For five straight years, one Ugandan king held off the British Empire with a fraction of its weapons, and Uganda spent most of the 20th century pretending it hadn't happened.
Kabalega became Omukama of Bunyoro in 1870 at 16 and spent his reign rebuilding it into one of the dominant kingdoms in the Great Lakes region, built on trade through the Kibiro saltworks and territory that expanded as far as Toro, Nkole, and Rwanda. When Britain declared war on Bunyoro in 1894, Kabalega refused to simply surrender his kingdom the way neighboring rulers had.
He retreated and ran a guerrilla resistance for five years, forcing Britain to lean on Buganda and Sudanese mercenaries just to keep up the fight. He was finally wounded, captured in an ambush in 1899, and exiled first to Kismayo, then to the Seychelles, where he spent the next 24 years.
He never stopped resisting from exile either, writing letters and petitions against colonial rule the entire time. In 1923, Britain finally allowed him to return home. He died in Jinja before he made it back across the border.
For decades afterward, Uganda built no monuments to him, named no roads after him. He was only formally declared a national hero in 2009, 86 years after he died trying to get home to the kingdom he never stopped fighting for.
Europe is richer than Uganda, with better facilities, infrastructure, institutions, and systems. That's why asylum seekers flock there. To tell a village mate who is poorer than you (Uganda) to receive an unwanted guest is extremely disrespectful, more so when you promise to pay for the relocation of that guest. CPM
🇵🇹🫂🇦🇷 Cristiano Ronaldo: “Leo, so many years defending your country and a story that will live on forever”.
“You have all my respect for everything you’ve achieved with Argentina. A hug”.
Quem ama futebol te aproveitou ao longo desses anos…
Hoje é seu ultimo jogo com a camisa da tua seleção, do teu país e eu espero que você curta cada segundo, que todas as homenagens hoje te façam feliz.
Não é só Argentina que te agradece, o mundo agradece por tudo que fez ao futebol.
Obrigado por me fazer amar ainda mais o futebol, foi uma honra ter jogado contra você e mais ainda fazer história ao seu lado.
GRACIAS Leo Messi 🐐