Ignatius Kangave Musaazi

Ignatius Musaazi together with Abubaker Kakyama Mayanja formed the Uganda National Congress (UNC) in 1952.

Musaazi became the first President General of the UNC which was the first national political party in Uganda.

The UNC was formed;

To unite all Ugandans in the struggle for independence. To put Uganda's economy in the hands of Ugandans.

They wanted people to control most of the economic activities. To fight for the rights of peasant farmers and improved prices for produce.

The UNC being the first party it had supporters from all parts of the country. The founder members of the party later disagreed and formed other political organisations.

Why is I.K Musaazi remembered in the history of Uganda?
Ignatius Kangave Musaazi later joined the Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC). He died in 1990 and he was buried at Kololo Airstrip as a hero.

Kasolo Joseph

He was the founder of the Democratic party (DP) in 1954. DP was also formed to fight for Uganda's independence.

Mugwanya Matayo
He took over the Democratic Party leadership from Joseph Kasolo in 1956. He later also handed over the Democratic Party leadership to Benedicto Kiwanuka.

Benedicto Kiwanuka

He became the leader of the Democratic Party in 1958. When the Wild Report recommended for elections in March 1961, the Democratic Party participated and won majority seats in the legislative council (43 seats). Benedicto Kiwanuka was invited to form a government. He therefore became Uganda's Chief Minister in July 1961.

He did not however have executive powers of a prime minister. He also made DP a national party, he was once a chief justice of Uganda and struggled for independence of Uganda. When other elections were held in April, 1962 DP lost to the Uganda Peoples Congress and Kabaka Yekka's alliance.

Apollo Milton Obote
He was born on 28th December 1925. He was among the eight people that were elected to the legislative council in 1958. He led the group that demanded for more people to be represented on the legislative council. When Kangave
Musaazi formed the UNC, Obote joined the party to demand for Uganda's independence.

In 1960, Obote was chosen to lead Uganda Peoples' Congress (UPC). UPC was formed by members of the Uganda Peoples Union, Uganda National Congress (UNC) and United Congress Party (UCP). In the March 1961 elections, UPC was defeated by DP, UPC won 35 seats while DP won 43 seats. Dr. Obote became the head of the opposition.

When Uganda attained self government on 1 st March 1962, Obote remained leader of opposition in the Legislative Assembly. In the pre-independence elections in April, 1962, UPC won over DP outside Buganda. UPC then formed an alliance with Kabaka Yekka (KY) which had won elections in Buganda. Obote was sworn in as head of a government formed by the UPC and KY. He became the Prime Minister of independent Uganda with executive powers on 9th October, 1962. Muteesa II became the President.

Sir. Muteesa Edward II.
He was a nationalist who resisted the idea of the East African Federation. He was exiled in 1953 but returned in 1955 after the signing of the Namirembe Agreement.

The Baganda under Kabaka Mutesa II did not want to be members of one unitary state. They wanted to run their own government. In 1961 they formed their own party, the Kabaka Yekka (Kabaka alone) to fight for their special position.