Apolo Kagwa

Sir Apolo Kagwa (* 1869, † February 1927 in Nairobi, Kenya ) was a buga Discher politician and ethnographer.

Kagwa served at the court of Kabaka Mutesa and Mwanga II and was Prime Minister in 1890 Mwanga ( Katikiro ) of Buganda. As a result of the Ugandan religious conflicts since 1892, there were next to the Protestants Kagwa with Stanislaus Mugwanya in addition also a Catholic Katikiro.

In January 1897, it was among other things Kagwa, Gabriel Kintu indicated with the British authorities, which the unsuccessful rebellion against the British with Mwangas triggered. Since the Daudi Chwa II used by the British as successor Mwangas was only one year old, Kagwa took over Mugwanya and Zakaria Kizito Kisingiri into office in Buganda. In this role, he was also involved in the formulation of the Buganda Agreement, the newly settled the land ratios in Buganda and the beneficiary himself strong by 78 km ² of land were awarded to him. In the following years he continued to work closely together with the British and fought for the modernization of agriculture and the creation of an education system. But his defense of the privileges of Bakungu brought him increasingly in opposition to the British administration and the Kabaka. The office as prime minister, he had held until 1926 when he resigned from his post because of a relatively minor conflict in which he was passed over by the British government in its authority.

Kagwa was after Christian missionaries had begun its work in Uganda, converted early to the Anglican faith and in the Church Missionary Society ( CMS) active. He was also one of the lead characters during the construction of the Cathedral of Namirembe in Kampala.

At the coronation of Edward VII Kagwa arrived with his secretary Ham Mukasa, of a report in Luganda wrote about this trip, which was tailored to the interests of domestic Baganda, for Europe was a distant unknown country.