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Mengo Hill has played an important role in Ugandan political and religious history. "Mengo" is a Luganda word for grinding stones . According to legend, ancient migrant communities from the Ssese Islands who settled on the hill used these stones to grind their food.
The Buganda Crisis, also called the 1966 Mengo Crisis, the Kabaka Crisis, or the 1966 Crisis, domestically, was a period of political turmoil that occurred in Buganda.It was driven by conflict between Prime Minister Milton Obote and the Kabaka of Buganda, Mutesa II, culminating in a military assault upon the latter's residence that drove him into exile.
Mengo Senior School, also known as Mengo SS, is a comprehensive, mixed day school in Kampala. As of March 2020 [update] , it had over 5300 students, 250 teachers, 28 technical staff, and more than 30 support staff.
Lubiri, the Kabaka's palace at Mengo, Kampala. Kabaka is the title of the king of the Kingdom of Buganda. [1]: 142–143 According to the traditions of the Baganda, they are ruled by two kings, one spiritual and the other secular.
Sir Albert Ruskin Cook, CMG, OBE (22 March 1870 – 23 April 1951) [1] was a British medical missionary in Uganda, and the founder of Mulago Hospital and Mengo Hospital. Together with his wife, Katharine Cook (1863–1938), he established a maternity training school in Uganda.
The attack on Muteesa's palace refers to a significant event that occurred during Milton Obote's first reign of presidency in Uganda commonly known as the Mengo Crisis. On 24 May 1966, Obote ordered an assault on the (Lubiri) palace located at Mengo in Kampala , the residence of King (Kabaka) Edward Muteesa II of Buganda .
Lubiri (or Mengo Palace) is the royal compound of the Kabaka of Buganda, located in Mengo, a suburb of Kampala, the Ugandan capital. [1] The original Lubiri was destroyed in the May 1966 Battle of Mengo Hill , at the culmination of the struggle between Mutesa II and Milton Obote for power.
At the time, Uganda’s first president and king of Buganda Kabaka Muteesa II fled his palace at Mengo amid a downpour. With his escorts, they escaped to Burundi and then flew to Britain, where he eventually died. [13] The Ugandan army turned the king's palace into their barracks and the Buganda parliament building into their headquarters. [10]