{UAH} WBK: Its Obonyo and Bwambali standing with President John F. Kennedy
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1.In Photo: President John F. Kennedy meets with Benedicto Kiwanuka, Chief Minister of Uganda. (L – R): H.I. Obonyo, member of the Uganda Legislative Council (later known as the National Assembly of Uganda); President Kennedy; Chief Minister Kiwanuka; E.B. Bwambali, member of the Uganda Legislative Council.
Benedicto Kiwanuka was born in May of 1922 in Kisabwa in the Buganda kingdom of Uganda, the son of a minor but wealthy Roman Catholic Buganda chief. Kiwanuka received his early education in mission schools, and his career must be seen in relation to a continuing relationship with the Catholic groups of Uganda. During World War II Kiwanuka served in the African Pioneer Corps, with duty in Kenya, Egypt, and Palestine, completing his military career with the rank of sergeant major.
After the war Kiwanuka returned to Uganda and took employment in the Judicial Department as a clerk and interpreter. Wanting to study law, he prepared by attending Pius XII University College in Basutoland (now Lesotho) from 1950 to 1952, before proceeding to Britain to attend University College, London (1952-1956). He was admitted to the bar at Gray's Inn in February of 1956. Returning to Uganda. he practiced law privately from 1956 to 1959.
At this time, Uganda was moving to gain independence. But it had special problems due to its complicated administrative structure, especially with the highly organized kingdom of Buganda, which was also the most economically advanced section of the country. Many of its leaders were little disposed to diminish their state's special position by submerging it in a greater union. Among the various political organizations formed in this time of flux was the Democratic Party, the result of pressure from Roman Catholic groups, who thought that members of their religion did not have sufficient representation—in relation to their numbers—in the Ugandan political arena. Efforts were made to draw non-Catholic support as well, but the Democratic Party always kept a damaging reputation as being too closely tied to one religious body. Kiwanuka became its leader in 1958 and subsequently relinquished his law practice so that he could devote his time to politics.
How do you think our country would be now if Kiwanuka had continued being the post independence PM?
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Rehema
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-- Benedicto Kiwanuka was born in May of 1922 in Kisabwa in the Buganda kingdom of Uganda, the son of a minor but wealthy Roman Catholic Buganda chief. Kiwanuka received his early education in mission schools, and his career must be seen in relation to a continuing relationship with the Catholic groups of Uganda. During World War II Kiwanuka served in the African Pioneer Corps, with duty in Kenya, Egypt, and Palestine, completing his military career with the rank of sergeant major.
After the war Kiwanuka returned to Uganda and took employment in the Judicial Department as a clerk and interpreter. Wanting to study law, he prepared by attending Pius XII University College in Basutoland (now Lesotho) from 1950 to 1952, before proceeding to Britain to attend University College, London (1952-1956). He was admitted to the bar at Gray's Inn in February of 1956. Returning to Uganda. he practiced law privately from 1956 to 1959.
At this time, Uganda was moving to gain independence. But it had special problems due to its complicated administrative structure, especially with the highly organized kingdom of Buganda, which was also the most economically advanced section of the country. Many of its leaders were little disposed to diminish their state's special position by submerging it in a greater union. Among the various political organizations formed in this time of flux was the Democratic Party, the result of pressure from Roman Catholic groups, who thought that members of their religion did not have sufficient representation—in relation to their numbers—in the Ugandan political arena. Efforts were made to draw non-Catholic support as well, but the Democratic Party always kept a damaging reputation as being too closely tied to one religious body. Kiwanuka became its leader in 1958 and subsequently relinquished his law practice so that he could devote his time to politics.
How do you think our country would be now if Kiwanuka had continued being the post independence PM?
--
Rehema
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