
Kooki Loyalist block Buganda football tournament in Kooki.
A group of Kooki Chiefdom loyalists went to Lwamaggwa Sub County and protested against a football match organised by Buganda Kingdom officials on May 20, 2022.
The demonstration prompted police to suspend the football tournament on orders of Rakai Resident District commissioner Ms Sarah Kiyimba, suspecting that the games will breed conflict between loyalists from Buganda Kingdom and Kooki chiefdom.
Police dispersed football fans who had gathered to watch two games at different playgrounds in the sub counties of Lwamaggwa and Kifamba over the weekend.
Ms. Kiyimba said they had received information that youth from Kooki chiefdom were planning to disrupt the matches by pelting stones at the spectators.
"As security, we get information from different sources. We were therefore told that ther...