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The more things change, the more they remain the same. It is humbling—and more than a little regrettable—to find myself writing about the kingdom of Buganda’s unresolved place within the larger Ugandan polity, forty-nine years after independence and a full fifty years since Transition published its first issue in Kampala. Indeed, how we choose to s...
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... He has also appointed representatives in countries with large Buganda diaspora, including Kenya, United Kingdom and Sweden (Englebert 2002a). Golooba-Mutebi (2011) argues that Museveni restored the monarchy in 1993 not only as a payback for Baganda support of his military campaign to power but also as a means of securing Buganda votes in scheduled elections. These were the constituent assembly elections of 1994 for delegates to the national constituent assembly mandated to debate and promulgate a new constitution in 1994-95, and the subsequent parliamentary and first presidential elections of 1996 contested by Museveni. ...
... While the Baganda have mainly pitched their political tent with Museveni, the call for federo with fiscal autonomy for Buganda has strained the political relationship between Kabaka Mutebi and Museveni (The Economist 2009;Muriaas 2009;Golooba-Mutebi 2011). Observers believe that the way Museveni manages his relationship with Buganda has far-reaching consequences for his political survival and the future of the Ugandan state (Englebert 2002a;Naluwairo and Bakayana 2007;The Economist 2009;Muriaas 2009;Golooba-Mutebi 2009. ...
The Africanist literature argues that customary authorities have re-emerged because the state and donor organizations need their cooperation for effective execution of wide-ranging land tenure reforms taking place across Africa. Their re-emergence is therefore due to increased state and donor patronage. It is also argued that chiefs have agency and are thus able to renew the structures of customary authority to meet up with the times. A third hypothesis is that the rapid pace of social change brought about by globalization has stirred up strong desires in people everywhere to redefine their identity and reinforce their sense of belonging. This working paper is written to test the validity of these hypotheses and as a background paper for researchers of the Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI).
