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	Mutesa II of Buganda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Edward Mutesa II ( November 19, 1924 - November 21, 1969) was king of the Buganda region and President of Uganda from 1963 to 1966.
		Mutesa was not content to serve as a mere figurehead, however, and continued to feud with Milton Obote over the future of Buganda.
		Mutesa was interviewed in his flat only a few hours before his death by the British journalist John Simpson, who found that he was sober and in good spirits.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edward_Frederick_Mutesa_II (410 words)

	Sir Edward Mutesa II - Wikipedia NL
		In 1962 werd Oeganda een autonome staat binnen het Brits Gemenebest.
		Toen Mutesa II en het parlement in 1966 een onderzoek gelastte naar de vermeende corruptie van Obote, pleegde een coup en trok alle macht naar zich toe.
		Mutesa II vertrok naar Groot-BrittanniÃ« en vestigde zich in Londen.
	nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sir_Edward_Mutesa_II (393 words)

	EnterUganda
		Mutesa felt threatened by the spread of Egyptian imperialism and the old rivalry from the Kingdom of Bunyoro.
		Mutesa himself lost confidence in missionaries and, consequently, the Roman Catholics thought it important to remove themselves and establish a station at Kagei south of Lake Victoria in 1882.
		Mutesa died in 1884 and was succeeded by Mwanga, who was threatened by outside events like the news of Karl Peters signing treaties with local leaders in present-day Tanzania.
	www.enteruganda.com /about/history.php (8018 words)

	Foreign Influence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		However Mutesa was very careful to balance the interests of all three religious groups as well as those of the traditionalists who wanted to resist these foreign influences.
		Mutesa saw the opportunity to acquire guns and other assorted military hardware from the foreigners, which he could use against neighboring states and hence expand his kingdom.
		Mutesa did not actively oppose the missionaries however for the reasons we have seen, and many of his subjects ended up being converted.
	www.buganda.com /bazungu.htm (1711 words)

	Encyclopedia: Mutesa II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mutesa was not content to serve as a mere figurehead, however, and continued to feud with Obote over the future of Buganda.
		In 1966 Obote suspended the Ugandan constitution and proclaimed himself as the new president, exiling Mutesa to Britain.
		Mutesa was interviewed in his flat a only few hours before his death by the British journalist John Simpson, who reported that he was sober and in good spirits.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mutesa-II (440 words)

	The Roots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mutesa summoned Kalende and kept him in prison for four to five months, a duration long enough for Wakoli's subjects to reinstate themselves in the disputed villages.
		Ostensibly Kabaka Mutesa's envoy was to make blood brotherhood with Makumbi, the leader of the Nkore delegation and the surviving legitimate claimant to the throne, something which is only undertaken in good faith from both sides; however, the envoy had secret instructions to kill as many as possible of Makumbi's supporters.
		When Mutesa could not acquiesce, the colonial authorities found themselves in a legal bind.(Low and Pratt 1960:333) The constitutional basis upon which the Governor could act in a crisis such as the one then raging was either Article 6 or Article 20 of the 1990 agreement.
	upcparty.net /historical (19050 words)

	PlanetPapers - Was Colonialism Good for Uganda?
		From Speke’s account, nobody around Mutesa even bothered to ask who had been killed.The discovery of the source of the Nile prompted interest in the area from Egypt, which feared that the source could fall into hostile hands given the importance of the Nile for the economic life of Egypt.
		Mutesa and his courtiers were bewildered by the two sets of white men each claiming to represent a brand of Christianity more valid than the other.
		When Kabaka Mutesa died in 1884, his son Mwanga was a volatile head-strong teenager who took the throne just as the complex religious rivalries in Buganda were building to a climax.
	www.planetpapers.com /Assets/2824.php (3955 words)

	Christianity in 19th Century Uganda
		From 1856 to 1884 the Kabaka was Mutesa, a despot who punished miscreants by cutting away all of a wrongdoerÕs face except the eyes, leaving only the bare jaw with two rows of teeth exposed.
		Mutesa, for political reasons, played off Catholic, Protestant and Muslim, and played all three new religions off against the traditional priests., working them all to his own advantage.
		Mutesa was an intelligent, curious man, genuinely interested in the ideas both MacKay and the White Fathers were presenting him.
	www.bethel.edu /~letnie/SSAUganda.html (1355 words)

	Mutesa I of Buganda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1837 â“ October 19, 1884) better known by his royal name Mutesa I, was the kabaka (king) of Buganda from October 1856 until his death.
		Mutesa resisted Christianity, largely because the missionaries urged him to ban polygamy.
		Mutesa was known for the brutality of his rule.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mutesa_I (110 words)

	Kingdom of Bugand
		Mutesa I was greatly disappointed by the religious strife that characterised the missionary enterprise in Buganda.
		Mutesa I went to his death bed having not openly declared himself a Christian and he died unbaptised, but he openly embraced the missionary teachers and allowed his wives, chiefs and pages to go for Catechism classes.
		Mutesa I died in 1884 and his son Mwanga succeeded him to the throne as the 33rd King of Buganda.
	www.adamse55.4t.com /custom3.html (558 words)

