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The Uganda Legislative Council (LEGCO) was the predecessor of the National Assembly of Uganda, prior to Uganda's independence from Great Britain. It was small to start with and all its members were Europeans. Its legislative powers were limited since all important decisions came from Her Majesty's government in the United Kingdom. == First LEGCO meeting – 23 March 1921 == Uganda's Legislative Council (LEGCO) was created by the British Colonial Government in 1920 via an Order-in-Council. The LEGCO had its first meeting on Wednesday, 23 March 1921. Its composition then was small and all its members were Europeans. It was made up of the Colonial Governor as President, 4 officials namely: the Chief Secretary, Attorney General, Treasurer, and the Principal Medical Officer; and 2 nominated non-officials who were H.H. Hunter (a Lawyer from Kampala), H.E. Lewis (a Manager of the East Africa Company which was the successor to the Imperial British East Africa Company). The intention had been to have 3 non-official members made up of one representative of the planters and ginners, one representative from the business community and one Indian. The Indians wanted a representation in the LEGCO equal to the Europeans. This was refused because according to the colonial government at the time, representation in the LEGCO was not based on any community group. In 1921 the number of Asians in Uganda was 5,000 and Europeans numbered 1,000. There was therefore a vacant Asian position which was filled on a temporary basis by Major A.L. Ranton, who was not resident in Uganda but had estates in Mityana, approximately 48 miles west of Kampala.〔Apter, David E, “The Political Kingdom in Uganda – A study in Bureaucratic Nationalism”, first published in 1961, Princeton University Press.〕 The unofficial membership of the LEGCO consisted of two Europeans between 1921 to 1926. The four official members at this time were all Europeans. The first Indian member of the LEGCO was nominated in 1926 and the second member was appointed in 1933. They were appointed in their personal capacity. Thus the early years of the LEGCO were dominated by a European membership and later a few Indians were added. In 1946 the number of European and Asian members was increased to 3 each. There ware some concerns about the powers of the LEGCO from Buganda. On Monday 21 March 1921, Ssekabaka Daudi Chwa (King of Buganda) and Sir Apolo Kagwa wrote a letter to the Colonial Governor questioning the Legislative Council's powers to make laws in Buganda. The letter made reference to Article 5 of the Uganda Agreement 1900 which in effect meant Buganda had complete self-government in terms of local administration and so any laws made by the Governor applied to Buganda only if they did not conflict with the terms of the 1900 agreement. The British government, having declared Buganda a British Protectorate on Monday 18 June 1894, following a mission to Uganda by Sir Gerald Portal as a newly appointed British Special Commissioner in 1892, expanded the Protectorate. Other parts of what is now Uganda were added to the British Protectorate two years later in 1896. They were Bunyoro, Toro, Ankole and Busoga. Other parts of Uganda were added via treaties. The establishment of a Legislative Council in Uganda took a long time. After the declaration of a British Protectorate, it took 27 years before a Legislative Council(LEGCO) was set up in Uganda. It took even longer to admit African members. The first African members of the LEGCO were admitted in 1945, this is some 25 years after the LEGCO was set up. The three African representatives who joined the LEGCO were sworn in on Tuesday 4 December 1945, they were: Michael Ernest Kawalya Kaggwa (Katikiro, i.e. Prime Minister of Buganda), Petero Nyangabyaki (Katikiro of Bunyoro), and Yekonia Zirabamuzale (Secretary General of Busoga). In the mid 1950s the number of seats for Africans were substantially increased so that by 1954 fifty percent of the membership was African. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Uganda Legislative Council」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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