TERMS OF THE 1900 BUGANDA AGREEMENT 1. The 1900 Buganda agreement had a number of provisions or resolutions which were political and economic in nature. 2. The terms also covered major issues like Administration, revenue, and land. 3. Politically Buganda was to be ruled by the Kabaka but with instructions from the British. 4. The Kabaka was to be assisted by: The Prime Minster (Katikkiro), the Chief Justice (Omulamuzi) and the Treasurer (Omuwanika). 5. The laws of Buganda were to remain in place but were not to conflict with the protectorate laws. 6. All cases involving foreigners were to be handled by the protectorate government. 7. The Kabaka was to remain a cultural leader of Buganda and to get the title of “His Highness Sir”. 8. The Kabaka was to work under the close supervision of the British representative. 9. Kabaka was to earn a salary for his work worth 1,500 pounds. 10. The Kabaka was not to elect or dismiss any member of the Lukiiko without seeking British permission. 11. The Kabaka was not to form any armed body minus the knowledge of the protectorate government. 12. Buganda’s boundaries were to be formalized to include the lost counties of Buyaga and Bugangaizi which belonged to Bunyoro. They were to be added to Buganda as a reward for her role in the extension of colonial rule there. 13. Buganda was to be part of the British protectorate and Uganda at large and not to remain an independent state. 14. The Lukiiko was to be a legislative body made up of 89 members, with 66 notable members elected by the Kabaka, 20 county chiefs and the 3 ministers. 3 | P a g e 15. The Lukiiko would also serve as the highest court of appeal. 16. Economically the Lukiiko was to approve all taxes. 17. The king and his chiefs were to be paid salaries for their work. 18. All minerals and forests were to belong to the protectorate government. 19. Land was to be divided into two namely: Crown land which would include rivers, forests, Mountains and would be under the control of the British. Then Mailo land to be controlled by the Kabaka. This land was to be given to the Kabaka, his family members and ministers. It would be measured in miles hence the word “Mailo “land coined from Luganda. 20. All men who had attained 18 years were to pay a tax of 3 rupees which was to be collected by local chiefs. 21. The income or revenue collected from taxes was to go to the protectorate government and not to the Kabaka. 22. All natural resources like lakes, rivers, swamps and so on were to be land of the protectorate government. 23. Cash crops were to be grown with encouragement from the protectorate government. 24. There was to be no more collection of tributes from other states like Bunyoro by Buganda. 25. Taxes from Buganda were to be merged with those from other kingdoms and given to the protectorate government. 26. There was to be two versions of the agreement namely: Luganda version and the English version but the English version would abrogate or officially end the Luganda version.
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