ABSTRACT
Apolo Milton Obote, as leader of Uganda People’s Congress, inherited the independence government on 9 October 1962. On 22 February 1966, he abrogated the constitution and concentrated power in his own hands. Some of the most effective pressure exerted through the Legislative Council in the African colonies’ demands for self-government and independence was to use the very standards of democracy as practiced in Britain, such as universal adult franchise and representative and responsible government. Obote was one of the most articulate advocates of a democratic system in Uganda and his public pronouncements up to independence bear this out. Some of the most effective pressure exerted through the Legislative Council in the African colonies’ demands for self-government and independence was to use the very standards of democracy as practiced in Britain, such as universal adult franchise and representative and responsible government.
