Today in History

TODAY IN HISTORY

AUGUST 12

Busoga Council dissolved itself to allow elections to be held for a new council. September 27 was proposed as a date for elections in a resolution passed unanimously.

John Ridley, the Jinja Town clerk was proposed for election supervisor and nomination day was September 5

The new council would have 67 directly elected members, 6 especially elected members and 11 Saza chiefs .The chiefs were allowed to vote, except on a motion of confidence in the government and on financial matters.

DID YOU KNOW?

The present-day Uganda was forged by the British between 1890 and 1926. The name Uganda was derived from the Buganda Kingdom. The British were not the first people to unite Uganda.

Before the British united Uganda, the Bachwezi dynasty controlled or influenced parts of Uganda, Rwanda, Congo and Tanzania between 1100 AD and 1600AD.