You didnt quite get it.
Tutsi are either Cushitic or Nilotic - who made their way with their cattle into central africa - and colonized the bantus.
Few Cushites or Nilotes managed to cross the tse tse fly belt that run from Senegal to coast of Tanzania.
That tse tse belt was deadly for cattles - so pastoralist didnt make it past it - they simply turned back when their cattle died
- apart from a few - like a tribe in Namibia - and Tutsi and related.
The whole sub-saharan therefore became a Bantu land - because they were into agricluture - and didnt keep cattle.
Supra-sahara - above the tse tse fly belt became cattle kingdom.
The Tutsi speak Bantu language...but they are not bantus. Cut from the main cushitic stock their language died.
They for 500yrs or more have colonized Bantus.
When Mzungu came - wherever they found structures - they continued with it.
So they continued with Tutsi kings and whole feudal system.
It's unlike anything you'll see in Kenya.
From Mbarara to Burundi...you will see very strange land ownership...one Tutsi family in the hill...owning one or two hills....the Hutus or Ankoles in small corner at the bottom growing bananas.
Tutsi for me are without doubt the richest of East Africa Tribes - kikuyus you got nothing on Tutsi.
Those guys live like Mzungu colonizer and the bantus live in a reserve in a corner.
Anyway when Belgium and Brits left of course - democracy was restored - Kingdom were ejected.
People voted.
Hutus being majority won - and the power balance changed.
They started avenging the 500yrs of Tutsi domination - and series of revenge genocide saw Kagame and Museveni in refugeee camps as 5yrs old.
That was in Rwanda.
In Uganda - Buganda (pure Bantu kingdom) had also be made co-rulers by the Brits - and when democracy came -
Luos of Uganda won under Obote.
Not because of population - but more because Luos were more educated.
And Obote kicked Buganda kingdom, Museveni people Kingdom (western uganda is mostly similar to Rwanda)
And installed Luo military rule
It was like Raila thing - top generals were Luos - and they were harsh.
Before Ugandans got full dose of Luo leadership - Idi Amin came and continue again - with same Nilotic harsh dictatorship.
This time with Nubians and his small tribe.
Nubians in East Africa are motley collection of South Sudanase tribes captured as slaves in Sudan and Egypt
And made dogs of war - and brought by British to help fight in East Africa.
In a sense the Luos had replaced the Tutsi as the guys sitting on Uganda bantus.
But as it normally problem with Luos = everyone want to be the top - so they engaged in civil war.
One month a new president. Next month overthrown.
Uganda in 2yrs saw I think six or four Luo presidents
Eventually Museveni Tutsi said enough is enough - they got support from Tanzania - and fought.
Then spend the next decade fighting Luos - who run to South Sudan and DRC Congo - and having been in military kept Museveni busy
Of course Museveni ended up massacring many Luos.
And that is the problem btw Museveni and Luos.
He see Luos more as competition on who will sit on the Bantus.
He already knows Raila has regional ambition in South Sudan, Uganda and now even in Congo.
Museveni is not amused that Raila is trying to use kDF to take Tutsi pie in DRC congo - he knows Luo leaders are very ambitious people.
Raila has not even waited to be PORK but already want to play in DRC congo.
I have read some history and Tutsis are originally cushites something of sort....they used to be pastoralists.....they hate Jaluo/Nilotes...they really suffered under Obote 1,Idi Amin,Obote 2 and Tito okello..When these Luo leaders were presidents of Uganda they would support Habyarimana regime which was hutu and had exiled Tutsis to neighbouring countries..in fact tutsi banyarwanda (Uganda) tutsi byamulenga (drc tutsi) speak same language as kikuyu..they are basically kikuyu...So the thought of them having a Luo president in Kenya who is scheming with the drc president Tsihshekedi to alter their balance of power is mind boggling...If Museveni/Kagame would overthrow the government of Uganda Rwanda Burundi and DRC..If they can hunt their opponents in any capital of the world..If Kagame could hijack a plane in in Dubai with hotel Rwanda actor to Kigali..these are really bad boy.
Sitting in the same table with a person who has overthrown four governments hunted opponents in exile survived genocide defeated coups and stiffled opposition and trying to advise him is the most useless thing to do.
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