Independence


 * Independence **


 * Independence date: October 9,1962 **

Milton Obote put together a loose coalition of people to gain independence. When the British gave Uganda their independence back, it was a smooth transfer of power. The British set dates for when they would be removing troops; however, this forced the many loose political parties to work together and cooperate or else the country would be in complete chaos. Uganda political parties were slowly formed based upon interests and beliefs and uniformly started taking matters into their own hands. Obote, however, was not prepared to share his power with the Bugandan leader and took him out of power. A problem with the Independence of Uganda was that after they were promised the independence, the country had to agree on a form of government. There was no structure for Uganda to follow so they were struggling to find someone to lead them whom all of Uganda could more or less agree on.

http://countrystudies.us/uganda/2.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/uganda1.htm http://www.everyculture.com/To-Z/Uganda.html

Reaction: The way that Uganda received independence from Britain was different from many other countries. Although there was some rebellion, there was not as much fighting. Britain was, for the most part, pretty cooperative in giving Uganda back their independence. I believe that part of that came from the fact that many of the surrounding countries were in wars.