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Title: THE 1966 UGANDAN CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS; AN INDELIBLE SCAR ON THE SOCIO LIFE OF THE BAGANDA
Authors: F. Musisi, R. Herbst
Volume:2 Issue: 4
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1F. Musisi, 2R. Herbst 1Department of History, Faculty of Education Muteesa I Royal University, P.O. Box 14002 Mengo Kampala. Uganda. 2Department of History and Anthropology, Faculty of Arts Nelson Mandela University, P. O. Box 77000 Port Elizabet 6031 South Africa. Corresponding Author
MLA 8 Musisi, F., and R. Herbst. "THE 1966 UGANDAN CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS; AN INDELIBLE SCAR ON THE SOCIO LIFE OF THE BAGANDA." Int. J. Arts&Humanities, vol. 2, no. 4, Apr. 2018, pp. 189-200, ijah.org/more2018.php?id=13. Accessed 2018. APA Musisi, F., & Herbst, R. (2018, April). THE 1966 UGANDAN CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS; AN INDELIBLE SCAR ON THE SOCIO LIFE OF THE BAGANDA. Int. J. Arts&Humanities, 2(4), 189-200. Retrieved from ijah.org/more2018.php?id=13 Chicago Musisi, F., and R. Herbst. "THE 1966 UGANDAN CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS; AN INDELIBLE SCAR ON THE SOCIO LIFE OF THE BAGANDA." Int. J. Arts&Humanities 2, no. 4 (April 2018), 189-200. Accessed , 2018. ijah.org/more2018.php?id=13.
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Keywords: Constitutional Crisis, Battle of Mengo, Baganda, Buganda, Mengo Establishment
Abstract: Nothing raises emotions in the kingdom Buganda as much as the memories of the effects of the 1966 Constitutional Crisis. The Battle of Mengo which epitomized the climax of the Crisis, had a multitude of both short and long term significant impacts on the well-being of the Baganda. The military defeat of Buganda in 1966 directly led to the consolidation of Obote's dictatorial tendencies which would have a destructive impact on the kingdom of Buganda. It is argued that with its full long term social impact on the lives of the Baganda as a people and the Kingdom of Buganda as a region; the mayhem of 1966 left an indelible scar on the history of the Baganda. This study examined the social impact of the 1966 Constitutional crisis on Buganda. At the end of the research, it is urged that policies and attitudes towards Buganda changed markedly once Obote emerged victorious at the battle of Mengo. As a result, it is further stated that the present distressful socio-economic situation of the Kingdom of Buganda is a result of effects of the 1966 Constitutional Crisis.
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