Everyone in their lifetime gets sick from ailments of different nature. The late husband of the the Queen of England passed on just months after surgery to correct his health.
This scenario is proof that humans, irrespective of their social status battle ailments at points in their lives.
Buganda Loyalists were at the start of this week elated with the news that the King, His Highness, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, the Kabaka of Buganda Kingdom had flown to Germany to seek treatment for allergies he has been battling for a longtime.
According to medical information, the severity of allergies varies from person to person and can range from minor irritation to anaphylaxis- a potentially life-threatening emergency.
Charles Peter Mayiga, the Katikkiro of Buganda broke silence on Kabaka’s trip to Germany saying the loved Royal had flown to the European Nation to seek ‘specialized treatment of allergies’ that have bogged his erstwhile very stable health.
Whereas Mr Mayiga couldn’t disclose more details, this website understands that Kabaka will spend 2 months in Germany undergoing medication detoxification and also take a fresh dose to treat the allergies.
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A source at Mengo who wished to speak on condition of anonymity, treating the Kabaka’s health as “very sensitive matter” told this website that the King and all his children have allergies, except his wives.
The source however did not divulge if the King’s siblings have the same condition.
“It is very rare to find the King and his children out of bed very early. That morning coldness treats them terribly,” said a source.
Mid last year, a source within the Kingdom circles said that Kabaka Mutebi developed allergies and was taken to one of the hospitals in Kampala where doctors immediately administered treatment.
But it turned out that the King had received wrong treatment and it worsened his health.
Asked which hospital had administered the wrong treatment, the source declined to reveal this information citing the need to protect the hospital’s brand.
But, a separate source alleged that Kabaka Mutebi had been treated from Platinum Medical Center, in Kampala where the facility was deemed fit to treat a patient with a high social standing.
When contacted, the hospital through a phone number on its website to substantiate whether it is true the Kabaka had been treated from Platinum Medical Center, the receiver who claimed was the Public Relations Officer said she couldn’t reveal anything on phone considering that “this is a sensitive information.”
According to the source, the Kabaka had to fly to Kenya, Nairobi at Agha Khan Hospital in August last year after the wrong drug prescription, for more specialized treatment, since the medicine he ingested in Kampala had released more toxins and intensified the allergies.
“The allergies affected his breathing and skin,” said the source.
Medical experts independently told this website that when the Kabaka came into contact with the allergen, his immune system’s reaction could have inflamed his skin, caused sinuses and a digestive disorder, conditions that the Palace source said the Kabaka was experiencing.
While at Agha Khan Hospital, the doctor who was assigned to examine the King proposed that he also takes samples of cancer and the Kabaka was taken to the cancer section.
“But because some Ugandan doctors work at Agha Khan, they immediately spread information back home that the King has cancer. That is how the rumor started moving,” said a source.
Kabaka’s visit to Agha Khan hadn’t saved the situation.
His health deteriorated at the start of this year.
“The allergies escalated in January and February. Every member of the family was worried,” a source added.
His sickness was treated with utmost privacy it deserved, but it later sparked off anxiety when the King appeared in public on April to celebrate his birthday.
He looked frail and struggled to breathe, which conditions aroused debate among his very loyal subjects.
Heaps of insults were directed to the Premier, Peter Henry Mayiga as to why he had kept quiet and watched on as the loved King ailed.
Mr Mayiga responded and warned all those attacking him to stop speculating about the Kabaka.
A source said that at the time, Mengo was working closely with government to identify a good facility globally to treat the Kabaka, as he waited to conclude two important traditional functions since he would spend a longtime abroad.
“He was waiting to finish birthday and coronation celebrations which happened recently,” a source.
A separate source further added, “but also the Kabaka had to first wait to regain energy to travel.”
Dick Kasolo, the Kabaka’s spokesperson when reached for a comment declined saying, “I can’t comment on anything about the Kabaka please.”
This website further talked to Mengo’s minister of information Noah Kiyimba who expressed unawareness on Kabaka’s wrong treatment.
“I am not aware of what you are talking about.”
Pictures of the Kabaka with a subject holding his royal bag at the airport, as well as his highness embarking from a KLM airline plane to the reception of kneeling subjects have been circulating on social media indicating that indeed the King traveled to Germany.
This website wishes the Kabaka good health and successful treatment. Kabaka awangale!
