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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Michael_Kintu > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Michael_Kintu.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kintu > Source revision: 1348148704 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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}}{{Cite news|title=Buganda Gets Cabinet|date=4 September 1955|work=The New York Times}} – {{Floruit}} 1964) was a Ugandan politician who served as ''[Katikkiro](/source/Katikkiro_of_Buganda)'' (chief minister/prime minister) of the [Kingdom of Buganda](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Lukiiko) on whether to accept the [Namirembe recommendations](/source/Buganda_Agreement_(1955)).{{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](/source/Kabaka_crisis) Mutesa 11 (king) from exile, was tightly contested, with Kintu defeating [Matayo Mugwanya](/source/Matayo_Mugwanya) 42–41.{{Sfn|Apter|1967|p=375}} In government, Kintu was highly critical of the colonial [Protectorate](/source/Uganda_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](/source/Uganda_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](/source/1961_Ugandan_general_election) held on the 23 March 1961.{{Sfn|Otunnu|2016|p=150}} However, the success of the Catholic [Democratic Party](/source/Democratic_Party_(Uganda)) 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](/source/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](/source/Lukiiko), with members criticising his administration's handling of the [1964 lost counties referendum](/source/1964_Ugandan_lost_counties_referendum).{{Sfn|Jørgensen|1981|p=220}} He was replaced by [Jehoash Mayanja Nkangi](/source/Jehoash_Mayanja_Nkangi),{{Sfn|Jørgensen|1981|p=220}} who defeated the KY-endorsed [Sepiriya Kisawuzi Masembe-Kabali](/source/Sepiriya_Kisawuzi_Masembe-Kabali) by 68-22.{{Sfn|Hancock|1970|p=122}} Kintu was married to one of the daughters of Sir [Apollo Kaggwa](/source/Apollo_Kaggwa).{{Sfn|Apter|1967|p=362}} He was a Protestant of "limited education".{{Sfn|Apter|1967|p=375}}{{Sfn|Hancock|1970|p=110}} == Notes == {{Reflist}} == 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}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kintu, Michael}} Category:Katikkiros of Buganda Category:Year of death missing Category:Year of birth uncertain Category:1900s births Category:Ugandan politicians Category:20th-century Protestants Category:People from Central Region, Uganda Category:20th-century Ugandan politicians Category:Ugandan civil servants Category:Political office-holders in Uganda --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Michael Kintu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kintu) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kintu?action=history)). 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