Wedding of the King of Buganda November 1948 | History of Uganda

1955: THE KING OF BUGANDA REGAINS THRONE AFTER TWO-YEAR EXILE The King of Buganda who was exiled in 1953 for defying the British colonial governor, was permitted to return to his throne in Uganda. The 30-year-old Cambridge-educated monarch Mutesa II, was allowed to go back on condition he accepted a new constitution for his 1,000,000 tribesmen. Two years ago Mutesa II was banished to London when he demanded that Uganda be broken up and his kingdom become independent. The 1955 Buganda Agreement w

The Kabaka (King) of Buganda Edward Mutesa returns from exile on October 17, 1955, and on the following day, the 1955 Buganda Agreement is signed by the Kabaka and the Governor of Uganda Sir Andrew Cohen. Click on the link below to read the 1955 Buganda Agreement: https://www.wdl.org/en/item/7775/view/1/1/ | History of Uganda

4.4K views · 59 reactions | Edward Mutesa II was proclaimed Kabaka at the age of fifteen upon the death of his father, Kabaka Daudi Chwa on 22 November 1939 and was installed outside the Lubiri at Mengo on 26 November 1939. He reigned under a Council of Regents until he came of age and assumed full powers. Mutesa was crowned at Buddo on 19 November 1942, his eighteenth birthday. At that time Buganda was part of the British protectorate of Uganda | History of Uganda | Facebook