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Rubunga was sending envoys to Mpororo, it is at Gatuna under the command of the now called the Abagyesera and Abasigi clans that the first group disobeyed and went towards Ankore. This was the beginning of the decentralization of the Rukiga Kingdom. From that time, different clans were formed, no longer heeding allegiance to the Main Chief. Rubunga belonged to the Bamuhutu ruling as a Mungura. Till today, there's still a dispute among the Bakiga who was their real King. However, many legends hold that, due to fear of the brutality of the Abungura who mistreated most of the Bakiga, after the death of Rubunga, the Bakiga formed Abakuru b’Ekika (elders of homesteads) but feared to ask the Abungura to give them Umwami or Omukama.
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646:. Enrollment of Kabale University now stands at about 1,400 students and is still growing. Some of the students at Kabale University have done their studies in schools neighboring Katuna such as St. Barnabas Senior Secondary School in Karujanga, Janan Luwum Secondary School in Kamuganguzi, Buranga Senior Secondary School, Rukore High School and Rubaya Secondary School. Kabale University offers both undergraduate and post-graduate programs.
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In the pre-colonial times Katuna was a very important place. Around 1600AD, the first Bakiga (named after their ancestor
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they discovered a shorter route along the plains where there was a tree under which they rested, played and prayed giving thanks to their ancestors before they could proceed to the hills. They called the place Gatuna for a meeting place.
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803:Google Maps
525:Shaka Ssali
480:Joy Kwesiga
430:Frank Ntaho
415:Ezra Suruma
311:Kamuganguzi
306:Kamuganguzi
194:Kinyarwanda
99: /
1405:Categories
1378:30°00′39″E
1375:01°25′22″S
1288:Amos Nzeyi
935:21 January
906:21 January
874:21 January
740:References
640:World Bank
350:Amos Nzeyi
298:women and
250:Population
196:language.
133:Sub-region
87:30°00′38″E
1250:Education
1174:Transport
1119:DFCU Bank
1042:Capital:
964:17 August
960:. Kampala
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258:Geography
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713:See also
300:Ugandans
213:Overview
200:Location
145:District
1102:Banking
1093:Bugongi
800:(Map).
650:Tourism
636:Ugandan
628:Burundi
296:Rwandan
233:History
227:Mombasa
165:Climate
112:Country
1210:Health
1158:Energy
1088:Katuna
1083:Kabale
1044:Kabale
809:8 July
724:Kabale
656:Kigezi
630:, and
624:Rwanda
620:Kabale
594:Malaba
590:Uganda
586:Rwanda
319:Rubaya
315:Kigali
292:Rwanda
286:Rubaya
280:Uganda
276:Rwanda
272:Uganda
207:Kabale
190:Rwanda
186:Uganda
178:Katuna
121:Region
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65:Gatuna
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