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How colonialists prepared Uganda for self-rule
To start with Buganda kingdom, which had a governance system that was over 400 years old, hesitated to be part of the united Uganda. In his book A Political History of Uganda, Prof. Samwiri Karugire notes that when the colonial government announced that there would be direct elections, the kingdom filed a suit to block them, but lost.
Milton Obote (left) and Sir Edward Mutesa formed an alliance to defeat Kiwanuka’s DP. (Credit: New Vision Archives)
By: Sam Wakhakha, Journalists @New Vision
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By the mid-1950s, it was clear that the British were ready to grant Uganda independence. However, unlike other countries, Uganda was not ready for self-governance and thus had