{{Short description|Ugandan politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Michael Kintu | image = | caption = | birth_date = c. 1900 | death_date = fl. 1964 | birth_place = Buganda, Uganda | occupation = Politician | office = Katikkiro (Chief Minister) of Buganda | term_start = 1955 | term_end = 1964 | predecessor = Paulo Kavuma | successor = Jehoash Mayanja Nkangi | party = Kabaka Yekka (KY) | spouse = Daughter of Sir Apollo Kaggwa | known_for = Leadership of Buganda during independence negotiations; chairman of KY; handling of the 1964 lost counties referendum }}

'''Michael Kintu''' ({{Circa|1900}}<ref>{{Cite news|title=Buganda Gets Cabinet|date=4 September 1955|work=The New York Times}}</ref> – {{Floruit}} 1964) was a Ugandan politician who served as ''Katikkiro'' (chief minister/prime minister) of the Kingdom of Buganda from 1955{{Sfn|Akyeampong|Gates|2012|p=398}}{{Sfn|Apter|1967|p=362, 370}} to 1964.{{Sfn|Jørgensen|1981|p=220}} He succeeded Kawalya Kaggwa when becoming the new Katikiro/Prime minister of Buganda kingdom.

Prior to becoming ''Katikkiro/Prime minister'' himself, Kintu had "already served for more than twenty years as a chief in the administration",{{Sfn|Hancock|1970|p=110}} including as ''Mukwenda'' (chief adviser) to ''Katikkiro'' Paulo Kavuma, who he would later replace.{{Sfn|Apter|1967|p=362, 370}} He was also one of the Chief Scouts of Uganda Scouts Association before Independence in 1962. He also chaired the Kintu Committee, established in December 1954 to advise the Bugandan Lukiko on whether to accept the Namirembe recommendations.{{Sfn|Apter|1967|p=383}} Ultimately, the Kintu Committee supported the recommendations, with a number of proposed amendments: the deferral of local government and succession reforms, and the instigation of direct elections to the Lukiko.{{Sfn|Apter|1967|p=|pp=296–297}} The Kintu Committee's report was adopted by the Lukiko on 9 May 1955 by 77 votes to 8 with 1 abstention.{{Sfn|Apter|1967|p=|pp=296–297}}

Kintu's election as ''Katikkiro'' in August 1955, which followed the return of Kabaka Mutesa 11 (king) from exile, was tightly contested, with Kintu defeating Matayo Mugwanya 42–41.{{Sfn|Apter|1967|p=375}} In government, Kintu was highly critical of the colonial Protectorate government, and pushed for Ugandan independence.{{Sfn|Apter|1967|p=|pp=385–387}} In contrast to Kavuma, Kintu was initially supportive of a single Ugandan state.{{Sfn|Apter|1967|p=|pp=385–387}} However, his vision for a federal state (with a high degree of self-government for Buganda) brought Buganda into conflict with the British government, which favoured the creation of a unitary state. This resulted in Buganda boycotting the 1958 elections to the Legislative Council (LEGCO), in apparent violation of the terms of the 1955 Agreement,{{Sfn|Mukholi|1995|p=8}} and ultimately in a memorandum of 24 September 1960 that concluded that Buganda should "go it alone" rather than continue progress towards a united Uganda as the British favoured.{{Sfn|Apter|1967|p=488}} This disagreement created significant political unrest in Buganda, culminating in the ''de facto'' Bugandan boycott of the general election held on the 23 March 1961.{{Sfn|Otunnu|2016|p=150}} However, the success of the Catholic Democratic Party forced a "very reluctant" Kintu to reengage in the independence process, and Buganda duly participated in the Ugandan Constitutional Conference held later in 1961.{{Sfn|Hancock|1970|p=111}} The Conference agreed that Bugandan representation on LEGCO would be achieved indirectly through the Lukiko.{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}} Kintu duly endorsed the Kabaka Yekka (KY), a party formed to preserve the traditional establishment in Buganda, and became its chairman in 1962.{{Sfn|Hancock|1970|p=111}}Kintu was a central figure in Buganda's political landscape, known for his leadership during independence negotiations. He chaired the "Kintu Committee" in 1954, which advised the Buganda Parliament (Lukiiko) on recommendations for self-government.

Kintu's resignation as ''Katikkiro'' in November 1964 followed a vote of no confidence in the Bugandan Lukiko, with members criticising his administration's handling of the 1964 lost counties referendum.{{Sfn|Jørgensen|1981|p=220}} He was replaced by Jehoash Mayanja Nkangi,{{Sfn|Jørgensen|1981|p=220}} who defeated the KY-endorsed Sepiriya Kisawuzi Masembe-Kabali by 68-22.{{Sfn|Hancock|1970|p=122}}

Kintu was married to one of the daughters of Sir Apollo Kaggwa.{{Sfn|Apter|1967|p=362}} He was a Protestant of "limited education".{{Sfn|Apter|1967|p=375}}{{Sfn|Hancock|1970|p=110}}

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== References ==

*{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YvMrBgAAQBAJ|title=The Political Kingdom in Uganda: A Study in Bureaucratic Nationalism|last=Apter|first=David E.|date=1967|edition=2nd|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-30757-7}} *{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39JMAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PA398|title=Dictionary of African Biography|last1=Akyeampong|first1=Emmanuel Kwaku|last2=Gates|first2=Henry Louis|date=2 February 2012|publisher=OUP USA|isbn=9780195382075|pages=398|language=en}} *{{Cite journal|last=Hancock|first=Ian|date=1 April 1970|title=The Buganda Crisis of 1964|url=https://academic.oup.com/afraf/article/69/275/109/57552|journal=African Affairs|language=en|volume=69|issue=275|pages=109–123|doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a095989|issn=0001-9909|url-access=subscription}} *{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=09MNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA288|title=Uganda: a modern history|last=Jørgensen|first=Jan Jelmert|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=1981|isbn=978-0-85664-643-0|page=220}} *{{cite book|url=http://www.nzdl.org/gsdlmod?e=q-00000-00---off-0unescoen--00-0----0-10-0---0---0direct-10---4-----stt--0-1l--11-en-50---20-about-constitution--00-0-1-00-0--4----0-0-11-10-0utfZz-8-10&a=d&c=unescoen&srp=0&srn=0&cl=search&d=HASH016d9c404a032ce0564b7ae4|title=A Complete Guide to Uganda's Fourth Constitution: History, Politics, and the Law|last=Mukholi|first=David|publisher=Fountain Publishers|year=1995|isbn=978-9970-02-084-3|pages=9–10}} *{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aZDLDQAAQBAJ|title=Crisis of Legitimacy and Political Violence in Uganda, 1890 to 1979|last=Otunnu|first=Ogenga|date=26 December 2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-33156-0|page=150}}

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