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Simplicity is the order of the day.\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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A Legacy is the foundation ...\u200b<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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… on which we build ourselves, but it all starts with a dream and a vision\u2026\u2026Kingoos dream and vision was to emancipate, equip, unity and empower every man, woman, boy and girl of the Sebei district, to know their worth and value. That dream and vision came at a cost. Welcome to the world of Sebei\u2019s 1st Kingoo.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Sebei are few in number ...<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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… and live on Mount Elgon and the nearby plains close to Uganda’s border with Kenya. Their traditional political organization was decentralized. No individual could command obedience from all Sebei. The initial district (Kapchorwa District) was a backwater county of Bugisu during the colonial period and shared in policies producing modernization only to a small extent until a road was built across the mountain in the late 1 940s. There were few missions, few schools and few means of earning a cash income.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Meanwhile their neighbours, the Bagisu, had several schools and grew high quality\n\nArabica coffee in a scheme introduced by the colonial government. In\naddition Bagisu were steadily migrating to Sebei areas to grow coffee.\n\nThe majority of teachers in Sebei primary schools were Bagisu.\n\nSebei political consciousness began in the 1950s and quickly\nintensified in response to the introduction of the Bugisu district\ncouncil in 1956. Sebei political leaders felt that the interests of\ntheir people were being neglected by Bagisu, who controlled the council,\nand that independence would only make matters worse. They complained\nthat few Sebei were employed by the district administration or the\ncooperative union. When the central government insisted on reduction of\nservices to Bugisu to cut down a deficit created by a district council\nresolution to lower tax assessments but not social services, Sebei\ncounty lost an expected ambulance and a new road. The Sebei felt they\nwere being \u201cpunished\u201d for the Bagisu councilors mistakes.\n\nA branch of the UPC was formed in 1956, but the ethnic movement did not take root until 1 960, when Yovan Maigut\n\nChemonges became its leader. He had served for fifteen years with the\nKenya Police and was well known in the district. Through his flamboyant\nbehavior and his ability to articulate Sebei grievances, Chemonges\nbecame a charismatic leader unifying the Sebei for the first time.\n\nToward the end of 1 960 Chemonges set up a road block at Sipi and\nstopped the car of an assistant district commissioner. Standing on top\nof the car with a spear and shield, he demanded a separate district for\nhis people. His subsequent arrest and fine aroused the Sebei. The Sebei\nleaders then announced that no further taxes would be paid to Bugisu\ndistrict but would be\n\ncollected by the county council. No Bagisu officials were permitted\nto enter the country. Bagisu primary school teachers were driven out.\nThe Bugisu district council responded by suspending all services to the\ncounty in April, 1 961 .\n\nThe dispute was then transferred to the national arena. Chemonges was\nelected to the Legislative Council in 1961 as a UPC candidate.\n\nHowever, the DP government under Kiwanuka agreed to make Sebei a\nseparate district in late 1961 and Chemonges won the 1 962 election as a\nmember of the DR The nearly identical vote totals for Chemonges and his\ntwo Bagisu opponents in the two elections, in spite of changing party\nlabels, indicate that politics in the district revolved around the\nseparate district issue. When the UPC\/ KY Coalition took power,\nChemonges crossed the aisle again and campaigned\n\nfor the UPC candidates in the district council elections of 1963.\n\nSebei\u2019s ethnic demands were officially consolidated when its district\ncouncil created the position of constitutional head, called \u201cKingoo\u201d.\nChemonges was the unanimous choice to fill this position and received\nthree votes in the election for the presidency of Uganda. Henceforth,\n\nChemonges would be known as Kingoo of\n\nSebei. The fruits of district status came to\n\nSebei in the form of a new hospital (Kapchorwa) and a senior\nsecondary school (Tegeres). Chemonges had sufficient influence to gain\ngovernment approval for the creation of the Sebei Elgon Co-operative\nUnion, which was curved out of the Bugisu Union. Not surprisingly there\nwas intimidation of Bagisu farmers living in the district who refused to\njoin the new union. Many took refuge in Bugisu.