	BUGANDA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Edward Frederick Mutesa II was chosen over his elder brothers because he was the only legitimate son in the Western Christian sense.
		Mutesa II also received a thorough Western education, including a spell at Cambridge and a stint in the Grenadier Guards.
		The restoration of the kingdoms in 1993 saw Mutesa's son and successor, Ronald Mutebi II, proclaimed and crowned as Kabaka.
	www.4dw.net /royalark/Uganda/buganda.htm (935 words)

	Encyclopedia - Yahoo! Reference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mutesa, fearful of attacks from Egypt, agreed to Stanley's proposal to allow Christian missionaries (who Mutesa mistakenly thought would provide military assistance) to enter his realm.
		In 1884, Mutesa died and was succeeded as kabaka by Mwanga, who soon began to persecute the Christians out of fear for his own position.
		In 1953, Mutesa II was deported for not cooperating with the British; he was allowed to return in 1955, but the rift between Buganda and the rest of Uganda remained.
	www3.yahooligans.com /reference/encyclopedia/entry?id=48398 (2591 words)

	Ssabasajja Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mutesa II was the 35th King of Buganda and first President of the Uganda.
		Mutesa II was exiled during the Milton Obote (who was Prime Minister) coup de tat of 1966.
		Mutesa II (together with most of his children, including Ronald Mutebi) spent the rest of his life exiled in the United Kingdom.
	www.geocities.com /namirembediocese/MutebiII.html (431 words)

	Mutesa, II Biography / Profile of Mutesa, II Biographies
		Mutesa II (1924-1969), a monarch of Buganda, was the last traditional ruler of the Ganda people in Uganda.
		Edward Frederick William Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula Mutesa was born on Nov. 19, 1924, the son of the reigning kabaka, or monarch, Sir Daudi Chwa II.
		Mutesa's early education was conducted under private auspices and then at King's College, Budo.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/mutesa-ii (217 words)

	Ssekabaka Edward Fredrick Walugembe Mutesa II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mutesa II did like the way the British had treated his father and right from his enthronement, he demonstrated lack of co-operation with the colonial administrators.
		Mutesa II founded a political organisation called Kabaka Yekka (KY), which was later on wooed into an unfortunate 'marriage' (coalition) with the Uganda people's Congress (UPC) - another political party led by Apolo Milton Obote.
		Mutesa spent the rest of his life in exiled until his death in 1969.
	www.geocities.com /namirembediocese/MutesaII.html (244 words)

	MSN Encarta - Uganda
		Kabaka Mutesa I was more interested in foreign trade, arms, and military support than he was in foreign religions, but allowed missionaries into his court for diplomatic reasons.
		The presence of Christian missionaries in Mutesaâs kingdom helped deflect the potential threat of Egyptian annexation of Buganda by Charles George Gordon, the agent in southern Sudan of the Egyptian ruler.
		Cohen exiled him to Britain, bringing such strong demands for his return that Cohen was forced to negotiate a new agreement with the Ganda in 1955 that reaffirmed their privileges and granted additional powers to the kabaka.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761566572_10____57/Uganda.html (1443 words)

	Feudalism died on Uganda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		But Kabaka Mutesa II opposed it and it was on that account that he was deported to Britain in 1953.
		The alliance between Mutesa's KY and Obote's UPC in 1962 was forged most likely because Obote and the Kabaka were Protestants.
		Ironically, Kabaka Mutesa and the prime minister (Obote) were at the very onset united in their mutual fears, mistrust and were suspicious of each other.
	www.federo.com /Pages/feudalism_died_on_independence.htm (956 words)

	Uganda Celebrates Royal Wedding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mutesa fled into exile in Britain, and the monarchy was subsequently abolished.
		His late father, Sir Frederick Walugembe Mutesa II, popularly known as King Freddie, cut a dashing figure in London society in the 50s, where he became a lieutenant-colonel in the Grenadier Guards.
		Mutesa was lucky to escape with his life and reach London, where he died, many say by poisoning, in 1969.
	www.ugandamission.org /news/Kabaka.htm (2362 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Subsequently, research has shown that Mutesa was arguably the 30th King of Buganda, thus dating the kingdom to the early sixteenth century.
		Mutesa demonstrated this during Speke's second audience; he ordered a court page to shoot someone in the outer court to demonstrate the effect of one of the rifles given to him by Speke.
		In the same year, Kabaka (king) Mutesa II was deported to England for refusing to have any part in an East African Federation (he returned in 1955).
	www.cwm-uganda.org /uganda/history.htm (3874 words)

	Idi Amin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1965 Obote and Amin were implicated in a deal to smuggle gold, coffee, and ivory out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
		A parliamentary investigation demanded by President Frederick Walugembe Mutesa II (also the Kabaka (King) of Buganda, popularly known as King Freddie), put Obote on the defensive; he promoted Amin to general and made him chief-of-staff, had five ministers arrested, suspended the 1962 constitution, and declared himself as the new president.
		He gave King Mutesa II, who had died in exile, a state burial in April 1971, freed many political prisoners, and disbanded the Secret Police, the General Service Unit.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Idi_Amin (1262 words)

