Through Uganda to Mount Elgon . the trigger and allow the charge to plough itsway through the mass of humanity in the rear! All this has gone, and not only because ofthe passing of Mwanga and his like, butbecause the Baganda as a nation have changedtheir point of vision. The Lubare, or devil-worship, responsible for gross superstitionsand much suffering, is now scarcely known inthe kingdom. Le roi est mort, vive le roi! ( The King isdead, long live the King ! ) And for once thepeople really meant what they cried : for their Kabaka, or King, although only an infant afew months old, had been bap
Through Uganda to Mount Elgon . the trigger and allow the charge to plough itsway through the mass of humanity in the rear! All this has gone, and not only because ofthe passing of Mwanga and his like, butbecause the Baganda as a nation have changedtheir point of vision. The Lubare, or devil-worship, responsible for gross superstitionsand much suffering, is now scarcely known inthe kingdom. Le roi est mort, vive le roi! ( The King isdead, long live the King ! ) And for once thepeople really meant what they cried : for their Kabaka, or King, although only an infant afew months old, had been baptized Daudi(David), and was to be brought up a Christian. Long ago the directors of the Imperial BritishEast Africa Company presented King Mwangawith a chair which served as a throne, andtook the place of the one made by the nativecarpenter. The latter chair, with that of hisfather Mtesa, King Mwanga gave me just beforehe rebelled against the British Administration,and they are both now used in the study ofthe Bishop of KING DAUDI (DAVID) CHWA (+)• Light and Liberty 149 To those who really knew Mwanga, nothingwas more incongruous than to see him on hisnew throne, for just above his head was thecarved motto, Light and Liberty. The donorsundoubtedly had their vision of things whichto-day are being fulfilled, and the evidences ofgreat advancement are thrust upon us as wemake our way to the native capital of thepresent King, Daudi Chwa. CHAPTER VIII UGANDA: ITS PRESENT ADMINIS-TRATION No Uganda Railway—Porterage system—No relief for Britishtaxpayer—Sir H. H. Johnston—Provincial chiefs—PaxBritannica—One Governor suggested for East Africa andUganda—Tropical diseases—Native development or revenue—King David at home—Native parliament—Regents—SirApolo Kagv?a, —Native capabilities and possi-bilities—Chamber of Commerce and Labour problem—Road-making—Waste of labour—Transport facilities—Need fortechnical education—Military serv
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