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7, A kingdom within a republic: Inside Uganda’s Buganda

· By Layth Mushtaq
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Kampala, Uganda – Uganda became independent from British colonial rule in 1962, but independence did not mean the end of its traditional kingdoms. The new republic inherited a political landscape in which old monarchies and the modern state had to find a way to exist alongside each other.

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