Tooro Kingdom Archives
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TOORO KINGDOM ARCHIVES The Archives of the Tooro Kingdom While Tooro has an ancient and distant history, the modern-day kingdom was founded in the mid-19th century, when its dissident people broke away from the older kingdom of Bunyoro. Under British colonial government Tooro was, like other Ugandan kingdoms, subordinated to the central government, but its ruling class enjoyed a great amount of latitude in the governance of their people. Under the government of Uganda’s first President, Milton Obote, the kingdom was abolished in 1966. It was revived after the passage of the 1993 constitution; and today the Tooro Kingdom is today one of several ‘cultural institutions’ recognized by the government of the National Resistance Movement. The kingdom’s archives formerly resided in the damp basement of the building called ‘Mukwa’, which was erected in the late 1950s to house the colonial kingdom’s administrative apparatus. After the kingdom’s abolition the archives were gradually interred, as the local government officers that occupied the building piled the basement with derelict equipment and other assorted junk. By the time the kingdom was restored the archives had effectively been buried beneath the accumulating strata, beyond the reach of scholars and government officers alike. In 2010, however, Dr. Derek Peterson managed to insert himself into the basement, and with the help of a research assistant he extracted 25 files for inspection. In 2013 the kingdom’s Prime Minister, Mr. Stephan Kaliba, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mountains of the Moon University, giving MMU’s archivists access to the basement and temporary custody of the papers. With funding from the Cooperative Africana Materials Project of the Center for Research Libraries, the archive was removed from the basement and transferred to MMU’s campus, where the papers (which were badly degraded) were cleaned, re-covered, catalogued, and scanned. In all the collection consists of 608 boxes of material. It is organized under the following headings: Administration Finance Education Sports Miscellaneous The substantial number of personnel files contained within the archive have not been identified here for reasons of privacy. The cataloguing of the Tooro Kingdom Archive was conducted in 2013 and 2014 by Mr. Akugizibwe Moses, Mr. Kimbugwe Adolph, Mr. Musinguzi Sylvester, and Ms. Baryabuza Anna, working under the district of Mr. Evarist Ngabirano. Tooro Kingdom Archive 1 BOX NO FILE NO ORG CATEGORY START DATE END DATE FILE NAME CONTENTS 1 1 Tooro Admin General 11/7/69 24/7/1970 Office of the secretary General Appointmets, Confirmation & Correspondences 1 2 Tooro Admin General 7/11/55 7/7/58 Employees Enumiratio Tooro Forms, Corresponces with Katikiro 2 1 Tooro Admin General 25/4/1960 16/7/1962 Omujasi's Office & Correspondences Tooro Police, deployment of Askari's correspodence 2 2 Tooro Admin General 10/1/65 18/6/1968 Transport General 3 1 Tooro Admin General 23/4/1966 1/4/67 Letters from other departmets asking for orders Medical, Works departments ad Prime Minister's office 4 1 Tooro Admin General 11/1/56 29/11/1956 Free hold register Volume 4 2 Tooro Admin General Correspondences between provintial Ministries & 30/12/1971 21/7/1975 Provintial Adminstration (no cover) Local Adminstration Askari's Uniforms 4 3 Tooro Admin General 13/7/1954 10/2/59 Geeral correspondences, Omuketo's Office General Iformation on dept allawances & travels 5 1 Tooro Admin General 9/4/71 23/7/1973 Adminstrative Secretary's Correspondences (no cover) General corresponce letters of annual leaves 5 2 Tooro Admin General 9/6/71 23/7/1973 Treasurer ( Omuketo's office correspondences) Correspondences about trading Licences 6 1 Tooro Admin General 12/1/64 13/3/1965 