Musaijamukuru Hill

Musaijamukuru hill is found in Musaijamukuru village, Buhimba Sub County, about 15 kilometers away from Hoima town on the Buhimba-Kakumiro-Mubende road. The hill may not be any far different from other hills but is of great cultural and historical importance to Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom.

It’s at Musaijamukuru hill that Bunyoro’s great King Kabalega would stop ti get a vantage point to see his enemies during his wars of resistance. Kabalega’s warriors are believed to have rolled stone boulders from the top of the hill to hit and kill the advancing British forces.

Musaijamukuru hill is believed to be a source of blessings or curses depending on the way one treats it. To this effect, the hill has got a caretaker referred to as Mukama w’orusozi (owner of the hill) Mukama w’orusozi’ is a title assumed on a hereditary basis. He is the person charged with appeasing ancestors believed to be on the hill by performing rituals periodically.