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- Uganda’s constitution recognises Buganda’s traditional leaders but bars them from exercising state powers.
- Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has led Buganda since his 1993 enthronement.
- Buganda covers about 61,000 square kilometres and houses roughly 12 million residents.
- Minister Owek Israel Kazibwe Kitooke outlines three governance pillars: royal lineage, clan system, and the people.
- In 1966 Prime Minister Milton Obote ordered a military assault on the Buganda palace, suspending the constitution.