Followers of Ronal Muwenda Mutebi, the king of the Baganda -- Uganda's most populous ethnic group -- throw themselves in front of his car as he visited the Wakiso district northeast of Kampala on September 18, 2009. The violence that erupted in Kampala on September 10, 2009 and continued into Friday when police clashed with supporters of Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, the kabaka or traditional ruler of the Baganda tribe started after an attempt by President Yoweri Museveni's government to prevent Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, from attending a youth festival for fear of unrest. Police arrested more than 550 people in connection with two days of riots in Uganda's capital Kampala, as the death toll rose to 14. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

Followers of Ronal Muwenda Mutebi, the king of the Baganda -- Uganda's most populous ethnic group -- throw themselves in front of his car as he visited the Wakiso district northeast of Kampala on September 18, 2009. The violence that erupted in Kampala on September 10, 2009 and continued into Friday when police clashed with supporters of Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, the kabaka or traditional ruler of the Baganda tribe started after an attempt by President Yoweri Museveni's government to prevent Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, from attending a youth festival for fear of unrest. Police arrested more than 550 people in connection with two days of riots in Uganda's capital Kampala, as the death toll rose to 14.

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  12. Followers of Ronal Muwenda Mutebi, the king of the Baganda -- Uganda's most populous ethnic group -- throw themselves in front of his car as he visited the Wakiso district northeast of Kampala on September 18, 2009. The violence that erupted in Kampala on September 10, 2009 and continued into Friday when police clashed with supporters of Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, the kabaka or traditional ruler of the Baganda tribe started after an attempt by President Yoweri Museveni's government to prevent Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, from attending a youth festival for fear of unrest. Police arrested more than 550 people in connection with two days of riots in Uganda's capital Kampala, as the death toll rose to 14.
  13. Ronal Muwenda Mutebi, the king of the Baganda -- Uganda's most populous ethnic group -- waves to well wishers during his visit to a district northeast of Kampala on September 18, 2009. The violence that erupted in Kampala on September 10, 2009 and continued into Friday when police clashed with supporters of Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, the kabaka or traditional ruler of the Baganda tribe started after an attempt by President Yoweri Museveni's government to prevent Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, from attending a youth festival for fear of unrest. Police arrested more than 550 people in connection with two days of riots in Uganda's capital Kampala, as the death toll rose to 14.
  14. Followers of Ronal Muwenda Mutebi, the king of the Baganda -- Uganda's most populous ethnic group -- throw themselves in front of his car as he visited the Wakiso district northeast of Kampala on September 18, 2009. The violence that erupted in Kampala on September 10, 2009 and continued into Friday when police clashed with supporters of Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, the kabaka or traditional ruler of the Baganda tribe started after an attempt by President Yoweri Museveni's government to prevent Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, from attending a youth festival for fear of unrest. Police arrested more than 550 people in connection with two days of riots in Uganda's capital Kampala, as the death toll rose to 14.
  15. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (C) addresses people near a burnt out police post at the Natete trading centre in the suburbs of Kampala on September 15, 2009. Natete was one of the sites where riots erupted on September 10 in Kampala after King Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II of Uganda's most populous ethnic group, the Baganda, was barred from travelling to Kayunga county on grounds that his trip would stir violence. Analysts said the protests could cost President Yoweri Museveni the support of a key political bloc that has backed him since he restored the kingdom in 1993.
  16. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (C) addresses people near the Natete trading centre in the suburbs of Kampala on September 15, 2009. Natete was one of the sites where riots erupted on September 10 in Kampala after King Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II of Uganda's most populous ethnic group, the Baganda, was barred from travelling to Kayunga county on grounds that his trip would stir violence. Analysts said the protests could cost President Yoweri Museveni the support of a key political bloc that has backed him since he restored the kingdom in 1993.

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