The Kigezi Education Fund is the flagship project of the International Community of Banyakigezi (ICOB). This initiative, which was launched in 2004, represents our commitment to empowering the next generation of Banyakigezi. Please click on this link to watch a brief slide show of the projects we have supported. KEF August 2020 Then visit the ICOB […]
Kigezi Education Fund: update 2018
The Kigezi Education Fund (KEF) is the flagship program of the International Community of Banyakigezi (ICOB). A key instrument for implementing ICOB’s mission, KEF supports vocational and technical training of young Banyakigyezi, especially graduates of primary and secondary schools, to enhance their employability in the region and to offer investors in Kigyezi a readily available […]
Banyakigyezi Convention in Canada to promote tourism in our homeland
The impact of Kigyezi’s beauty on the spirits of a first-time visitor is always a joy to watch. Last December, our friend Akello Miriam Atoro travelled from Gulu to Kabale to visit us. It was her first encounter with the Kigyezi experience. Her exhaustion, after an overnight journey by bus, vanished the moment we headed […]
What was Uganda’s Kale Kayihura thinking?
I am completely indifferent to Kale Kayihura’s dismissal from the office of Inspector General of Police. If anything, I am deeply grateful to President Yoweri Museveni for saving my dear brother Kayihura from himself. Well, at least until he appoints him to some other position of violent power. No, I do not excuse the […]
ICOB-Uganda Chapter Convention in Kisoro will be a perfect ending to the year
ICOB Uganda Chapter Convention 2017 Kisoro, Bufumbira Starts: December 27, 2017 @ 6:00 pm Ends: December 29, 2017 @ 12:00 midnight Place: Kisoro Town, Kisoro District, Uganda I am very excited about this year’s Convention of ICOB-Uganda Chapter which will take place in Kisoro on December 27-29, 2017. Dr. Francis Mwesigye Runumi, the chairman of […]
Banyakigyezi meeting in USA about poverty alleviation, not partisan politics
Where two or three Banyakigezi gather in the name of their region, questions are raised in some quarters. What are the sons and daughters of the mountains up to? What is their political agenda? On whose side are they? This year is no exception. When we gather in Orlando, Florida on Thursday, August 3, […]
State of ICOB in 2017:Confident, Focused, Revitalized
My fellow Banyakigezi, It is an honour to report to you that as we celebrate the fourteenth anniversary of the birth of the International Community of Banyakigezi (ICOB), our organization is more determined than ever to accomplish our core objectives. These objectives, established at our founding convention in Toronto in July 2003, are to: Protect […]
Banyakigyezi Convention in Florida USA to strategize on empowering youth and communities
To the unaware, a headline in the Daily Monitor of April 27 was alarming. “Banyakigezi global chapter splits,” the headline reported. The reader was then treated to a report about the resignation by Dr. Francis Runumi from the chairmanship of ICOB-Uganda Chapter. The false headline triggered many phone calls and electronic messages to me […]
