PROBLEMS THAT NATIONALISTS FACED IN EAST AFRICA DURING THEIR STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE

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 The following are problems that nationalist faced during the struggle for independence in East Africa

  • Lack of enough funds to carry out their activities in their respective countries. 
  • Ethnicity was still strong in some countries, for example Uganda. this made it difficult to mobilize for a national cause. 
  • The natives of East Africa were still too poor and therefore were pre-occupied with the need for money than political work. 
  • Too many people were illiterate hence they could not easily understand the work of nationalists. 
  • Inadequate communication networks in most East African countries. 
  • Most of the natives of East Africa were rural dwellers who were less concerned with nationalistic struggles. 
  • Malice and sabotage from colonial governments. They would ban trade unions and political parties. 
  •  The inferiority complex was still high among the East African people. They feared the whites greatly. 
  • Leadership wrangles were too common among the nationalists and the small political parties formed. 
  • Different political ideologies in the East African states made the Nationalists to loose concentration and one sense of direction, for example socialism against capitalism. 
  • Religious differences, for example in Uganda people were divided up along religious lines. 
  • Lack of proper organization and coordination among nationalists. 
  • Foreign interference in their organization completely disorganized the Nationalists. 
  • A limited supply of guns to be used against the colonialists where there was need to apply force. 
  • Lack of a common language in Uganda’s case failed the nationalists as they tried to sensitize people against their oppression by the whites. 
  • The United Nations lacked vibrancy or zeal or eagerness towards the independence struggles in East Africa.

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