Ateso Dictionaries

01/09/2026

Kekekekee, the only way to socialize with Iteso is to provide free beer and meat. There's Ateso adage that goes "Ijaik epejonon ajon tetere elacakini angajep!" (Give a guest beer so that he reveals secrets).
No one spots beer parties better than a drunkard. Imagine some of CDF status can sniff a beer party ten kilometers (Mbuya-Kireka) away.
MK, just deliver trucks of Uganda Wa, Ajon, pork and chicken to Favour Gardens Kireka - and all will be well. Iteso have no interest in the Ugandan presidency at all.
We drink ajon paka moi paran!

31/08/2026

I have a suggestion about Kampala city, now that the capital city is shifting to Nakasongola by 2040. That time is just 14 years from 2026.
Kampala was built by taxes collected from 56 indigenous Ugandan nationalities, including the land lords the Baganda. The Buganda Kingdom still claims it, in spite of the central govts compensating Buganda for the use of Bulange and other places.
I suggest we divide Kampala into 56 zones, each belonging to each indigenous tribe that has paid taxes since 1962. I am from Teso. Teso's share should be along Jinja road, upto wherever. My other northerners - Lango, Acholi, etc could have their portions along Bombo road, swii along Bwaise-Kawanda.
The westerners could have kibanja along Nakulabye-Makerere West-Hoima road and bits of Katwe-Masaka road.
The Baganda can hold on to Mengo area with Bulange.
Teso will erect its Emorimor palaces and embassies on its land to ensure Teso's interests in Buganda are taken care of. We may buy off land from smaller ethnicities on the eastern route and sign accords to represent them. We shall maintain our dominions outside Kampala along the eastern route in places like Banda, Kyambogo, Namugongo, Bweyogerere, Seeta, Mukono and elsewhere.
Now I request the minister of Urban development to take up the matter in Parliament. For god and my stomach.

31/08/2026

The 2nd season maize crop in Aburosinge, Katakwi is also gone. It's 31 August, 2026. It's blistering hot at 1:42pm. Dusty sky. No signs of clouds.
It's now a 10-yearly trend for floods and devastating drought here. In September 2007, there was floods in the whole region, flooding and inundating gardens and food security crops like cassava and sorghum.
In September 2016, there was drought that scorched gardens of cassava, sorghum, maize, groundnuts and rice. We had adopted to using seasonal floods to rice growing.
In April-June season, drought burnt our groundnuts, maize and peas. We cried. But quickly forgave the rain gods when it started raining in July 2026. We planted groundnuts, maize, cassava, rice quickly. Weather forecast by govt predicted el nino rains. But August 2026 has again brought disaster. Sweltering and blistering heat! Maize - gone. Rice? I haven't risked the sun-baked clay lowlands at Apolin valley.
I am now abandoning the gods of rain. From now on, I won't grow any crops with natural rain. It will be irrigation from now henceforth.

30/08/2026

Before you drive a car or ride a motorcycle, know what's written on its tyres. It's life and death you're dealing with.
Tyres burst because of overload, heat or being expired. As a result, it's you the driver or rider who gets hurt or loses an asset/money in an accident.
Lots of people driving cars or riding motorcycles are so ignorant. They'll overload a family car or passenger boda, way beyond the recommended manufacturer limit of load or speed.

30/08/2026

On 29 August, 2026 the Emorimor of Iteso, mzee PS Emolot was in Eldoret, Kenya meeting President William Ruto of Kenya. The meeting must have concerned the sharing of the Kenyan national cake with the minority Iteso of Kenya. The Iteso of Kenya number about 600,000 in a population of 58.7 million Kenyans (2026).
As a negotiating stratagem, Emorimor installed President Ruto as a Teso Elder with the title Ojokotau, then sat him on the royal Iteso stool (Eicolong Emakuk), dressed him in royal regalia (anapito, ekoset, aboko, and ebuku). President William Ruto could not hide his excitement any more. He gave a hearty laugh and promised Teso Kenya immediate development in terms of a university upgrade, tarmac and big jobs in government.

30/08/2026

Just asking a simple question: Does Iteso Cultural Union (ICU) have an official home for Emorimor (Iteso King) in Kampala City? Iteso Cultural Union was founded in 1995, and 3 kings have served so far. That's 31 years of Teso kingdom.

28/08/2026

Imagine someone leaving India, comes to Uganda, starts a business easily using money meant for Ugandans. Meanwhile Ugandan businessmen can't be trusted by banks in their own country to access funding because their businesses haven't survived several generations existing.
The same applies with national banks like Pearl, Pride or Housing Finance Bank who are given funds from national treasury to lend to Ugandan farmers at zero-rate interest, they end up not funding Ugandan farmers because multinational farmers like Asili Farms, The Joseph Initiative or Delight Enterprises are oligopolies dominating Ugandan farmers in terms of size and capital. This Uganda has no strategic thinkers and leaders.

28/08/2026

Teso lost its Emorimor Lemukol Osuban in mid 2022. How were prayers and burial - not the hyped European way of coffins, shrouds, and Christian prayers?
Real African kingdoms use bark-cloth shrouds and the dead "are called back by ancestors"!

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😭😭😭 R.I.P 😭😭😭
I stand before you today not only as a daughter of Buganda, but as a sister in mourning.

We have heard the news that has shaken the hills of Tooro. His Majesty King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV has answered the call of our ancestors. And in this moment of pain, the world is seeing what we in Buganda have always known about you: the humility of the Batooro.

In your sorrow, there is no chaos. In your grief, there is dignity. In your loss, there is grace.

That is the mark of a people raised in a kingdom. You have carried this heavy news with quiet strength, with respect for your elders, with unity among your clans, and with prayer on your lips. That is humility. That is kingship in the hearts of the people, not just on the throne.

King Oyo grew up among you. You watched him from a boy to a man. You taught him patience. You taught him service. You taught him to listen before he spoke, and to put his people first. The humility you showed him, he returned to you tenfold. He was proud to be Omutooro, and he made Tooro proud to be his.

Today Buganda stands with you shoulder to shoulder. We know what it means to lose a King. We know the silence that falls over a palace. We know the weight a nation carries when the drums stop.

But we also know this: kingdoms do not die with a King. They live on in the character of their people. And Batooro, your character is shining right now. Humble. United. Strong.

On behalf of His Majesty the Kabaka, the Royal Family, and all of Buganda, we send our deepest condolences to the Queen Mother, the Royal Family, the Obwakyabweru, and to every Munyoro in every village.

May the ancestors of Tooro receive King Oyo with open arms. May his soul find peace. And may the humility you have shown the world become the foundation on which Tooro rises again.

We are with you. We mourn with you. We honor you.
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25/08/2026

Land issues in Uganda. Uganda was cobbled by the British from 56 nationalities (or tribes). Those are the owners of Ugandan land.
But others who become Ugandans by naturalization or citizenship can settle in towns and do trade or other professional services.
In Teso, non Iteso cannot own huge expanses of land. Land in Teso is customarily owned, never sold in chunks in villages. You may buy business plots in trading centres or towns.
Village land is passed by Iteso from one generation to the next by inheritance. Land is for the clan. The balaalo menace is a new challenge that Iteso must prepare to deal with, otherwise Teso will be land without Iteso in it in future. Remember Palestine!