Editing Protectorate of Uganda (section)

=== First World War era military forces ===
Early on in the Protectorate's history of occupation the British colonial government had recognised the need for a local defence force.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Lwanga-Luwyiigo|first1=Sanwiri|title=The Colonial Roots of Internal Conflict in Uganda|date=25 September 1987|issue=Makerere University|page=8|url=https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/bitstream/handle/123456789/1412/ISIC%2017-The%20colonial%20roots%20of%20internal%20conflict%20in%20Uganda%20-%20331408.pdf?sequence=1|access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref> In 1895 the British colonial armed force in the Protectorate was the Uganda Rifles, who were formed as an internal security force (i.e. keeping the peace in tribal areas rather than defending against external aggression).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Omara-Otunnu|first1=Amii|title=Politics and the Military in Uganda, 1890–1985|date=1987|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781349187362|pages=19–21|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I9evCwAAQBAJ&q=%22Uganda+Rifles%22&pg=PA19|access-date=13 June 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Lwanga-Luwyiigo|first1=Sanwiri|title=The Colonial Roots of Internal Conflict in Uganda|date=25 September 1987|issue=Makerere University|page=7|url=https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/bitstream/handle/123456789/1412/ISIC%2017-The%20colonial%20roots%20of%20internal%20conflict%20in%20Uganda%20-%20331408.pdf?sequence=1|access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref> In the late nineteenth century the local defence force was largely composed of Sudanese troops brought in by the British, these troops were commanded by a mix of British and Sudanese officers, local tribes were not that evident in this force defending the interests of the [[Imperial British East Africa Company]]. Unfortunately the Sudanese grew resentful of their conditions of service and the Uganda Rifles mutinied in 1897.<ref name="Uganda Army History">{{cite web|last1=Pike|first1=John|title=Uganda Army History|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/uganda/army-history.htm|website=www.globalsecurity.org|access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref> On 1 January 1902<ref>{{cite web|title=History of the Kings African Rifles|url=http://www.kingsafricanriflesassociation.co.uk/the-history-of-the-kar/|website=www.kingsafricanriflesassociation.co.uk|date=23 January 2013 |access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref> the somewhat irregular armed force in Uganda was reformed (with far fewer Sudanese and more local tribes in its ranks)<ref name="Uganda Army History"/> and re-titled the 4th Battalion the [[King's African Rifles]] (KAR). It was with this defensive structure that was in place at the outbreak of hostilities in 1914, although there had been cuts in the KAR in 1911 stretching the force structure of the regiment even further.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Moyse-Bartlett|first1=Lieutenant-Colonel H.|title=The King's African Rifles – Volume 1|date=2012|publisher=Andrews UK Limited|isbn=9781781506615|page=153|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q3C-BAAAQBAJ&q=%22Uganda+Rifles%22&pg=PA104|access-date=13 June 2017|language=en}}</ref> By the end of the Great War the Ugandan contingent in the KAR had grown considerably and they had become an effective fighting force built out of Ugandans rather than outsiders and had enjoyed success against the German forces in East Africa.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fecitt MBE TD|first1=Harry|title=Out on a Limb – the road through Tunduru: German East Africa, May to November 1917|url=http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/the-great-war/great-war-on-land/other-war-theatres/2512-out-on-a-limb-the-road-through-tunduru-german-east-africa-may-to-november-1917.html#sthash.3Jemn5SC.dpbs|website=www.westernfrontassociation.com|access-date=13 June 2017|language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The 4th Battalion of the 4th Regiment (Uganda) of the Kings African Rifles in the Great War|url=http://gweaa.com/th-battalion-of-th-regiment-uganda-of-kings-african-rifles-great-war/|website=gweaa.com|access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref> The Protectorate also developed an emergency response for the intelligence collection on German activities and performing political-military liaison with allies in East Africa; according to UK National Archive records this organisation (known as the [[Uganda Intelligence Department]])<ref>{{cite web|last1=Archives|first1=The National|title=The Discovery Service|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7247337|website=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk|access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref> was about 20 strong and included European officers and African soldiers.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Archives|first1=The National|title=The Discovery Service|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_fn=&_ln=&_no=&_crp=Uganda+Intelligence&_ttl=&discoveryCustomSearch=true&_cr1=WO+372&_dt=M&_col=200&_hb=tna|website=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk|access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref>

Most of this recruitment was done from the northern part of the protectorate especially the Acholi sub-region. The British colonial administration had also fought with the Lamogi clan of the Acholi people in what that culminated in to the Lamogi Rebellion.