ABSTRACT
The outbreak of the first World War in 1914 imposed a sharp check upon progress in both the economic and administrative fields, even though Uganda itself, after the first few months of fighting, was never in any serious danger from enemy attack. The situation of the planters was slightly improved by the willingness of a section of the African population to offer their services for plantation work in order to avoid being called upon to act as porters for the armed forces. Mr F. C. Rayne was appointed to the new post, and early in 1919 he began an extensive tour of the Protectorate in fulfilment of the first part of his task. The local demand for sugar in Kenya and Uganda was more than equal to the output of the factory, but in 1927 500 tons were sold to other territories in an attempt to lay the foundations of an export market.
