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...make their transition to retire ment less harsh, Obote is arranging severance pay for the kings in amounts ranging from $25,000 for the ex-Queen of Buganda, who stayed behind when Freddie fled, to $70,500 for the Omukama of Bunyoro. Obote has confiscated, however, most of the splendid trappings of royalty. He sent a dump truck to cart off the Omugabe of Ankole's throne, his velvet ceremonial robes, his gilt crowns and his fat royal drums of buckskin. Last week the aging, potbellied Omukama of Bunyoro watched sadly as his regalia of silken robes and black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Uganda: Tough Shepherd | 10/13/1967 | See Source »

...where a golf course 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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Uganda: Freddie's Freedom | 10/20/1961 | See Source »

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