Fire at Kasubi Royal Tombs
One of the houses at the Kasubi Royal Tombs has this afternoon caught fire. The extent of damage caused by the fire is yet to be established.
The Kasubi Tombs are the burial site of four of Buganda’s Kabakas including Muteesa I, Mwanga II, Daudi Chwa II and Sir. Edward Muteesa II.
The Tombs that were designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001 were destroyed by a fire in 2010 with another incident in 2013. This is the 3rd fire at the site in a decade. In 2010, the Tombs were included on the list of World Heritage Sites in danger.
The 2010 fire occurred amidst tensions between the Uganda Government and Buganda Kingdom specifically in light of the 2009 riots. A commission of inquiry was set up to investigate the cause of the fire but a decade later, the report has never been made public.
