/ 27 August 1999

BAGANDA KING WEDS

KABAKA (King) Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda — Uganda’s wealthiest province — wed 35-year-old Sylvia Nagginda Luswata at a colourful ceremony in Kampala on Friday attended by hundreds of people including Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. The head of Uganda’s most influential kingdom exchanged vows with the Nabagereka (Queen), a journalist. At 43, Kabaka Mutebi II is the oldest bachelor monarch in the 500-year history of the Baganda people. Museveni, a successful cattle-rancher, pledged to give the couple 10 cows to give them a good start to their new life.