In Kirunda Kivejinja's book Uganda: The Crisis of Confidence, Kirya Balaki Kebba features as one of the politicians, who ran the show on the eve of Independence and in the early Post-Independence years.
In History of Uganda (1962-71), Kirya Balaki Kebba was appointed minister without portfolio but after two years, Milton Obote moved him to head the mineral and water resources ministry.
After a stalemate, he and Grace Ibingira played a key role in creating a working relationship between UPC and Kabaka Yeka Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of Uganda at Kirya's eulogy (1994); He was a man of great experience and invaluable dedication to this country.
Kirya Balaki Kebba was an astute and courageous politician, who disagreed with the Milton Obote II Government to the extent that he had to flee for safety into exile in the Republic of Kenya.
Balaki Kebba went into exile in the Republic Kenya, where he became part of the liberation struggles to oust Iddi Amin on condition that Milton Obote was not involved.
In 1981, Kirya Balaki Kebba and his cousin Katunku Nicholas[28] being strong supporters of the Democratic Party went to exile in the Republic of Kenya after the 1981 Uganda elections.
President Yoweri Museveni said, in his eulogy at Kirya's funeral, that the minister had been the most important player in winning for the new Government the approval of Western countries, which were initially hostile.
He remains one of the favourites of Mengo among the country's first crop of leaders, and two years ago the Kabaka of Buganda said a monument was to be erected at Bulange in commemoration of his dedicated friendship and service to the kingdom.
Kirya's burning bridges with Obote set him on a path of sustained opposition of whatever he deemed as "bad leadership" in Uganda for the rest of his life, punctuated with several sacrifices.