HC Deb 17 April 1958 vol 586 c31W
Mr. Stonehouse

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what arrangements are now being made for the election of members of the Legislative Council from Buganda, in view of the opposition of the Lukiko to the direct elections which are to be held elsewhere in the Protectorate later this year.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The Governor has replied to the Lukiko's resolution that he considers it clear that the resolution means that the Lukiko and the Kabaka's Government do not want direct elections in Buganda this year and that he has therefore suspended the arrangements for such elections, after making every effort to give effect to the agreed recommendations in the report by representatives of the Protectorate and Kabaka's Governments.

The position is therefore that, unless the Lukiko reviews its attitude towards direct elections, the arrangements for the election of the Buganda representative members of the Legislative Council will continue to be as provided for in the Buganda Agreement, 1955.

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