“My grown children shouldn’t be held back or kept around forever. Good parenting means encouraging them to venture out, build relationships, and find their place among fellow Ugandans. Yet some cultural institutions act like possessive parents, saying, ‘Muri bantu bange, mutagenda hara!’ (‘You are my people; don't go far.’) That is bad parenting, denying people meaningful relationships simply out of fear of losing control over them,” President Museveni said.

The dispute now places Tooro at a delicate crossroads between customary authority and Uganda’s legal framework. Omusuuga Kamurasi has called for respect for tradition and the law, while President Museveni has called for peace and unity among the Batooro.