In 1980s, during the NRA bush war, Commander HRH Ronald Muwenda Mutebi Kabaka visited the frontlines. His journey into the country was via the Kigali-Kabale-Kasese-Fort Portal route.
Writer John Nagenda, who had traveled with him all the way from London, recalls that even in the middle of war, the Prince took a moment to greet and show compassion to captured and injured enemy soldiers. Nagenda admits he himself did not have that kind of bravery.
The then Ssabataka (future Kabaka) was to grace rallies that M7 held, one of them being at Masaka Liberation Square.
Many Baganda 98% had refused to support Museveni guerrilla war in Buganda, It was the intervention of (Ssabataka) HRH Prince Ronnie Mutebi on the front lines that changed everything.
His Majesty’s presence at the frontlines, coming from abroad to join the struggle, and his ability to grace and legitimize the rallies, gave the NRA the moral authority, the Buganda support, and the momentum it desperately needed.
Without His Majesty Kabaka's intervention, the bush war would not have been won when it was won.
We must remember Baganda and Buganda have sacrificed a lot for a stable Uganda since colonial times, losing our people and shedding blood for this nation then hate in return.