Why did the colonial government rely on traditional leaders and institutions in the governance of Uganda?
The British colonial government recognised that traditional leaders and cultural institutions played a very major role in the development and transformation of society. They also realised that it was much easier to mobilise people of similar ethnic backgrounds to work together, through their traditional institutions for development. It was for this reason that they relied upon the traditional institutions to achieve the rapid transformation of societies in Uganda. 13. Did this Federal arrangement work in Uganda? In all Ugandas recorded history, the period between 1945 and 1967 was the period that marked the fastest level of development of Ugandan society during which we saw a very rapid economic transformation. Most of the institutions, schools and colleges, roads, hospitals and much of our physical infrastructure were all built during this period. Ugandas economic growth rate in the 1950s and 1960s was one of the fastest in the world. We were a more economically advanced society than
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