Kabaka Yekka

E231974

Kabaka Yekka was a monarchist political party in early post-independence Uganda that primarily represented the interests of the Buganda kingdom and its traditional institutions.

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instanceOf monarchist party
political party
activeInPeriod early post-independence Uganda
alliedWith Uganda People’s Congress
associatedWith Mengo
surface form: Mengo establishment
basedIn Buganda
conflictedWith military government of Milton Obote
country Uganda
countryAfterIndependence Uganda
dissolvedIn 1966
electoralBase Buganda Lukiiko electorate
electoralStrategy mobilization of Buganda’s traditional structures
focus defense of Buganda’s special status within Uganda
foundedIn 1961
hadParliamentaryRepresentation yes
headquartersLocation Kampala
historicalContext post-colonial state formation in Uganda
ideology monarchism
influencedBy Buganda royalist elites
languageOfPolitics Luganda
nameMeaning Only the Kabaka
opposed centralization of power in the Ugandan central government
dominance of non-Baganda political forces in Buganda
republicanism in Uganda
participatedIn 1962 Ugandan general election
formation of Uganda’s first post-independence government
politicalGoal preservation of Buganda’s autonomy
protection of the Kabaka’s authority
politicalOrientation conservative
traditionalist
politicalPosition right-wing
politicalSystemContext parliamentary democracy of early independent Uganda
primaryConstituency Baganda
reasonForDecline 1966 crisis in Buganda and abolition of kingdoms
region Central Region, Uganda
surface form: Central Uganda
representedInterest Buganda aristocracy
Buganda chiefs
Buganda
surface form: Buganda royal court
represents Kingdom of Buganda
surface form: Buganda Kingdom

traditional institutions of Buganda
status defunct political party
supported Kabaka
surface form: Kabaka of Buganda
supportedSystem federal arrangement for Uganda
symbolized loyalty to the Kabaka
typeOfOrganization mass party
usedTraditionalAuthority yes

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