§ Mr. Brockwayasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what action has been taken to resolve the disagreement between the Buganda Provincial Government and the Government of Uganda regarding representation in the Legislative Council and to enable the elected mem- 26W bers from other districts to function in the Legislative Council.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe Katikiro of Buganda has filed a plaint in the High Court of Uganda seeking to establish that the present Legislative Council of the Protectorate is not the same as the Legislative Council referred to in Article 7 (1) of the Buganda Agreement, 1955, and that that provision of the Agreement, which provides for Buganda representation in the Legislative Council, is inoperative. The matter is therefore sub judice.
In accordance with the provisions of the Buganda Agreement, the Protectorate Government requested the Katikiro to submit to the Governor the names of candidates for appointment as Representative Members of the new Legislative Council. The Katikiro informed the Governor that he would call together the Buganda Electoral College for that purpose but pointed out that such action would be nugatory if the High Court upholds the Katikiro's plaint. The Katikiro is now seeking legal advice on the question of summoning the Buganda Electoral College.
Elsewhere in the Protectorate elections have been held in those districts which decided to take part and ten African Representative Members have been returned.