In amove aimed to recognise importance of culture and heritage in the development of the country Makerere University has opened Edward Muteesa II Museum at the University.
Sir Edward Muteesa II was an alumnus of Makerere University from 1943 to 1945 before playing key leadership roles in Buganda Kingdom.
Mutesa II (born Nov. 19, 1924—died Nov. 21, 1969, London, Eng.) kabaka (ruler) of the East African state of Buganda (now part of Uganda) in 1939–53 and 1955–66; he was deposed in 1953 by the British and again in 1966 by Milton Obote, president of independent Uganda.
Mutesa was crowned Kabaka on his 18th birthday in 1942, three years after the death of his father Daudi Cwa ii of Buganda during British Colonial rule in Uganda. In 1953, he attempted to have Buganda secede to retain the kingdom’s independence from a proposed British colonial federation in East Africa. He was deposed and exiled by British colonial governor Andrew Cohen, but was allowed to return to the country two years later in the wake of a popular backlash known as the Kabaka crisis under the terms of the 1955 Buganda agreement.
In the years preceding Uganda’s independence from the United Kingdom in 1962, Mutesa became part of the monarchist Kabaka Yekka party which then formed a coalition with Milton Obotes Uganda Peoples Congress. The year after Uganda’s independence, Mutesa was named the first President of Uganda (then a non-executive position) in 1963 with Obote as Prime Minister. Mutesa’s alliance with Obote collapsed in 1964 over the Uganda lost counties referendum. It worsened in 1966, resulting in Obote overthrowing him and forcing him into exile in the United Kingdom, where he died three years later.
Makerere University Uganda’s leading public University was established in 1922 as a technical school offering courses in carpentry, building and mechanics, Makerere University in Uganda is the oldest higher education institution in the country.
It grew quickly in size, expanding into medical care, agriculture, veterinary sciences and teacher training courses.