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Biggest source of friction has always been the Bantu kingdom of Buganda, which has one-fourth of the new country's area, one-third of the population and nearly all the wealth. Under Kabaka (King) Frederick Mutesa II, the 36th monarch of Africa's oldest continuously ruling dynasty, Buganda tried to secede from the Uganda Protectorate in 1961. When the British government firmly refused to permit the creation of a new Katanga in its erstwhile colony, Cambridge-educated King Freddie did an about-face and combined forces with Apollo Milton Obote, who had risen from Nilotic herd...
Never Again. Uganda's constitution sensibly provides a large measure of local autonomy to Buganda and the three other Bantu kingdoms, and to the ten regional districts, which are equally jealous of their separate identity. Although per capita income averages only $65 a year, Uganda has enjoyed a favorable balance of trade for the past 25 years. But falling world prices for its principal exports-coffee and cotton-have eaten up the accumulated reserves and this year caused a budget deficit of $10 million...
...Uganda's Apollo Milton Obote, 37, achieved his easy triumph with the sup port of the country's most powerful tribal monarch, Kabaka ("Freddie") Mutesa II of Buganda. Election day brought a heavy turnout; shy Pygmies emerged from Western Uganda's forests to vote, and polling officials often found it difficult to prevent them from taking their bows and arrows into the curtained booths. Winner Obote is a fervent anti-Communist whose major task in corning months will be in London, where constitutional talks are scheduled this summer. The constitution that Obote needs must give Uganda...
...allows a free stroke if the ball lands in a hippo's deep hoofprint. For the British, management of the motley protectorate has always been a matter of reconciling the demands of Uganda's proud tribal rulers, the Kings of Ankole, Toro, Bunyoro, and above all of Buganda, biggest of the four...
...Kabaka of Buganda, 36-year-old Edward Frederick Mutesa II (known in London nightclubs as King Freddie) at first demanded full independence. Finally he agreed to join a unified Uganda, so long as Buganda enjoys a "special" status in the league. Last week, in a plan announced by Britain for Uganda's independence next year, Freddie got what he wanted, and another nation could begin preparing its application papers for the United Nations...