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===Attempted secession in Kayunga=== In September 2009, some members of the minority<ref name="globalrights.org">{{Cite web|url=http://www.globalrights.org/ngn/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Ethnicity_and_Human_Rights_in_Uganada___A_Desk_Study_of_.pdf|title = Global Rights}}</ref> [[Banyala]] ethnic group, led by the recently retired UPDF Captain [[Isabanyala Baker Kimeze]],<ref>{{cite news |author=Charles Jjuuko |title=Uganda: Banyala Choose Army Officer as King |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200808130084.html |access-date=14 December 2022 |work=allAfrica |agency=The New Vision |date=12 August 2008 |location=Kampala}}</ref> announced that [[Bugerere]] had seceded from the Kingdom of Buganda. The Banyala make up 0.09% of the population of Uganda<ref name="globalrights.org"/> and 13% of the population of the district, Kayunga, which they claimed to be leading into secession.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/SpecialReports/-Bunyala-leaders-sparked-storm--Kabaka--Tito-Okello/688342-5269650-2p9jv0/index.html|title = How Bunyala leaders sparked the storm|date = February 2021}}</ref> Because of the resulting tensions, the government of Uganda prevented the [[Kabaka of Buganda]] from traveling to Bugerere, leading to riots in the capital, Kampala and its neighboring districts. Thirty people were killed in what came to be known as the [https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/kayunga-the-hotbed-of-1966-2009-buganda-riots-2303286 Buganda riots].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8251907.stm Kampala hit by renewed violence], ''[[BBC]]'', 2009-09-11</ref>
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