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Kabalega of Bunyoro
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Sep 15, 2026
Battle for Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom Crown: Why Are the Long Knives Out?
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52:33Andrew MwendaGUEST
Remember that modern Toro is actually to a large degree also a creation of Buganda because a prince from Bunyoro rebelled against his father and established Toro kingdom.
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52:45Andrew MwendaGUEST
But when Kabalega became king, he came and ended the se- the secession and annexed Toro to Bunyoro.
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52:53Andrew MwendaGUEST
Our prince went ...
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52:54Andrew MwendaGUEST
Our princes ran and lived in exile in Buganda.
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52:57Andrew MwendaGUEST
So when Captain Lugard came, the Baganda said, "We have a prince here whose land has ... country has been occupied by Kabalega." So it's the British and the Baganda forces who came and restored the independence of Toro.
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53:09Andrew MwendaGUEST
So for us, uh, the coming of the British was the restoration of our independence.
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53:13Andrew MwendaGUEST
For the rest of Uganda, it was colonialism.