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the Acting Commissioner the advisabihty of estabhshing such 

 a staff as a distinct and separate body. The scheme was 

 sanctioned, and as a preHminary experiment the Colonel 

 approved of twenty men being appointed. Some simple rules 

 were drawn up, the men selected, and the police force came 

 into existence. At first Soudanese soldiers were chosen ; but 

 now Waganda are employed, probably owing to the mutiny 

 and the disarming of the 

 Soudanese at Kampala. 

 The present uniform is 

 white, with dark blue 

 putties, and a red cloth 

 turban, one end of which 

 is allowed to hang down 

 the back. The men are 

 armed with the Govern- 

 ment rifle, and wear a 

 light brown leather cart- 

 ridge-belt. They also act 

 as prison-warders. 



The administration of 

 justice in Uganda is based 

 on the treaty with King 

 Mwanga, under which the 

 British Government as- 

 sumed the responsibility of a Protectorate over the kingdom. 

 The African Order in Council and the Brussels Act of Interna- 

 tional Law regarding sale of spirits or rifles to natives guide the 

 judicial decision in other matters. 



One of the latest improvements in administrative expan- 

 sion was the appointment of a barrister-at-law, Mr. Collinson, 

 as legal adviser to the Government. All judicial decisions 

 above a certain penalty have to be submitted to the High 

 Court of Bombay ; and a fortiori no sentence of death can 

 be carried out by the Government without the sanction of the 

 High Court. 



The king of Uganda has his own native court of justice ; he 

 has no right to try any but his own subjects ; consequently 

 matters in connection with aliens of every description, whether 

 European, Swahili, Soudanese, Lendu, Indian, or Armenian, 

 cannot be tried in the king's native court. The king's court 



KAMPALA POLICE. 



