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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Predicate Object
instanceOf monarchist party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
activeInPeriod early post-independence Uganda ⓘ
alliedWith Uganda People’s Congress ⓘ
associatedWith Mengo establishment ⓘ
linked to: Mengo
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 Uganda ⓘ
representedInterest Buganda aristocracy ⓘ
Buganda chiefs ⓘ
Buganda royal court ⓘ
linked to: Buganda
represents Buganda Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Buganda

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

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