Editing Buganda (section)

===Colonial times===
[[File:Kabaka Palace in Kampala.jpg|thumb|Kabaka Palace in Kampala|left]][[File:Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi-114329.jpg|alt=Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi|thumb|Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi]]
Buganda was colonized by the British<ref>{{Cite web|title=HISTORY OF UGANDA|url=http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/plaintexthistories.asp?historyid=ad22|access-date=2021-04-02|website=www.historyworld.net}}</ref> and made a protectorate of the United Kingdom in 1884. The move towards independence reached a climax when the Lukiiko, the parliament of Buganda appointed the Buganda Constitutional Committee in 1959<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-09 |title=Governor issues warning as Buganda declares self independence |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/magazines/people-power/governor-issues-warning-as-buganda-declares-self-independence-1707594 |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=Monitor |language=en}}</ref> and later declared independence on 8 October 1960 and requested that the British protectorate be terminated.

While in exile, Mwanga II was received into the [[Anglican Church]] and was baptized with the name of Danieri (Daniel). He spent the rest of his life in exile. He died in 1903, at 35 years of age. On 2 August 1910, his remains were repatriated and buried at Kasubi.<ref>{{Citation |title=Mwanga II of Buganda |date=2024-11-23 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mwanga_II_of_Buganda |access-date=2025-02-28 |language=en}}</ref>

On 24 July 1993, the monarchy of Buganda was restored when Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II was crowned king. Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II was the son of King 'Freddy', who had been deposed by the Ugandan government in 1966.<ref>''Sunday Times'', 1 August 1993, p. 18.</ref>