LEGEND: Princess Elizabeth Bagaya

Was born in 1936 to Lieutenant Sir George David Matthew Kamurasi Rukidi III, the eleventh Omukama of Toro. Her mother was Kezia Byanjeru Abwooli,

She went to Gayaza High School and then Sherborne School for Girls in England where she was the only black student. She then joined Cambridge University.

Princess Elizabeth Bagaya opening up the YWCA Easter fair in Aid of raising money for YWCC

She became the third African woman to graduate from Cambridge University in 1962.

Three years later, Bagaya became a barrister-at-law, becoming the first woman from East Africa to be admitted to the English Bar. It was around the same time that she lost her father, which also made her brother,

At the coronation of Patrick David Matthew Kaboyo Olimi, Elizabeth received the title and office of Batebe (Princess Royal), which traditionally, made her the most powerful woman in Toro and the most trusted advisor of the king.

Bagaya was named ambassador in July 1971, and soon, Amin elevated her to Minister of Foreign Affairs, making her the first woman in Uganda to hold a ministerial post.

As Uganda's foreign affairs minister, Bagaya led a delegation to the 29th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

As the elected chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity, she highlighted fair trade among other issues that were necessary for Africa to achieve economic independence and alleviate poverty.

Kaboyo, the day he became SIR, on the right is Princess Bagaya

Amin proposed marriage to her which she rejected. Shortly afterwards, the princess was fired from her prestigious job and thrown into jail on dubious charges of embarrassing Uganda by allegedly making love to an "unknown European in a toilet" at Paris' Orly Airport.

In 1967 after leaving jail, she accepted an invitation by Queen Elizabeth's sister, Margaret, to appear as a guest model at a Commonwealth Fashion Show in London.

She modeled in numerous fashion shows and was featured in magazines that included the British Vogue, Queen Magazine, American Vogue, Look, LIFE and Ebony magazines. She was the first black to appear on the cover of a top fashion magazine, Harper's Bazaar. 

Bagaya also ventured into films, acting in the movie, Bullfrog in the Sun based on Chinua Achebe's books and Sheena: Queen of the Jungle.

After the formation of NRA, while Museveni headed the military arm of the organisation, Bagaya and Wilbur Nyabongo, her husband worked with the External Committee. From 1980 to 1986, Bagaya provided the organization with valuable contacts to help Museveni in his fight against Obote and in the defeat of the shortlived Tito Okello military junta.

Museveni appointed Bagaya as Uganda's ambassador to the US between 1986 and 1988.