Discuss the reasons for resistance and collaboration with the colonial power in Buganda.

The question requires that candidates offer a considered and balanced review of the reasons why there was both resistance and collaboration to colonial power in the Buganda Kingdom. Reasons may predate the timeframe but they must be clearly linked to the issue raised in the question. Candidates may offer equal coverage of reasons for resistance and reasons for collaboration or they may prioritize their discussion of one over the other. However, both aspects will be a feature of the response. Candidates may refer to factors for resistance such as the British interference with the traditional systems such as preventing the Buganda Kabaka from receiving tribute from the Busoga. Candidates may also consider how the British taking away Kabaka Mwanga’s control over all the land in the kingdom contributed to resistance. The role played by the rivalry between the Buganda and the Bunyoro and economic benefits to be achieved from the colonial powers, can be discussed as some of the reasons for collaboration. Candidates’ opinions or conclusions will be presented clearly and supported by appropriate evidence.