	The Herald - Zimbabwe News On line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		We are likely to have all three former vice-presidents on the campaign trail," said Dr Fred Mutesa, political analyst at the University of Zambia in Lusaka.
		Mutesa was alluding to two other former vice-presidents and army generals — Christon Tembo and Godfrey Miyanda — expected to be Mwanawasa's rivals.
		He is a good lawyer but he has also had problems articulating his economic vision," Mutesa said.
	www.zimbabweherald.com /africa/af_chiluba.htm (690 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Multimedia - Uganda Country History
		Uganda gained independence (October) and was admitted to the UN and Commonwealth.
		Uganda became a republic with Mutesa II, Kabaka of Buganda, elected as first president.
		Obote drove out Mutesa II and proclaimed new republican constitution.
	au.encarta.msn.com /media_121627483_761566572_-1_1/Uganda_Country_History.html (234 words)

	MusicUganda.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Speke finds that Mutesa's palace is well established with several officials as follows: the dowager queen or Namasole; the queen sister or Lubaga; and the Prime Minister or Katikiro.
		In addition to killing his brothers when he ascended to the throne, Mutesa orders that hundreds of slaves be put to death as a way of celebrating his power.
		Mutesa takes this opportunity to equate the white person with super natural powers that would neutralise the Egyptian threat from the Sudan and from King Kamurasi of Bunyoro to the Northwest.
	www.musicuganda.com /trex4.htm (2995 words)

	Busoga Kingdom >> The Institution of Obwa Kyabazinga >> Amasaza
		On receiving the news, King Mutesa demanded the execution of the so called enemy of the mornachy, the European visitor.
		Mutesa's cultural beliefs were worsened by the fears that the Europeans’ arrival through Busoga would not only see his overthrow from the throne, but also probably would arm sections of Busoga against Buganda Kingdom.
		On orders of Kabaka Mutesa, Bishop Hannington was killed in October 1885, at a place called Kyando in Bukaleba in present day Bunya county in Mayuge district.
	www.busoga.com /explorers.php (653 words)

	AllRefer.com - Uganda - The First Obote Regime: The Growth of the Military \| Ugandan Information Resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The traditional leader of the Baganda, Edward Mutesa, became president of Uganda and commander in chief of the army.
		Mutesa recognized the seriousness of the rank-and-file demands for Africanizing the officer corps, but he was more concerned about potential northern domination of the military, a concern that reflected the power struggle between Mutesa and Obote.
		Mutesa used his political power to protect the interests of his Baganda constituency, and he refused to support demands for Africanization of the officer ranks.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/uganda/uganda139.html (957 words)

	Uganda Martyrs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A social revolution that was to transform all aspects of people's lives had set in, and the events that followed, unpredictable as they were, added to the discomfort the new changes had brought about.
		The untimely death of Mutesa I in 1884 just a few years after the arrival of the missionaries, left the kingdom in the hands of Mwanga II, a youth whose ruling style fell far short of the charisma and political astuteness his late father had demonstrated in dealing with the foreigners.
		Mutesa had the astuteness and maturity of dealing with conflicting forces that struggled to influence his court.
	www.buganda.com /martyrs.htm (1419 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : The Expeditions of Chaille-Long (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		And there was Mutesa and his court to greet him.
		Mutesa, however, was unimpressed; although his attendants scattered he stood his ground, and calmly invited Chaillé-Long to an audience the next day.
		He established friendly contact with Mutesa and claimed he had, with the help of an interpreter, gotten Mutesa's signature on a treaty of alliance.
	saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/197806/the.expeditions.of.chaille-long.htm (3145 words)

	Africa
		Mutesa I, kabaka or king of Buganda welcomed the explorers Speke, Grant and Stanley, hoping for protection against Arab slave and ivory traders.
		Following Mutesa's death in 1884 tensions developed between his successor, Mwanga, and the Anglicans, Catholics and Muslims culminating in factional fighting.
		Mutesa II was elected the first president but was deposed in 1965 by Milton Obote who was deposed himself in 1971 by General Idi Amin.
	freespace.virgin.net /andrew.randall1/africa.htm (2796 words)

	Special Report #24 ~ UGANDA ~ November 2000
		When Muslims arrived in Uganda in 1844, King Mutesa the First was so impressed by ‘the religion of the book’, he invited his people to follow the new faith.
		Mutesa agreed to undertake Mackay’s Bible studies on one condition: the missionaries would make gunpowder for him.
		Mutesa responded by declaring Islam to be his state religion.
	www.biblesociety.org /sr_24/sr24_uganda03.htm (1036 words)

	Milton Obote biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He assumed the post on April 25, 1962, with Sir Edward Mutesa, the kabaka (king) of the Baganda as president when Uganda gained independence in October 1963.
		Obote was eventually cleared of the charges but the episode created tensions between him and Mutesa, who was critical of Obote for suspending the constitution.
		Obote responded by staging a coup against Mutesa and having himself declared president on March 2, 1966.
	milton-obote.biography.ms (345 words)

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