Busoga spiritual leader appeals for financial assistance
Added 29th September 2019 02:30 PM
Budhagaali also known as Dhada (grandfather), a spiritual leader of
the Basoga clans was on September 1 admitted at Nile International
Hospital in a coma where he was diagnosed with intracerebral hemorrhage
(ICH) stroke.
Relatives of the ailing Mzee Nabamba Budhagaali have appealed for financial help from his patients and well-wishers to meet his hospital expenses.
Budhagaali also known as Dhada (grandfather), a spiritual leader of the Basoga clans was on September 1 admitted at Nile International Hospital in a coma where he was diagnosed with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) stroke.
According to Dr. Edrine Mulema, the medical director, the spiritualist was admitted in critical condition and was unconscious, with a high fever. He was later discovered to be suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes.
“We discovered that he had poorly controlled diabetes and it was the first time to discover that for a long time he was suffering from high blood pressure,” Dr. Mulema stated.
Doctors have also warned his caretakers not to let him smoke, his brand trademark as a spiritualist. Some relatives had wanted to serve him his trademark smoke pipe, which they claim without it he misses his spiritual powers.
Dr. Mulema, however, said although Budhagaali was a strong smoker, tobacco, though a risk factor, it was not the primary cause of his sickness.
The doctor said that ‘computed tomography’ also known as CT Scan revealed that blood had poured in his brain in the left hemisphere, as a result of high blood pressure and diabetes, making it hard for surgery because it was ‘inside the brain matter’.
He could hardly talk or move his arm and he had been paralyzed on one side.
“But we have been managing him, although is still critical, he can now respond when called, and can move his hand and talks to some of his caretakers,” Dr. Mulema explained.
The doctors were however concerned that the caretakers demanded him to be discharged in his current status due to shortage of funds to sustain him in hospital.
“But he still needs close monitoring and further medical attention, it will take him some time to get back to normal life, given his advanced age,” Dr. Mulema explained, adding that the stroke affected his nerves and brain and although he had recuperated, he needed to stay longer in hospital
The doctors also hope to hand him over to a physiotherapist to manage him. Famous for claiming powers over the R. Nile rapids, well known for being home to some of the world's finest grade 5 white water rafting, a distance away from the source of R. Nile in Jinja town.
Budhagaali, from Budhagaali village in Budondo sub-county in Jinja district with a number of spiritual shrines, has a big clientele of traditionalists who claim that he possesses miraculous healing powers.
Many have been frequenting the hospital, looking forward to his recovery.
His wife, Mastullah Lukowe Nnalongo appealed for financial assistance from his followers. She, however, said they had so far got few responses from friends who have contributed money for his treatment including the Speaker of parliament, Rebecca Kadaga who gave sh400,000.
Others are Jjumba Aligaweesa, a traditional healer and wife Ssenga Kulannama who provided sh1.6m, Hajji Ssebaggala from Kasawo contributed sh2m and other small contributions.
“We have been appealing to followers to help us meet the hospital bills, but we received little money yet the bill is growing. We had asked to discharge us because we might fail to foot the medical bill after 26 days,” she said.
She was in the company of her two daughters, Betty Nammande and Annet Nakate.
BUSOGA traditional healers performed rituals at Bujagali in Jinja
yesterday to relocate spirits from the falls, where a 250MW
hydropower dam is to be constructed, report Ibrahim Kasita & Moses Nampala.
Relatives of the ailing Mzee Nabamba Budhagaali have appealed for financial help from his patients and well-wishers to meet his hospital expenses.
Budhagaali also known as Dhada (grandfather), a spiritual leader of the Basoga clans was on September 1 admitted at Nile International Hospital in a coma where he was diagnosed with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) stroke.
According to Dr. Edrine Mulema, the medical director, the spiritualist was admitted in critical condition and was unconscious, with a high fever. He was later discovered to be suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes.
“We discovered that he had poorly controlled diabetes and it was the first time to discover that for a long time he was suffering from high blood pressure,” Dr. Mulema stated.
Doctors have also warned his caretakers not to let him smoke, his brand trademark as a spiritualist. Some relatives had wanted to serve him his trademark smoke pipe, which they claim without it he misses his spiritual powers.
Dr. Mulema, however, said although Budhagaali was a strong smoker, tobacco, though a risk factor, it was not the primary cause of his sickness.
The doctor said that ‘computed tomography’ also known as CT Scan revealed that blood had poured in his brain in the left hemisphere, as a result of high blood pressure and diabetes, making it hard for surgery because it was ‘inside the brain matter’.
