Apollo Kagwa served as Katikkiro (prime minister) of Buganda between 1890 and 1926. Kagwa was part of the privileged strata of Protestant chiefs who solidified their position in the new colonial order after the Uganda Agreement of 1900.

Apollo Kagwa, 1902

Source: Henry Hamilton Johnston, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Tensions arose between Kagwa and the British colonial administration leading up to Kagwa’s resignation. Kagwa wanted to entrench the power of the chiefs whilst the British, who wished to protect their economic interests, favoured greater political representation for Bugandan society in the face of growing calls for reform.