Case file · Sacred site
The burning of the Kasubi Tombs
On the night of 16 March 2010 the great thatched house of the Kasubi Tombs in Kampala, burial place of four kings of Buganda and a World Heritage Site, burned down.
2010 CE · 0.33, 32.55 · status: official
The account
The fire caused riots in which people died, as many Baganda suspected arson against their kingdom. The tombs are tended by the widows and spirit mediums of the kabakas, and the rebuilding followed strict ritual rules, using the traditional thatching clan. The cause of the fire was never established publicly.
The sceptical view
A real fire of unknown cause; rumours of political arson were not proven.