsing him as Uganda’s President while others were chanting Buganda Kingdom anthem as they peacefully moved with Boda Bodas while others were walking to Mengo where a brief celebration was held.

While appearing at the colourful event amidst cheers, Balaam bought 1,000 kits worth UGX 20 million on behalf of his boss Gen. Muhoozi noting that they have more than 1,000 supporters who will use the kits for the much-anticipated run on Sunday.

”Thank you Buganda Kingdom for warmly welcoming us at Bulange Mengo, MK Movement will continue to work closely with the kingdom to Support & Promote Youth Empowerment Projects & games. We can jointly put Uganda & Buganda KUNTIKO.Happy Birthday Ssebasaja Kabaka” Balaam said.

According to Balaam, the MK Movement is anchored on youth empowerment, thus committed to supporting and working with the kingdom to promote sports and culture.

“Gen Kainerugaba has sent me to inform you that we are ready to work together to promote sports and culture in the country and we work towards empowering the youth. Gen Kainerugaba commends the Kingdom for always identifying and promoting talent through the Masaza football tournament,” Balaam said

“Like the General has publicly stated before, we are also committed to working with Buganda Kingdom in making Kampala the cleanest city in Africa. We will work with the Kingdom to rally citizens to engage in environment-conscious activities that will not result in littering, thus realizing our transformational agenda of Kampala,” he added.

The Kabaka Birthday Run is an annual event that forms part of the celebrations to mark the birthday of Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda who is celebrating 68 years of age today.

Commenting on the run which is meant to raise awareness of the efforts to fight and end HIV/AIDS by 2030, Balaam noted that the Kabaka has been at the forefront of campaigning to increase the uptake of HIV testing and treatment services, with a particular focus on men and boys, saying, as a group that consists mainly of young people, being part of such campaign is inevitable.

“Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s supporters are mainly young people. We want to see them healthy and free of HIV/AIDS in order for them to build our country. So, we want to identify with Buganda Kingdom on this cause,” Balaam said.

Speaking at the same event, the minister of Sports, Youth and Recreation in the Buganda Kingdom Owek. Sekabembe Henry thanked the MK Movement for the gesture and appealed to the youth to protect themselves against acquiring HIV.

“Buganda Kingdom does discriminate people, we welcome everyone regardless of their political, ethnic, religious and other affiliations. It is in that spirit that we welcome you here today. I am pleased that you have joined us to use this run to fight HIV/AIDS in the country,” Owek. Sekabembe said.

“The youth are an indispensable variable in this equation because HIV tackles the youth more compared to other groups. It is in this regard that I want to appeal to you the young people of this country to safeguard yourselves as far as this Virus is concerned. This is because if we are to fare highly and scale the heights in all other aspects say economics, politics, it should be health first,” he added.

The Kabaka of Buganda Kingdom, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, will officially flag off the run on Sunday, April 16, 2023. They will start from Lubiri, Mengo and finish in Kampala City.