The CCFU 2017 Annual Report - Final

Nyamarunda historical site handed over to Bunyoro
Kitara Kingdom officials
Protecting our built heritage: In 2017, CCFU pursued
work with the Kampala Capital City Authority to
develop a draft Ordinance to protect historic buildings
in the city; information materials and plaques for the
Luke and Katherine Wards of Mengo Hospital and Ham
Mukasa House in Mengo were developed and unveiled
to the public. CCFU also took part in campaigns to
safeguard the Uganda National Cultural Centre,
commonly known as the National Theatre. Planning
for the protection and promotion of a heritage site
near Kampala, the home of Sir Apollo Kaggwa, the
famous 19 th century political leader and ethnographer,
was also undertaken. Elsewhere, CCFU supported
the Kalisizo urban authority, which passed a bye-law
to protect the Namagoma Forest. The tomb of King
Kyebambe III in Nyamarunda, which CCFU supported
the Greater Kibaale District Heritage Development
Committee to renovate, was handed over to Bunyoro
Kitara Kingdom and its Prime Minister pledged to
maintain the site.
Community Museums: CCFU continued to host the
Uganda Community Museums Association coordinator
and provided technical support to the Association’s
regional exhibitions in Fort Portal and Iganga. A CCFU
volunteer also helped several museums to improve on
their presentation and management.
H.E the Ambassador of
Ireland, Donal Cronin,
the CCFU Executive
Director and H.E. the
High Commissioner of
the United Kingdom,
Peter West, unveil the
information board at
Mengo Hospital
ÂÂReflections
Our cultural heritage remains at great risk of
disappearing. A listing mechanism to protect historical
sites and buildings is urgently needed and the capacity
of all organisations involved in this field, including
Community Museums must be strengthened. This
underlines the prerequisite for a centralised wellresourced
government entity – a Ministry of Culture
– to protect our national cultural and natural heritage,
as well as the long term necessity to involve young
people in promoting cultural heritage, as the primary
target of sociocultural (r)evolutions and as Uganda’s
upcoming policy makers and implementers.
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