\n\nIn 1967 the Co-operative Officer reported to the Sebei district team\nthat because of heavy transportation expenses, the Sebei alone could not\nproduce sufficient coffee to permit the union to break even.\n\nNevertheless, members of the union were not prepared to accept the\nlarger Bugisu Co-operative Union\u2019s offer to amalgamate and give ten\nadministrative posts to Sebei Union members. In addition to increased\nethnic prestige, these new projects and the staffing of the new district\nadministration meant many jobs for the men of Sebei. Achievement of a\nseparate district meant satisfaction of the major goal of Sebei\nsubnationalism.\n\nSource: The shrinking political arena\n\nArticle posted by Beatrice Chemonges\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Yovan Maigut Chemonges (Kingoo) - A Tribute in Remembrance (1925 -1966) ...<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t… &\n(1966-2017)-; It is befitting that we pay\n\ntribute to the Hon. Yovan Maigut\n\nChemonges (Kingoo) in remembrance and in recognition of his role and contribution to the nation and specifically to the Sabiny Community. He will continue to be remembered as a Ugandan Nationalist, freedom fighter, Member of Parliament, a man who embodied the aspirations, championed the rights of the Sabiny Community alongside his fellow Sabiny compatriots and as the Constitutional Head of Sebei District (Kingoo) meaning\n\nKing of Sebei. Today the 25th January\n\n2017 marks 51 years since the demise of Hon. Yovan Maigut Chemonges. His health detoriated while in Kapchorwa and he was referred to Mbale District Hospital considering the poor health facilities in Sebei region at the time. He was admitted at Mbale District Hospital for a few days but his health condition did not significantly improve.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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A decision was made to transfer him to Mulago National\n\nReferral Hospital. It was on the night of\n\n25th January 1966 that the Hon. Yovan\n\nMaigut Chemonges passed on at Mulago\n\nNational Referral Hospital on the 6th floor (VIP Section) allegedly due to high blood pressure at the age of 41 years (1 925 to 1966). During his admission at Mulago\n\nNational Referral Hospital, the Hon. Yovan Maigut Chemonges (Kingoo) was visited by many among them the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda Dr. Apollo Milton Obote to wish him a speedy recovery. While the cause of his death has been widely declared as resulting from high blood pressure, this has and still is disputed by a section of people including but not limited to some family members and some MPs of the 1st Uganda Parliament. Following his death, a Parliamentary motion was passed to eulogies the Hon. Yovan Maigut\n\nChemonges. During his eulogy by the MPs, suspicion and doubt was cast on the results of the postmortem as to the cause of his death. On account of their dissatisfaction, a section of the MPs demanded and insisted that a fresh and independent investigation (postmortem) be carried out to establish the “real cause” of his death in order to put to rest their doubts and concerns. This however was not to be the case, as the demand for a fresh and independent investigation was never carried out, thus leaving room for further suspicion and speculation of foul play. It is believed that the Hon. Yovan Maigut Chemonges’ (Kingoo) high profile and illustrious career as a brilliant and charismatic national and community leader created many enemies and this may have had a hand in his death. Following his death the then Prime Minister Milton Obote summoned Parliament and on his own behalf and on behalf of Government and the Nation gave a moving speech to all Members of Parliament in honor and memory of the Hon. Yovan Maigut\n\nChemonges (Kingoo), where he described him as ” a sincere, courageous and reliable person and leader”. On 27th January 1 966, the Hon. Yovan Maigut Chemonges (Kingoo) was finally laid to rest at his official residence in Kapchorwa District. He was accorded a state funeral befitting a nationalist, a people’s representative and leader with the Ugandan flag flying half mast nationwide for three days. His funeral was well attended by a multitude including national leaders (religious, political, civil and military leaders) and representation from regional leaders. Nearly 1 0,000 people were in attendance.