Should Baganda Kneel?
The hot topic of Baganda kneeling is back in the limelight and on this occasion a very imminent citizen (and who I must admit, I immensely admire and respect) found it necessary to wade into these murky waters. As a muganda man with an opinion on this subject, I believe I am qualified to respond to Hon. Winnie Byanyima’s utterances. I will first and foremost put the following out of the way: 1. Kneeling is not backward (may be odd) 2. It’s not for non Baganda to tell the Baganda when and when not to kneel. And these are my reasons: I find kneeling by female Baganda odd (but not backward or primitive) and for that reason; I don’t encourage it though I don’t go as far as calling it names! There are 4 female Baganda in my house, 3 born, bred and raised in Buganda (Uganda) and one born, raised and schooled out of this country! My wife and my older daughter do not kneel before me! My niece who is older than my daughter kneels before me, despi...