UGANDA

WESTERN CONFLICTS
military support to his campaign against the Kabalega of Bunyoro, which ultimately
resulted in the formal establishment of the Kingdom of Tooro. With the British-Tooro
alliance, the war of Bunyoro against this alliance took on the nature of anti-colonialist
resistance.
The conflict ended in 1899 with the arrest of King Kabalega, together with King Mwanga,
in Lango. Mwanga had shortly before joined Kabalega in his anti-colonial resistance.
Together, they were forced into exile in the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean. The
British replaced both leaders with their young descendant, bringing their Kingdoms under
effective control of their pro-British guardians. 417 This episode of conflict, especially the
period of open war between 1894 and 1899, is described by sociologist Tarsis Bazana
Kabwegyere as the most outstanding single case of open colonial violence in Uganda. 418
91. Conflict between the British/Tooro Kingdom and the Bakonzo/
Baamba (1890 – 1962)
The Tooro Kingdom made collaboration with the British Colonial administration
conditional upon a recognition of the integration of the Bakonzo and Baamba ethnic
417 The above narrative summarises findings of research conducted in Kasese District (key informant
interview with cultural leader)
418 Kabwegyere, T. (1972) The dynamics of colonial violence: The inductive system in Uganda. Journal of
Peace Research, 9(4), pp. 303-314.
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