Claver Boniface

Father/Advocate/Managing Partner at M/s Oculus Advocates/Rosarian/ Educator

[Claver Boniface @ClaverBoniface]

@SkyNews Like that in Palestine and Lebanon

[Buganda Parody 🇬🇹 @CliffArtsUg]

Maama wa Buganda ye —Nnaabagereka♥️. Buganda 🔝 📸G. Mulindwa.

[Jim Spire Ssentongo @SpireJim]

What the sun has done to coffee in Masaka this year is terrible. In some gardens, all leaves have literally dried. It rained about four weeks ago, and the coffee flowered. But the sun that followed wasted all the flowers. Considering that many people are reliant on coffee and very few irrigate, tough times ahead! Agricultural efforts need to be put on irrigation now. Living at the mercy of nature is very unsustainable.

[Claver Boniface @ClaverBoniface]

@Joe__Bassey The enrollment.. the study itself ,The flaps and gown are all part of the practice and not rooted in African tradition..

[Claver Boniface @ClaverBoniface]

@BBCNews Disgrace ..

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

Technology advances.
Messages arrive in a second.
Life becomes smoother, cleaner, more convenient.
Yet something human is fading warmth, weight, the slow beauty of things made by hand.
We gain speed and lose color.

[Claver Boniface @ClaverBoniface]

@DailyMonitor Why should we have all these useless anti corruption bodies..

[For all Curious @fascinatingonX]

He just needed a safe place to rest his wings for the night

[CLINTON NABIMANYA @NCLINTON09]

THE SON KING OYO LEFT BEHIND COULD STILL BECOME KING OF TOORO. HERE’S WHY.

One of the biggest misconceptions in the current Tooro succession debate is the claim that because King Oyo was unmarried, any son he left outside marriage could not possibly become Omukama.

In the Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom, this exact issue reached the Supreme Court of Uganda. In Prince Mpuuga Rukidi v Prince Iguru Solomon, the Court considered whether a son of the Omukama could belong to the Royal Family when he was not born to the Omukama’s official wife. The Court recognised that the Royal Family included sons of the Omukama irrespective of whether they were born to the official wife, meaning the mother’s marital status did not automatically remove the child from the royal family. What mattered was that he was a son of the Omukama and therefore a member of the Royal Family.

That is extremely important lesson for the Tooro debate too.

It means the statement “Oyo was not married, therefore his son can never be King” is far too simplistic. A King’s son does not necessarily cease to be a prince (heir) simply because his mother was not the King’s wife. In Bunyoro, the Supreme Court recognised the royal status of the Omukama’s son irrespective of his mother’s status.

But there is an even more interesting part of that Bunyoro case.

The late Omukama had nominated Prince Iguru as his successor, and the court accepted evidence of that nomination, including the Omukama’s will. The Supreme Court ultimately upheld Iguru’s qualification and succession to the Bunyoro throne.

Now bring that back to Tooro.

King Oyo was unmarried, but Tooro’s Prime Minister has publicly stated that Oyo left a son and that the continuity of the Crown was assured. President Museveni has also said that Queen Mother Best Kemigisha told him Oyo left a young son. At the same time, the head of the Babiito royal clan has said the clan had not previously been informed about the child but the clan can be informed with clearly stated reason for delay to announce the child to clan leaders was to first have a formal marriage.

This is where the succession becomes truly fascinating.

If Oyo left a son, and that son is eventually presented, his paternity established, his royal status recognised and his claim accepted according to Tooro custom, there is nothing in the Tooro tradition that allows to casually declare that a child born outside a formal marriage is automatically disqualified from royal succession.

And perhaps the most important unanswered question is what Oyo himself may have left behind.

If there is any written acknowledgement, declaration, nomination or other credible evidence showing that Oyo recognised this child as his son or intended him to continue his royal line, that evidence could become extremely important in the succession debate.

There is no publicly verified evidence yet that Oyo left a will naming his son as successor, but what if Queen mother Best Kemigisa was left with one while Oyo was dying ?

If such evidence exists, Tooro may have a very different succession question on its hands.

Bunyoro Kingdom has already shown that the son of a King can remain part of the Royal Family and become king regardless of the marital status of his mother. The question now is whether Tooro’s own traditions will lead to a similar conclusion.

[Claver Boniface @ClaverBoniface]

@Joe__Bassey It was easier to push the boy through.. he had done the harder part by himself..

[Claver Boniface @ClaverBoniface]

@Naila_Ayad @ekwaroobuku And who says there is democracy now.. bad leadership does that ..

[Claver Boniface @ClaverBoniface]

@FranceskAlbs My thoughts .. the life lost across Palestine and Lebanon , the damage to international law and norms - Clinton is concerned about Israel image..

[Dr. Bireete Sarah @SarahBireete]

At 90 years, Princess Bagaya remains one of the finest women in Uganda and the Tooro Kingdom’s best ambassador

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[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

A 21-year-old student in India’s Madhya Pradesh, popularly known as ‘Bittu Tabahi’, has single-handedly cleaned up a trash-filled river.

Despite ridicule, health risks and limited resources, his efforts have transformed the waterway and prompted government action.

[billionaire_secrets @billionaire_key]

What you can do tomorrow, do it today

[Culture Explorer @CultureExploreX]

How much life can the human hand extract from a block of stone?

[Claver Boniface @ClaverBoniface]

@bbstvug @simbaradio Anarchists or Ab’ebyokerinda..

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SSAABASAJJA KABAKA:
"....., Kabaka alina emisoso n'enkola egobererwa ng'atuula ku Nnamulondo, era Kabaka twalondebwa Bataka abakulu ab'Obusolya...."📌