Omweso: Buganda Kingdom names management committee to rejuvenate the traditional board game
Buganda Omweso championship 2024 Competition Dates: Grand Finale: 16th November In a bid to revive a traditional board game, Omweso, the Kingdom of Buganda has organized a championship among all the 18 counties. To effect good organization, a strong management committee has been confirmed by the Kingdom minister of Sports, Youth and Arts, Owek. Ssalongo […] The post Omweso: Buganda Kingdom names management committee to rejuvenate the traditional board game appeared first on Kawowo Sports.
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Buganda Omweso championship 2024
Competition Dates:
- 14th July: Buvuma, Bugerere, Bulemeezi, Kabula,Kooki, Kyaddondo, Kyaggwe, Mawogola & Mawokota
- 20th July: Butambala & Ssese
- 21st July: Buluuli, Busiro, Buwekula, Gomba & Ssingo
- 28th July: Buddu & Busujju
Grand Finale: 16th November
In a bid to revive a traditional board game, Omweso, the Kingdom of Buganda has organized a championship among all the 18 counties.
To effect good organization, a strong management committee has been confirmed by the Kingdom minister of Sports, Youth and Arts, Owek. Ssalongo Robert Serwanga.
Hudson Kyagaba is chairperson of the committee that also has Moses Ssekandi, Lydia Ndagire, Godfrey Sserugo and Flugyensio Kyagaba.
The internal competitions among the Masazas (counties) will commence from the Parish level (Gombolola) effective 14th July 2024 at Buvuma, Bugerere, Bulemeezi, Kabula,Kooki, Kyaddondo, Kyaggwe, Mawogola and Mawokota.
On the 20th July, the competitions will be in Butambala and Ssese before heading to Buluuli, Busiro, Buwekula, Gomba and Ssingo on 21st July.
Buddu and Busujju will host the competitions on 28th July 2024.
The grand finale will come on the 16th November 2024.
Today we are here to inform the people of Buganda that we shall have the Mweso (Board game) competitions for the year 2024. Mweso is a very important sport in our norms as Buganda, as you know it’s one of the games played during the coronation of Kabaka. So this year the competition shall start from sub county (Ggombolola) level and each Ggombolola should have a team of six to eight players and then each Sazza will have a team. Owek, Ssalongo Robert Sserwanga, Buganda Kingdom minister of sports, youth and arts
About Omweso Game:
Omweso (sometimes shortened to Mweso) is the traditional mancala game of the Ugandan people. The game was supposedly introduced by the Bachwezi people of the ancient Bunyoro-kitara empire of Uganda.
The name “Omweso” is derived from Swahili word michezo, which means “game”.
Omweso requires a board of 32 pits, arranged with eight pits lengthwise towards the players, and four pits deep.
Each player’s territory is the 16 pits on their side of the board. In addition, 64 undifferentiated seeds are needed.
This equipment is the same used for many variants of Omweso as well as for the Bao game from Zanzibar and Tanzania.
Unlike Bao boards, Omweso boards have no special pit (nyumba).
The normal way to win the game is to be the last player to be able to make a legal move, possible by capturing all an opponent’s stones or reducing the opponent to no more than one seed in each pit.
Alternatively, a player can win by capturing on both ends of the board in one turn.
Before the game, four (4) seeds are placed in each of the eight pits closest to a player to ensure that both players have exactly 32 seeds.
The first player is chosen by lot. This player arranges all owned seeds on their side of the board according to preference (The arrangement should be strategic).
Then, the second player also arranges their seeds. The first player then makes the first sowing move.
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