Ugandan Regional King Says Police Violated His Religious Rights In Barring His Visit To Another District

All Africa reported yesterday that in Uganda, Charles Wesley Mumbere who is King of the Rwenzururu region is asking the country's Constitutional Court to interpret Article 37 of the country's Constitution which provides:

Every person has a right as applicable to belong to, enjoy, practise, profess, maintain and promote any culture, cultural institution, language, tradition, creed or religion in community with others.

Police, afraid of violence between Bamba/Bawisi and the Bakonzo, prevented Mumbere from traveling to the Bundibugyo district where he was scheduled on June 30 to officiate over celebrations to mark the kingdom's peace day - the day the Bakonzo and Bamba broke away from Toro Kingdom. Demonstrations broke out last year when Mumbere visited Bundibugyo and set up shrines there. (Daily Monitor, July 8, 2012).