He could hardly talk or move his arm and he had been paralyzed on one side.
“But we have been managing him, although is still critical, he can now respond when called, and can move his hand and talks to some of his caretakers,” Dr. Mulema explained.
The doctors were however concerned that the caretakers demanded him to be discharged in his current status due to shortage of funds to sustain him in hospital.
“But he still needs close monitoring and further medical attention, it will take him some time to get back to normal life, given his advanced age,” Dr. Mulema explained, adding that the stroke affected his nerves and brain and although he had recuperated, he needed to stay longer in hospital
The doctors also hope to hand him over to a physiotherapist to manage him. Famous for claiming powers over the R. Nile rapids, well known for being home to some of the world's finest grade 5 white water rafting, a distance away from the source of R. Nile in Jinja town.
Budhagaali, from Budhagaali village in Budondo sub-county in Jinja district with a number of spiritual shrines, has a big clientele of traditionalists who claim that he possesses miraculous healing powers.
Many have been frequenting the hospital, looking forward to his recovery.
His wife, Mastullah Lukowe Nnalongo appealed for financial assistance from his followers. She, however, said they had so far got few responses from friends who have contributed money for his treatment including the Speaker of parliament, Rebecca Kadaga who gave sh400,000.
Others are Jjumba Aligaweesa, a traditional healer and wife Ssenga Kulannama who provided sh1.6m, Hajji Ssebaggala from Kasawo contributed sh2m and other small contributions.
“We have been appealing to followers to help us meet the hospital bills, but we received little money yet the bill is growing. We had asked to discharge us because we might fail to foot the medical bill after 26 days,” she said.
She was in the company of her two daughters, Betty Nammande and Annet Nakate.
Busoga’s spirits find a new home
Sunday July 17 2011
In
retrospective of Chinua Achebe’s novel, Things Fall Apart, one of the
characters Obierika remarks; the white man has placed a knife on the
things which held us together and we have fallen apart. This is shortly
after Okwonkwo returns to Umoufia only to find a church erect on the
evil forest land wondering where all the warriors had gone.
Watching
the cultural chiefs conduct the relocation rites of their spirits from
Bujagali to Namizi village in Budondo SubCounty, paving way for the
power dam construction these same words would sting a Musoga ‘Okwonkwo’
hard.
Gone are the days when people from all walks of
life trekked the Bujagali route in search for life, wealth, wife,
husband and children. Kikubamutwe Island is no more. And no longer shall
people flock the Nile river spot to curse away the drought, pray for
good harvest or academic excellence for their children.
It
was the centre of all activities. It is where the gods in the rock,
under water and those on dry land gathered to listen to their
“children’s” prayers.
Today, the island has been left bare, minus vegetation, exposing its rock foundation. The right river bank waters were diverted leaving its bed gaping open, the rough rocks stare very rudely at the two high-mighty-gated-spillways made of rock and lime, yet these look down on the rocks so humbly yet confident and proud.
Today, the island has been left bare, minus vegetation, exposing its rock foundation. The right river bank waters were diverted leaving its bed gaping open, the rough rocks stare very rudely at the two high-mighty-gated-spillways made of rock and lime, yet these look down on the rocks so humbly yet confident and proud.
Bujagali
Energy Limited (BEL), a company spearheading the construction of the
Dam, entered several covenants with the residents especially given that
they were giving up too much for the sake of the whole country.
Residents asked for a school or two, a health unit but most importantly
they demanded their gods are secured a new home.
BEL
kept their promise. By June 29, three new shrines had been constructed
at Namizi village Budondo subcounty in Jinja for the gods to inhabit.
The relocation ceremony was punctuated with speeches especially
testimonies from Busoga clan chiefs.
Bujagali spirits relocated
Added 20th August 2007 03:00 AM
BUSOGA traditional healers performed rituals at Bujagali in Jinja
yesterday to relocate spirits from the falls, where a 250MW
hydropower dam is to be constructed,
BUSOGA traditional healers performed rituals at Bujagali in Jinja
yesterday to relocate spirits from the falls, where a 250MW
hydropower dam is to be constructed, report Ibrahim Kasita & Moses Nampala.
At the climax of the rituals, one of the healers only identified as
Nfuudu placed a spear wrapped in bark cloth in the roaring Bujagali
falls. After a while, he took it out and later took it to the new site
at Namizi West, about eight kilometres from the falls. This marked the
final relocation of the spirits, announced the healers.
