Rwandans in Uganda plot for constitution detat

The Ministry of Internal Affairs is proposing the adoption of Bavandimwe in the constitution of Uganda as an identification of the Banyarwanda ethnic group to differentiate them from the Rwandans.

The Banyarwanda are named as number 24 under the tribes listed in the Uganda Constitution.

In 2021, the Banyarwanda, a community of Rwandans origins living in Uganda sought for the renaming of their tribe on grounds that they are being segregated and are confused with the neighboring Rwandans.

Bavandimwe movement taking root as Banyarwanda finally stand. being a Munyarwanda attracts unbelievable stigma, which has led to many Banyarwanda adopting Kiganda and other Bantu names and cultures, just to live in peace. Lately, they are standing tall.

At pastor Aloysius Bugingo’s controversial kwanjula ceremony recently, the contested traditional wedding had an unforgettable feature that later became a talking point: the prominence of the Kinyarwanda culture in speech, dress and wedding customs.

The groom’s entourage (many did not know Bugingo was a Munyarwanda until that day) was dressed in Kinyarwanda garb and the spokesmen at the function fluidly switched between Luganda and Kinyarwanda.

Banyarwanda, referring to people with distant roots in neighbouring Rwanda, are recognized as citizens of Uganda by the 1995 Constitution and listed as tribe number 24.

Regardless the decades they have lived here, the Banyarwanda have never been fully embraced and many Ugandans don’t understand the difference between them and the nationals of Rwanda.