Indepedence Day 2014

Oct 08, 2014

By Watuwa TimbitiUpon the attainment of independence, there were expectations of what the new government and its leaders would deliver to the people of Uganda and how much of it was indeed delivered in due course.

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Did the independence government meet expectations?

By Watuwa Timbiti

Upon the attainment of independence, there were expectations of what the new government and its leaders would deliver to the people of Uganda and how much of it was indeed delivered in due course.

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Uganda’s 1962 Cabinet of 17 ministers

By Brian Mayanja

The first Cabinet after Uganda attained her independence had 17 ministers and 11 parliamentary secretaries, the equivalent of today’s ministers of state. Prior to independence, there was an alliance between Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) and Kabaka Yekka (KY) from which a coalition government was formed. Each party almost had equal representation in cabinet.

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Mutesa II’s role in the struggle for independence

By Brian Mayanja

Uganda’s Independence was discussed and concluded at Lancaster House, London, with the late Sir Edward Mutesa II being one of the determinant factors

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British jargon and symbols

By Gilbert Kidimu

When our founding fathers sought inspiration in forming our government, it was to their colonial masters, Great Britain. At the time Britain was world’s most powerful parliamentary democracy

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Uganda’s Parliament through the years

By Moses Walubiri

Uganda’s turbulent past easily masks the fact that the departing British colonialists intended to anchor the country’s future on a sound democratic foundation premised on its Westminster model

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Dr. Milton Obote receiving the instruments of power at the 1962 Independence celebrations held at Kololo Airstrip in Kampala

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