The spirits have accepted to relocate. To prove that they were
happy, there was rain as we relocated them. This will allow the
construction and completion of the Bujagali hydropower project
successfully,†the leader of the healers, James Christopher Mutyaba,
said.
Mutyaba, who was described as the chairman of 11 Busoga chiefdoms,
slaughtered three cows, 20 goats and chicken at the new site, where a
small shrine of bricks was hurriedly constructed.
They sang, feasted on meat, matooke and drank local brew during the rituals that kicked off on Sunday and ended yesterday.
Dressed in bark cloths and beads, joyful elderly men and women
numbering about 30, smoked tobacco in long brightly decorated pipes as
they danced at their new site worth over sh11m. The whole relocation
exercise cost about sh21m. Project developers, Bujagali Energy Limited,
purchased the site measuring 1.2 acres, following a compensation
agreement.
The blood sacrifice is to get the spirits embedded under the
River Nile waters to relocate. This is a clear testimony that we are
behind the project,Mauta Lukowe Naigaga said and argued that the
spirits, if not appeased, could get angry and do harm.
Nabamba Budhagali, the chief oracle at Bujagali, did not participate in the rituals.
Some officials from the Busoga Kingdom attended the ceremony.
They included, John Kadoko, the minister for culture in the Kyabazinga office.
Budhagali hospitalised-relatives appeal for financial assistance
Added 29th September 2019 05:04 PM
Budhagaali also known as Dhada (grandfather), a spiritual leader of
the Basoga clans was on September 1 admitted at Nile International
Hospital in a coma
Budhagaali also known as Dhada (grandfather), a spiritual leader of
the Basoga clans was on September 1 admitted at Nile International
Hospital in a coma where he was diagnosed with intracerebral hemorrhage
(ICH) stroke.
According to Dr. Edrine Mulema, the medical director, the
spiritualist was admitted in critical condition and was unconscious with
a high fever. He was later discovered to be suffering from high blood
pressure and diabetes.
“We discovered that he had poorly controlled diabetes and it was
the first time to discover that for a long time he was suffering from
high blood pressure,” Dr. Mulema stated.
Doctors have also warned his caretakers not to let him smoke, his
brand trademark as a spiritualist. Some relatives had wanted to serve
him his trademark smoke pipe, which they claim without it he misses his
spiritual powers.
Dr. Mulema, however, said although Budhagaali was a strong smoker,
tobacco, though a risk factor, it was not the primary cause of his
sickness.
The doctor said that ‘computed tomography’ also known as CT Scan
revealed that blood had poured in his brain in the left hemisphere, as a
result of high blood pressure and diabetes, making it hard for surgery
because it was ‘inside the brain matter’.
Dr. Edrine Mulema, the medical director of Nile International Hospital, Jinja speaking to New Vision
He could hardly talk or move his arm and he had been paralyzed on one side.
“But we have been managing him, although is still critical, he can
now respond when called, and can move his hand and talks to some of his
caretakers,” Dr. Mulema explained.
The doctors were however concerned that caretakers demanded him to
be discharged in his current status due to shortage of funds to sustain
him in hospital.
“But he still needs close monitoring and further medical attention,
it will take him some time to get back to normal life, given his
advanced age,” Dr. Mulema explained, adding that the stroke affected his
nerves and brain and although he had recuperated, he needed to stay
longer in hospital
The doctors also hope to hand him over to a physiotherapist to
manage him.is famous for claiming powers over the R. Nile rapids, well
known for being home to some of the world's finest grade 5 white water
rafting, a distance away from the source of R. Nile in Jinja town.
Budhagaali, from Budhagaali village in Budondo Sub-county in Jinja
district with a number of spiritual shrines, has a big clientele of
traditionalists who claim that he possesses miraculous healing powers.
Many have been frequenting the hospital, looking forward to his recovery.
His wife, Mastullah Lukowe Nnalongo appealed for financial
assistance from his followers. She, however, said they had so far got
few responses from friends who have contributed money for his treatment
including the Speaker of parliament, Rebecca Kadaga who gave sh400,000.
Others are Jjumba Aligaweesa, a traditional healer and wife Ssenga
Kulannama who provided sh1.6m, Hajji Ssebaggala from Kasawo contributed
sh2m and other small contributions.
“We have been appealing to followers to help us meet the hospital
bills, but we received little money yet the bill is growing. We had
asked to discharge us because we might fail to foot the medical bill
after 26 days,” she said.
She was in the company of her two daughters, Betty Nammande and Annet Nakate.
