History of Uganda 



British Government had, however, already decided 

 to leave Uganda to its fate, thus sacrificing the 

 poor Baganda, who had fought loyally on their 

 behalf. Fortunately, the public becoming interested, 

 moved for the retention of Uganda, and Lord 

 Rosebery despatched Sir Gerald Portal in December 

 to report on the country, and allowed the Company 

 a subsidy in the meantime. 



Captain (now General Sir) J. R. L. Macdonald 

 of the Royal Engineers, who had been employed 

 since 1891 in charge of the survey for a railway 

 from Mombasa to the Victoria Nyanza, was ordered 

 in 1892 to proceed to Uganda as Acting Commis- 

 sioner. He accompanied Captain Williams in the 

 expedition against the Navuma, and remained to 

 assist Portal in his investigations. Accompanied by 

 a large staff and an escort of two hundred Zanzibar 

 troops, Portal arrived in Uganda in March 1893. 

 He soon made up his mind that the old kingdom of 

 Uganda should be retained as a British possession, 

 but advised the abandonment of the provinces of 

 Unyoro and Toro. He satisfied the Christians as 

 to the lands to be held by the respective parties of 

 Protestants and Roman Catholics, but he failed to 

 meet the demands of the Muhammadans. On the 

 I St April, 1893, the flag of the Chartered Company 

 was replaced on the Kampala fort by the Union Jack. 



On Portal's departure Macdonald was left in 

 charge, and met a serious Muhammadan outbreak 

 in the summer with promptness and success at the 

 battle of Rubaga on 17th June and at Port Alice 



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