His Majesty the Isebantu Kyabazinga William Gabula Nadiope IV, on an official visit in Eswatini at the invitation of King Mswati attended the Ingwenyama Cup (Kings cup) gala where the Royal Kingdom of Eswatini was honouring the sponsors of the tournament with a dinner.
The Ingwenyama Cup in Eswatini is a competition where different soccer teams and cultural groups compete in different categories throughout the kingdom.
The two Monarchs first had a closed meeting at the Mavuso Exhibition Centre where they discussed mutual interest for the two kingdoms and its people.
They later inspected chanting and beautiful cultural performances and were presented with gifts of 5 cows each by the main sponsor (MVA FUND).
The visibly jovial Kings latter joined the dinner hall ushered in with praises and dances.
At the dinner, the Kyabazinga revealed the reason for his visit to ESWATINI which was to strengthen the friendship and brotherhood that exist among the cultural leaders in Africa. He further said that they were interested in having cultural exchanges aimed at strengthening the two Kingdoms in the areas of culture, tourism and people to people interactions for social economic benefits of Eswatis and Busoga (Uganda).
He thanked the ESWATINI King for inviting him to this year’s Ingwenyama Cup Gala and extended greetings from President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Central Government and the people of Busoga and Uganda in general.
He hailed his counterpart for keeping the original cultural norms and practices, which remains the greatest African example of cultural expression in the world.
He also thanked him for developing ESWATINI and helping his people with a robust infrastructure including good roads and establishing housing solutions for the disadvantaged.
On his part, King MSWATI III extended warm welcome to the Kyabazinga and his entourage to the great ESWATINI kingdom and thanked him for accepting the invitation. The informed the audience that their relationship was started by His majesty who extended invitation to him to attend the Kyabazinga’s Royal wedding, stating that although he was unable to attend in person, he sent a strong delegation of his senior sons and they were very well received. He also retaliated the strong brotherhood that exists between the two countries and the president of Uganda and himself.
He assured the Kyabazinga and audience that he is indeed for the stronger interaction of African kings and is supportive of the idea of having stronger bilateral cultural programmes between the two kingdoms.
