A coffee Bean turns into a cow in Uganda!

One time, Wamara, the last Chwezi Emperor was chewing roasted coffee grains from a small hill around Mbarara. A small bean fell to the ground and it sunk while everyone watched. By standers were shocked to see a coffee bean drilling itself into the ground. It disappeared. So they decided to look for it. They dug and boom, they found a cow! The bean had turned into a cow. They named it Kabibi because of the white spots on its brown skin.

The emperor's advisors declared the cow an abomination. She was never to mate with any bull but some careless herdsmen let it mate. The result was a beautiful cow, called Bihogo. Everyone loved Bihogo and its milk was exceedingly delicious. All the Chwezi leaders loved its milk and they looked after the cow in turns - just to enjoy the delicious milk. Sadly, one day, again because of the careless lads, Bihogo over ate salt and died. The Emperor and all his leaders were disappointed and decided to relocate their empire to somewhere else. Like that, they left and disappeared. They couldn't stand to live in a place with unserious citizens. 

Interestingly, Emperor Wamara left a drum called Bagyendanwa which his son used to claim leadership. It was the instrument he used to convince people that he was the rightful heir to his dad who had left. It's been 600 years down the road and the children of that son, Ruhinda, are in power. The drum exists to date, currently kept by the Government of Uganda. It's just not a drum but a symbol of power and an institution of its own!

The place where Ruhinda lived was the same place where the coffee bean fell, and it is the same place you will find this evidence today. It's called Itaba, some 30 minutes drive from Mbarara City. Once a powerful palace, it seems a forgotten fortress, now occupied by the descendants of Ruhinda, Wamara's son! It is so cultural that right from the entrance you feel the presence of something special. Perhaps, the Bachwezi still live there as invisible men!