This is a palace of the local king.More than the palace this is Idi Amin and Obeoto the earliar dictators torture and killing chambers is here.
This is a palace of the local king.More than the palace this is Idi Amin and Obeoto the earliar dictators torture and killing chambers is here.
I visited this place only briefly. The building is pretty African standards. But otherwise uninteresting. The neighborhood is but the quietest place you can find in Kampala. Indeed there anyone you meet. Which makes it unique.
When You visit the Kabaka's Place and you are told the story of the 1966 attack, and the times Amin used it as a torture Chamber. You will wonder What man kind can be.
The visit starts with a small disappointment, when you are told you cannot actually go inside the palace that was recently renovated and therefore looks quite stately and inviting. Things moderately improve thereafter. You can walk around the grounds with a guide, who tells you some interesting and some random things about Buganda and Ugandan history. Living in UG for years, I found it not so surprising to hear what the guide told my visitors. I would say a glimpse on history, with major and important bits missing. You walk past the accomodation of the guards and their families, which is in an aweful state and the walkway full of rubbish. At the bottom you get to the torture chambers of Idi Amin, which are merely a concrete block of cells. The stories though are gruelling. The "museum" displays a small collection of pictures of the Buganda king. At the end of the tour we walked around the palace which offers a nice view of the city for new visitors.
Lubiri Palace in and of itself is not spectacular. What is fascinating is the story and timeline that goes along with the palace history. The building is not fanastically beautiful or ornate and my understanding is the Bugandan king only occasionally goes there, but has a house elsewhere. The grounds house a population of guards/workers. To get to Idi Amin's torture chambers you walk through their living area. If you haven't been through much of Kampala its quite interesting. Idi Amin's torture chambers are gruesome. The history is bloody and they are able to really describe the horrors that occured there. Overall I put it on the "must see list" for a good way to experience what Uganda/Kampala is all about.
impresive colonial building that witnesed some of uganda history unfolding.a must for thouse who wants to understand it.