Jehoash Ssibakyalyawo Mayanja Nkangi or Joash Mayanja Nkangi (22 August 1932 – 6 March 2017)
was a
Uganda
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n
lawyer,
civil servant and politician.
At the time of his death, he was the immediate past chairman of the
Uganda Land Commission. He previously served as a cabinet minister in several ministries in the
Cabinet of Uganda.
From 1962 until 1993, Mayanja Nkanki served as the "Katikkiro" (prime minister) under
Sir Edward Muteesa II, the
Kabaka of Buganda
the kabaka Palace in kireka
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, who reigned from 1939 until 1969. In 1993, when the
Kingdom of Buganda
Buganda is a Bantu kingdom within Uganda. The kingdom of the Baganda people, Buganda is the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day East Africa, consisting of Buganda's Central Region, including the Ugandan capital Kampala. The 14 m ...
was re-instated, he was instrumental in the installation of the present monarch,
Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II.
Background and education
He was born on 22 August 1932 to Isaya Sibakyalwayo and Yozefina Nantale in what was Masaka District at that time, but today is part of
Kalungu District to parents, Isaya Sibakyalwayo and Yozefina Nantale.
He attended Kaabungo Masaka Primary School from 1937 to 1946, Kako Junior School from 1944 to 1946, and King's College Budo
King’s College Budo is a mixed, residential,
secondary school in Central Uganda (Buganda).
Location
The school is located on Naggalabi Hill, in southern Wakiso District, off the Kampala-Masaka Road. This location lies approximately , by road, ...
for secondary school from 1947 to 1949.[ In 1950, he joined ]Makerere University
Makerere University, Kampala (; Mak) is Uganda's largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922. It became an independent national university in 1970. Today, Makerere University is composed of n ...
, then a constituent college of the University of London
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, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts
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in 1953.
In 1954, he was admitted to Keble College, Oxford on scholarship, graduating with a Master of Arts
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in politics, philosophy and economics in 1960.[ He also became certified as a barrister following his training at Lincoln's Inn of Courts in the ]United Kingdom
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.
Early career
While at Oxford, Nkangi studied law at Lincoln's Inn of Courts in London, then returned to Uganda in 1960 where he set up his law practice. He also joined pre-independence Ugandan politics. He formed a political party called the "United Party"; later called the "United National Party" (UNP). In 1962, he abandoned the UNP and joined the Kabaka Yekka
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(KY) political party. He was elected to represent Masaka East Constituency in the Ugandan Parliament, in May 1962. Following independence on 9 October 1962, Nkangi served as minister without portfolio in the ministry of economic affairs. Then as the commerce and industry minister. On 17 August 1964, Nkangi, at age 33 years and a bachelor, was elected Buganda's katikkiro by the Lukiiko in a landslide. Looking back, Nkangi says his humble beginnings must have marketed him. "The Kabaka did not know me personally."
Trouble started in early 1966. On 15 April 1966, the 1962 Uganda constitution was abrogated during a parliamentary session in which Milton Obote
Apollo Milton Obote (28 December 1925 – 10 October 2005) was a Ugandan political leader who led Uganda to independence from British colonial rule in 1962. Following the nation's independence, he served as prime minister of Uganda from 1962 to ...
, the then prime minister, was surrounded by Uganda Army troops. The Buganda lukiiko
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(parliament) passed a resolution to eject the central government from Buganda; essentially declaring Buganda's secession
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from Uganda. In response, Obote ordered Idi Amin
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, the army commander at the time to attack the Kabaka's palace at Mengo. The assault came on 24 May 1966. Both Muteesa and Nkangi fled to the United Kingdom
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. Nkangi went via Nairobi
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, in Kenya
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. In 1967, Obote abolished the cultural kingdoms and put a new constitution in place.
Exile
While in exile, he was able to find work as a research fellow
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at Lancaster University. Also while there, he was able to witness the Kabaka's written desire to have his son Ronald Muwenda Mutebi succeed the Buganda throne, when that time came. After Muteesa died on 21 November 1969, Mayanja Nkangi, in his capacity as Katikkiro, proclaimed the death, as is the custom. He returned to Uganda in April to arrange and partly oversee the deceased king's funereal in April 1971.
After exile
Following the removal of the Obote I regime in 1971, Nkangi returned to Uganda and re-opened his law practice. Although Amin spied on him, he generally left him alone, once he learnt that Nkangi had no plans to undermine his government. Following the overthrow of Idi Amin in 1979, Nkangi formed the Conservative Party (Uganda).
When the Obote II government (1980 - 1985) was overthrown by the military junta led by Tito Okello Lutwa, Nkangi was appointed minister of labour Minister of Labour (in British English) or Labor (in American English) is typically a cabinet-level position with portfolio responsibility for setting national labour standards, labour dispute mechanisms, employment, workforce participation, traini ...
, serving in that capacity from August 1985 until January 1986.
Under the National Resistance Movement
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History
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) was founded as a liberation movement that waged a guerrilla ...
administration, led by Yoweri Museveni
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, Nkangi served as minister of education, minister of planning, minister of finance
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and ministry of justice A Ministry of Justice is a common type of government department that serves as a justice ministry.
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Named "Ministry"
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. His tenure in Museveni's cabinet lasted from 1986 until 2001. After his retirement from cabinet, he was appointed chairman of the Uganda Land Commission, serving in that capacity from 2002 until 2012.
In 2010, he was appointed Chairman of the Uganda Land Commission, which he held from 2010 until 2013.[ In later life, he wrote an autobiography, titled "Out of Empire into Servitude."][
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Other considerations
During his tenure as the minister of education (1986 - 1989), he oversaw the creation of Kyambogo University. While he served as the minister of planning (1989 - 1992), he oversaw the creation of the Uganda Investment Authority
The Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) is a semi-autonomous investment promotion and facilitation organisation in Uganda and is owned by the government of Uganda.
Location
The headquarters of UIA are located at The Investment Center, The Investm ...
.
Death
He died on 6 March 2017 at Nakasero Hospital
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where he had been hospitalized since February 2017, at the age of 85.[ The cause of death was reported to be ]pneumonia
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. He was buried on 10 March 2017 at his ancestral home at Mwalo-Budda Masaka City. Among the mourners were Uganda's vice president Edward Ssekandi, the Katikkiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga
Charles Peter Mayiga (born 1962) is a Ugandan lawyer, cultural leader and author. He is the current '' katikkiro'' (prime minister) in the government of Buganda, a constitutional monarchy in present-day Uganda. He was appointed to that positio ...
, members of parliament and religious leaders.
See also
References
External links
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2017 deaths
Katikkiros of Buganda
Finance Ministers of Uganda
Ministers of Justice of Uganda
Ministers of Education of Uganda
Makerere University alumni
Alumni of Keble College, Oxford
People from Kalungu District
1932 births
Ganda people
Conservative Party (Uganda) politicians