Coat of Arms
BLAZON
ARMS
Per pale, 1st - Azure an Eagle displayed Or charged on the breast with a Royal Drum of Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom (sign of grace by His Majesty The Omukama)
Proper, 2nd - Or between two Fleur-de-lis Azure a Fess Gules charged with a Rose Argent seeded Or
The shield is encircled with the chain of office as Grand Chancellor of the Royal Order.
CREST
Upon a helm, wreathed and mantled to Dexter Gules doubled Or, to sinister Azure doubled Or, a demi-lion Sable armed and tongued Gules; decorated with a coronet as Omujwaara Kondo, Omukungu of Bunyoro-Kitara, Count of Mparo and Viscount of Kahoora.
MOTTO
“Cum Deo pro Pace et Iustitia” – “With Good for peace and justice.”
SYMBOLISM
HELM AND CREST
The black lion is the tireless personal commitment to improving the life of African people.
RANK CROWN
The crown symbolizes the elevation as Hereditary Omujwaara Kondo (Crown Knight) of The Royal Order of The Omujwaara Kondo (Perpetual Hereditary Nobility of Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom, Royal Charter, Article 20.) and Hereditary Omukungu (Knight) of Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom of the Royal Order of The Engabu (Perpetual Hereditary Nobility of Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom; Royal Charter, Article 18.) AND as Count of Mparo and Viscount of Kahoora.
SHIELD
The eagle in left field on a blue background symbolizes courage, foresight, wisdom and strength to fight for the African population, detailed for HM the Omukama of Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom and the Banyoro, symbolized by the royal drum of Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom (sign of grace by HM The Omukama).
The colour blue symbolizes sympathy, harmony, kindness, peacefulness, contentment, serenity, balance, serenity, peace and friendship.
The two blue fleur-de-Lys in the right upper and lower field on symbolizing respective gold field in the middle leaf of faith in Jesus. The two flanking leaves symbolize the nobility and wisdom. The colour gold symbolizes wisdom, clarity and vitality and inspiration.
A white, white and tipped white rose with golden-tinged ovules symbolizes, on a red background in the right middle field, the secrecy of the devoted work for the benefit of the population. The colour red symbolizes the passion, the love, the joy, passion and energy of life.
ORDER
Enclosed the shield is surrounded with the chain of office as Grand Chancellor and Grand Cross of the Royal Order “The Most Honourable Order of Omukama Chwa II. Kabalega” of the Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom; a national hero of the Kingdom and the Republic of Uganda (Royal Charter, Part 7 – f)
ROYAL GRANT: Royal Decree of His Majesty The Omukama of Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom, 30th May 2011
{HM The Omukama (King) of Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom and the Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom were restored by the Amendment [No. 8] Act - Statute No. 8, Article 118 (1)- of 1993 enacted by the Parliament of Uganda AND officially recognized and protected by the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda by Chapter IV. –Article 37.-, Chapter XVI. -Article 246. (1) – (6)- of 1995 AND by the Amendment [No. 2] Act -schedule V. -Article 178.8- of 2005 AND by the Acts Supplement [No. 4] -Act 6. of 2011}
REGISTERED AND RECOGNIZED BY:
- No. 001/11, Serbia Heraldic and Genealogical Studies; Patronage: HRH Prince Aleksandar Pavlov Karageorgevich, Republic of Serbia
- No. 0010/2012, Royal Register of All Arms and Bearings (RGR); Patronage: HM Rukirabasaija Agutamba Solomon Gafabusa Iguru I., Omukama (King) of Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom
- No. 06/2014, Archivo del Cronista de Armas de Castilla Y León, Spain
- No. 0292 (Vol. 2) The Armorial Register (The International Register of Arms), 6th January 2014, United Kingdom
HERALD:
The Reverend Father Deacon Nenad M. Jovanovich, Herald of the Board for Heraldic and Genealogical Studies of The Centre for Research of Orthodox Monarchism, www.czipm.org
HERALD ARTIST:
Mr. Dipl. Oecc. Nebojša Dikić, Heraldic Artist of The Board for Heraldic and Genealogical Studies of the Centre for Research of Orthodox Monarchism www.heraldikum.com
ARTIST / PAINTER OF THE COAT OF ARMS:
Carlos Navarro