A History of Bunyoro-Kitara

The book briefly tackles the history of the ancient kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara from which all conceptions of kingship in Uganda originated. The book has been written during the time in which I have been the King ruling in the succession of my ancestors. Kitara was a kingdom of vast size stretching from Tanganyika to Lake Rudolf and from Lake Naivasha to the Ituri Forest in the Congo. Through unfavourable and unjustifiable circumstances the kingdom was reduced by the British to its present extent. Part was made into a separate kingdom, Toro, part was given to the former Belgian Congo and part was entrusted to Buganda—hence our Lost Counties. In spite of being small the kingdom still retains its cultural pride and traditions and at the same time cherishes its unquenchable spirit of regaining its Lost Counties.