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...retrospect, it can be said of Uganda that its ancient monarchical divisions severely impeded its development as a nation after it achieved independence from Britain in 1962. For a while, Milton Obote, as Prime Minister, had an uneasy partnership with the last Kabaka (King) of Buganda kingdom, Edward Mutesa II, the dapper, Cambridge-educated "King Freddie," who became Uganda's figurehead President. But in 1966 Obote seized the presidency for himself and crushed the Kabaka's followers; King Freddie escaped to London, where he died penniless three years later. Obote never really succeeded in uniting the contending Ugandan...
...shall return to the land of my fathers and my people," wrote Sir Edward ("King Freddie") Mutesa II in 1966, shortly after he escaped to a London exile. His land was Uganda (pop. 10 million), of which he was the first President, and his people were the 3,000,000 Baganda tribesmen, of whom he was the last Kabaka (King...
Four days later, Freddie was buried beside the graves of three former Kings of Buganda: his father, Sir Daudi Chwa; his grandfather, Mwanga, who executed the 22 Ugandan Catholics who were canonized in 1964; and his great-grandfather, Mutesa I. Freddie has an heir. Prince Mutebi, 16, who lives in Britain; but the boy is not likely to become King. Amin has repeatedly said that the kabakaship died with the unfortunate King Freddie...
...Late King Freddie. As Uganda neared independence a decade ago, the shrewdly opportunistic Obote skillfully manipulated the hereditary leaders of Uganda's four tribal kingdoms. He won the support of Sir Edward Mutesa II, the Kabaka of Buganda (more widely known as "King Freddie"), by promising to create a federal system that would preserve the identity of the four kingdoms. After independence in 1962, Obote became Prime Minister and the Kabaka became President. Four years later, however, Obote attempted to unify the country by ousting the Kabaka; forced into penniless exile in London, Freddie died of alcohol poisoning...
Buganda's King "Freddy" Mutesa, 42, lost his palace-and nearly his life-last May. Burundi booted out its boy ruler, Ntare V, last month. Last week monarchic malaise infected Africa's newest nation, three-month-old Lesotho (formerly Basutoland), a country of 900,000 that is completely surrounded by South Africa...