1) With Obote making inroads into its power, Buganda attempts to secede.

2) The king of Uganda's largest ethnic group, the Buganda, has put off a visit to a town in his kingdom, his spokesman has said.

3) Angry youths from the Buganda tribe block streets with burning barricades and threw stones at police,(http:///buganda.html) who responded with tear gas.

4) The Buganda have long demanded more formal political powers for their king as well as control over their traditional land, territory that includes the capital Kampala and its surrounding districts.

5) Relations between the Buganda people and the government have been tense since riots last year.

6) Besides, generosity to Buganda would aggravate the other kingdoms, particularly neighboring Bunyoro, whose land includes Uganda's new-found oilfields.

7) The violence involved police and supporters of the Kapaka of Buganda, the traditional king of the country's largest ethnic group.

8) With gunshots there going through parts of Kampala, rioting supporters of the king of Buganda fought running battles with police.

9) A man has turned himself in to Ugandan police and confessed to setting fire to five royal tombs of the traditional Buganda kings earlier this month.

10) There are reports of gunfire from a part of Kampala around Buganda Community offices and the rest of the city remains largely closed.

11) The violence started during a demonstration against government attempts to stop the king of Buganda from visiting a region of Uganda where it was feared his presence could lead to unrest.

12) Kasubi tombs just outside the capital Kampala are revered by Uganda's most populous tribe, the Buganda.

13) The tombs were a UNESCO World Heritage Site and served as a burial site for the kings of Buganda, the biggest traditional kingdom in Uganda.