History of Uganda 



hundred people were sacrificed on his grave. He 

 was succeeded by his son Mwanga, who was re- 

 nowned for his vicious cruelties. Urged by the 

 Arabs, he directed his energies to uprooting 

 Christianity, which had by this time obtained a 

 great ascendency over large numbers of his people. 

 Christian converts were cruelly tortured, being 

 burned at the stake or handed over as food for 

 the crocodiles. The Baganda Christians behaved 

 with courage and extraordinary heroism, so that 

 the religion continued to spread until Mwanga, fail- 

 ing in a gigantic plot to oust them as well as the 

 Muhammadans, fled, and was succeeded by his 

 brother, Kiwewa, in September 1888; but he, in 

 turn, was expelled by the Arabs, and another 

 brother, Kalema, made king. Kalema began a 

 fanatical propaganda on behalf of Muhammadism. 

 He died in 1890, and was succeeded by Mbogo, a 

 half-brother of Mtesa. 



In 1889 affairs were in such a bad way that the 

 Christians agreed together to invite Mwanga to 

 help them, and successful war was waged against 

 the Arabs. In the same year a charter was 

 granted to the Imperial East Africa Company, 

 who sent their representatives, Jackson and Gedge, 

 on an expedition into the Uganda country. In 

 July 1890 the Anglo -German treaty assigned 

 Uganda to Great Britain, and Captain (now Colonel 

 Sir) F. D. Lugard was appointed by the Chartered 

 Company to be their administrator, with Captain 

 (afterwards Colonel) W. H. Williams as second in 



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