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"This piece of work is original not in the sense that it is the first of its kind on the subject since many have written on the Uganda crisis of 1966, but in the reinterpretation of facts. Contrary to conventional wisdom, facts do not speak for themselves; they have to be made to speak, and the author has done that. He differs from most previous authors in the sense that he has not dwelt so much on apportioning blame for the outbreak of the 1966 crisis to individual agents. Instead, he largely attributes the crisis to a structural problem-the Lost Counties issue-a landmine planted in the body politic of Uganda by the 1900 Uganda Agreement." Mwambutsya Ndebesa, Makerere University "I find the book quite interesting, thrilling, and well-written. Much of the prose, grammar, and style is to the dot-a clear stylistic consistency that runs all through to the end. It is the kind of book a person interested in the subject may not wish to put down once picked for reading, even though they may disagree with the author." Jimmy Spire Ssentongo, Makerere University.
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STATEHOOD ON TRIAL Thoughts on the 1966 Uganda Political Crisis
There are no Sacred Cows here. Everyone and Everything is Interrogated. “I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.” Nikos Kazantzakis
STATEHOOD ON TRIAL Thoughts on the 1966 Uganda Political Crisis
Revised Edition
Joseph Bossa
Makerere University Press www.press.mak.ac.ug
Makerere University Press P.O. Box 7062 Kampala, Uganda
Copyrightã2022 Joseph Bossa
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publishers.
First published asThoughouts About the 1966 Political Crisisby Joseph Bossa, 2015, under ISBN: 978-9970-27-011-8.
All photographs were reproduced with permission from Monitor Publications Ltd. All rights reserved.
e-ISBN: 978-9913-603-14-0
Table of Contents Table of Contents.................................................................... v Acronyms, Abbreviations and Glossary.....................i........vii.... Preface.................................................................................... x Justification for a Revised Editioniiix........................................... Foreword..............................................................................xiv Chapter 1: IN THE BEGINNING......................................... 1 Chapter 2: LANCASTER HOUSE GRAND SETTLEMENT28 Chapter 3: UPC/KY COALITION GOVERNMENT.......... 34 Origin and objective of Kabaka Yekka (KY)................................ 351962 Elections........................................................................... 36Kabaka Mutesa Becomes President Mutesa: The Duelling Roles... 37Political Dirty Tricks Begin......................................................... 43Kabaka Mutesa Collides with President Mutesa52............................President Mutesa Confronts Prime Minister Obote...................... 56Chapter 4: “STRATEGIES” TO RETAIN THE LOST COUNTIES.......................................................................... 59 Mengo’s “Strategy”.................................................................... 59The Better Strategy..................................................................... 63Chapter 5: PARTING OF PATHS........................................ 67 Chapter 6: SECONDARY FACTORS AND EPISODES THAT STOKED THE CRISIS............................................. 70 Inherited Complicated and Difficult Situation.............................. 71Power Struggle within UPC........................................................ 72Political Alliances....................................................................... 72UPC in Buganda........................................................................ 89Definition of Roles and Statuses................................................. 97Lack of Political Courage and Self-Delusion................................ 99Backgrounds and Ideological Orientations................................. 104Friendship............................................................................... 111Age, Hubris, and Experience.................................................... 112
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Chapter 7: POST-REFERENDUM PLOTS AND MANOEUVRES................................................................. 114 Mutesa-Ibingira Partnership...................................................... 115Obote’s Trump Card................................................................ 122Parliamentary Option............................................................... 125Power Struggle within UPC...................................................... 131Chapter 8: ERUPTION...................................................... 140 Prelude to the Attack on Lubiri................................................. 140Attack on Lubiri....................................................................... 144Battle in Lubiri......................................................................... 147Chapter 9: AFTER-LIFE OF THE CRISIS......................... 149 Abrogation of the 1962 Uganda Independence Constitution....... 150Mutesa, His Dependants and Buganda Officials......................... 156Obote’s Fortunes..................................................................... 163Symbolic Buildings and Spaces.................................................. 165Political Landscape616...................................................................Chapter 10: WINNERS AND LOSERS.............................. 168 At Individual Level................................................................... 168Obote’s Second Coming........................................................... 174At Institutional Level87..1..............................................................Chapter 11: COULD THE CRISIS HAVE BEEN AVERTED? ........................................................................................... 184 What if the Issue had been Resolved before Independence?....... 186What if Obote had not Gone Ahead with the Referundum?....... 187What if Mutesa were not Kabaka of Buganda and the president of Uganda at the same time?......................................................... 188What if Mutesa had Looked a Little Farther?............................. 191Absence of Experienced Statesmen........................................... 194Chapter 12: LESSONS LEARNT................................159........Conflict of Interest....19.5..............................................................Sudden Change of Equilibrium in Parliament............................. 196Prime Minister vis-à-vis President Conflict................................ 196Power Struggle within a Political Party....................................... 197Conflict Between Nation and State............198................................
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Inter- and Intra-Territorial Claims and Divisions0.02.......................Chapter 13: STARTING ANEW......................................... 202 A New Constitution................................................................. 203Governance............................................................................. 207Coalition Governments and Government of National Unity....... 223Truth-telling and reconciliation................................................. 223Chapter 14: IN CONCLUSION232.......................................... References........................................................................... 238 Appendix............................................................................. 242 Index................................................................................... 243
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Acronyms, Abbreviations and Glossary
Baganda Bakopi
Banyoro Buganda Bulange
Bunyoro Busuulu
DP FDC Kabaka Katikkiro Kiganda Kinyoro KY Lubiri Luganda Lukiiko Mailo
Muganda
Mukopi
The people of Buganda Kingdom The people not belonging to the chiefly or nobility class of Buganda Kingdom The people of Bunyoro Kingdom The kingdom of the Baganda people The Parliament Building of the Buganda Kingdom The Kingdom of the Banyoro people Rent levied by the registered land owner from the land user known askibanjaholder Democratic Party Forum for Democratic Change The king of Buganda The prime minister of Buganda Kingdom Relating to Buganda or Baganda Relating to Bunyoro or Banyoro Kabaka Yekka The palace of the Kabaka of Buganda The language of the Baganda The Parliament of Buganda Kingdom the localised word from the English word “mile” used to refer to freehold land in Buganda A native of Buganda and singular for Baganda An untitled person in Buganda and singular forbakopi
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Acronyms, Abreviations and Glossary
Munyoronative of Bunyoro and singular for A Banyoro NRA National Resistance Army NRM National Resistance Movement Omugabe The king of Ankore Kingdom Omukamaking of Bunyoro or Tooro Kingdom The Ssekabakadeceased Kabaka/king of Buganda A UNC Uganda National Congress UPC Uganda People’s Congress In different writings, the names of some people and places are variously spelt, among them are: Mutesa for Muteesa, Ocheng for Ocheng, Opoloto for Opolot and Bugangazzi for Bugangaizi. As far as personal names go, the opinion of the author is that the proper spelling of the name is that which its owner considers proper. Luganda words and phrases appearing in the text are italicised and the English meaning—both literal and metaphorical—is rendered immediately.
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