\n\nWe celebrate and pay tribute to the Hon. Yovan Maigut Chemonges (Kingoo) for his role and contribution to National, Regional and Community affairs. The Hon. Yovan Maigut Chemonges will also be remembered as one whom though unsuccessful, contested for the position of\n\nPresident and Head of State of the\n\nRepublic of Uganda along with Sir Edward\n\nMutesa, the Kabaka of Buganda and the\n\nKyabazinga of Busoga, William Wilberforce\n\nNadiope in the 4th October 1964\n\nPresidential election. Both the Hon. Yovan\n\nMaigut Chemonges and the Kyabazinga of Busoga, William Wilberforce Nadiope lost to Sir Edward Mutesa, the Kabaka of Buganda to become the First President and Head of State of the Republic of Uganda. At Uganda’s independence (1962) the Queen of England remained the Head of State of Uganda, while Dr. Milton Obote was the Prime Minister. On the ground she was represented by the Governor-General, Sir Walter Coutts. This arrangement was temporary on account of a demand that the Queen of England should relinquish her position as the Head of State of Uganda and consequently be replaced by a\n\nUgandan. As a result an election procedure was developed on how to elect a President\n\nand Head of State of Uganda to replace the Queen of England. It was agreed that a position of Constitutional Heads be created from whom the candidates for position of President and Head of State of the Republic of Uganda to replace the Queen of England would be elected. The position of Constitutional Heads was created and filled. Constitutional Heads were the Kings or Cultural Heads of the various communities or districts of Uganda, officially reorganized by the government of Uganda through Parliament. Three people in their capacities as Constitutional Heads of Districts and communities offered themselves as contenders for position of President and Head of State of the Republic of Uganda to replace the Queen of England. These included Sir Edward Mutesa, Kabaka of Buganda, Sir William\n\nWilberforce Nadiope, Kyabazinga of\n\nBusoga and Hon. Yovan Maigut Chemonges, the Constitutional Head of Sebei District (Kingoo of Sebei). The electorate in this regard where District Councils of the various Districts of Uganda including Sebei District Council. In this respect therefore, elections for President and Head of State of Uganda to replace the Queen of England were conducted on 4th October 1964. Following this election, Sir Edward Mutesa, Kabaka of Buganda emerged as the winner, defeating Hon. Yovan Maigut Chemonges (Kingoo) and the Kyabazinga of Busoga, William Wilberforce Nadiope to become the First\n\nPresident and Head of State of the Republic of Uganda. In this Presidential election (1 964), the Hon. Yovan Maigut Chemonges (Kingoo) obtained only 3 votes from all the District Councils of Uganda and all the 3 votes were from the\n\nSebei District Council. Sir Edward Mutesa,\n\nKabaka of Buganda won the 1964\n\nPresidential election partly because he had\n\nthe full support and backing of the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister Milton Obote and the UPC\n\nParty. This support was based on the\n\nKabaka Yeka (KY) and Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) alliance that the Kabaka of Buganda would support Milton Obote to become Prime Minister of Uganda and later the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister Milton Obote and the UPC Party would in turn support Sir Edward Mutesa, Kabaka of Buganda to be President and Head of\n\nState. It was also intended to have\n\nBuganda more involved in the politics of\n\nUganda, following Buganda’s intention in 1 961 to separate from Uganda. Had it been that Prime Minister Milton Obote and the UPC Party, had fully supported and backed Hon. Yovan Maigut Chemonges (Kingoo), it is clear that the outcome of the 4th October 1964 elections would have been different with Hon. Yovan Maigut Chemonges (Kingoo) becoming the first\n\nPresident and Head of State of post\n\nindependence Uganda. It is my strong and well considered view that Hon. Yovan Maigut Chemonges (Kingoo) holds a special place in the history of the Sabiny Community, Kalenjin and Uganda at large. For anyone to write or to discuss the history of the Sabiny Community and Uganda at large without mentioning or making reference to the late Hon. Yovan Maigut Chemonges (Kingoo), reflecting his role, contribution, and participation will either be dishonest or in pursuit of undermining and discrediting the legacy of the man and a history of a people. It is only fair to the Sabiny Community that the late Yovan Maigut Chemonges (Kingoo) be reorganized and given is due place in Sebei and Uganda’s History as a people’s representative, freedom fighter and Ugandan Nationalist. This year Hon. Yovan Maigut Chemonges (Kingoo) would be 92 years old (1925-2017). 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