1900 BUGANDA AGREEMENT.pdf

there were the 1900 Toro Agreement, and the 1901 Ankole Agreement, was no prior treaty with any of them accepting Britain’s protection. 4 Ibid, p.3. John Tamukedde Mugambwa and Harry Johnston acting on behalf of the Queen of England, on the 1 London Gazette, 19 June 1894. The Uganda Protectorate was © Copyright 1987 - John T. Mugambwa of the Kabaka (then a minor) and the people of Buganda on one side fifty-odd years. Anthony Low aptly observes that of all treaties - 243 - 1900 BUGANDA AGREEMENT REVISITED cration of My Kingdom (London, Constable, 1967), p.63. previous year with the Kabaka (King) of Buganda.! Six years later an been so detailed, few have attained such importance in the relation- between Britain and native authorities during the colonial era “few landmark in Britain’s relationship with Buganda. It survived for In 1894 the Kingdom of Buganda, then known as Uganda, was 8 For example, Low and Pratt, Buganda and British Overrule 1900- Agreement was made between the chiefs of Buganda acting on behalf other. The Agreement was called the 1900 Uganda Agreement 1. Introduction .... have been of such consequence as .... [this] Agreement, few have 1955, Two Studies. (Oxford, 1960), p.56; Kabaka of Buganda, Dese- ship with the colonial people."* Apart from the Buganda Agreement (hereafter the Buganda Agreement or the Agreement).? This Agree- declared a British Protectorate on the basis of a treaty made the gradually expanded to incorporate other territories. However, there