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Mutesa II

Sir Edward Frederick William David Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula Mutesa II (modern spelling: Muteesa) CBE MBE (19 November 1924 – 21 November 1969) was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda in Uganda from 22 November 1939 until his death. He was the thirty-fifth Kabaka of Buganda[1] and the first President of Uganda.

Quotes about Mutesa II

• … Mutesa II was a leader whose life was greatly influenced – and often trapped – by intersecting but occasionally conflicting heritages. From a very young age he was cast into the leadership of a dichotomous society (old and new, conservative and modern, colonial and anticolonial, Christian and non-Christian) in a rapidly changing and challenging world.
  • Apollo N. Makubuya, Sir Edward Frederick L. Mutesa II: Reflections on the Triple Heritage Of An African King, Knight and President.
• “… many will say that he was ill-advised to pit the illusions of a bygone tribal glory against the claims of a modern African state; but no one can question the devotion with which he spent himself for his people and their well-being.”
  • Rev. John Taylor, at the funeral service for Mutesa II