Omuhikirwa's Office (Prime minister) Filmsy file Geeral Correspondece with Gombolola Chiefs 7 1 Admin General Minutes from the Katikiro's office & a plan for Tooro 5/5/59 5/8/59 Kasunga Training Centre Correspondences with other departments Correspondences from Information office to Correspondences, Speech of Omuhikirwa on the the 7 2 Tooro Admin General 4/7/64 5/3/66 Katikiro'soffice death of Omukama George Rukidi,etc. 7 3 Tooro Admin General 7/5/69 16/6/79 Celebrations & Anniversaries-Tooro Independence Celebrations, and other days 8 1 Tooro Admin General 19/7/1973 6/8/77 Tooro Government buildings general (No cover) Rent, Sale and compersation from Government 8 2 Tooro Admin General 11/7/60 20/11/1961 Touring general Omukama's visit to Bulaya, Government Officials etc 9 1 Tooro Admin General 15/2/1966 7/5/68 Tooro Adminstration General Secretary (No cover) Correspondences with Owisaza and other Chiefs 9 2 Tooro Admin General Correspondences with Omuhikirwa's Secretary, 3/4/54 1/12/67 Chiefs Courses in UK treasurer on the chiefs courses 10 1 Tooro Admin General Katikiro's Correspondences with Chiefs; Sabawali, 1/12/55 6/12/57 Katikiro's Office Correspondences Sabagabu etc. 10 2 Tooro Admin General 18/6/1969 22/6/1970 Education Seminars Secretary general's correspondences on Education 11 1 Tooro Admin General 22/1/1966 5/6/68 Materials & stationery for Oweki' Katikiro's office Stationery for Katikiro's Office 11 2 Tooro Admin General 25/2/1954 15/10/1959 Katikiro's Office motor allawances Fuel requests & Correspondences 12 1 Tooro Admin General Rutooro Correspondence between Katikiro & Saza 16/3/1960 21/5/1960 Geeral correspondences Katikiro's Office (No cover) chiefs 12 2 Tooro Admin General 3/3/54 17/11/1954 Owekitinisa Katikiro Tooro- Kabarole (No cover) Saza Chiefs Correspondences 13 1 Tooro Admin General Owekitinisa Omudoka & Saza chief's Office (No Meetings correspondences majority in Rutooro 1/7/65 20/12/1966 cover) (Katikiro's Office) 13 2 Tooro Admin General 27/2/1961 29/12/1966 Omudoka's Office Nyaburara- Burahya Request for supplies, general information 14 1 Tooro Admin General 22/3/1955 30/12/1955 Katikiro' Tooro Native Government (No cover) Gombolola Chiefs general correspondences 14 2 Tooro Admin General 28/5/1955 10/5/60 Owekitinisa Katikiro's Office Tooro Chiefs Courses in Uganda, UK etc 15 1 Tooro Admin General Correspondences between the Katikiro & Omuketo's 1/2/48 20/10/1955 Tooro Native Government (No cover) Office 15 2 Tooro Admin General 4/8/71 14/5/1971 Miscelineous documents 16 1 Tooro Admin General Application to Public Service, postings & 11/10/61 21/11/1962 Application for employment correspondences 16 2 Tooro Admin General 16/9/1955 10/7/60 Tooro Representatives in LEGCO LEGCO reports to Omukama elected representatives 17 1 Tooro Admin General 12/8/64 21/7/1965 Omucwi wemisango Tooro Kingdom Court Correspondences with Ministry of Justice Tooro Kingdom Archive 2 BOX NO FILE NO ORG CATEGORY START DATE END DATE FILE NAME CONTENTS 17 2 Tooro Admin General 24/11/1976 17/3/1977 Application for Retirements & pension Tooro N Gov't Application forms general correspondences 17 3 Tooro Admin General Owisaza Omuhunda, Omunyaka's Office ?? 25/5/1961 (Miscelineous) General corresponces with Omuhikirwa and Chiefs 18 1 Tooro Admin General 24/11/1959 27/2/1960 Correspondences of Saza Chiefs Owisaza Kahuma, Sebawali, Mugema etc 18 2 Tooro Admin General 1/10/60 29/12/1960 Katwe Brewary -Kasusu Burahya Correspondences with Katikiro and Omudoka 18 3 Tooro Admin General 22/4/1959 22/12/1959 Saza Chiefs- Tooro Native Government Correspondences with Chiefs and Katikiro 18 4 Tooro Admin General 28/7/1959 31/7/1959 Omuzale Omuhamya- Katwe Busongora 19 1 Tooro Admin General Bus warrants, Omuhukya's Office & general 2/3/54 23/8/1968 Issue of L.A.E tickets and bus warrants Correspondences 19 2 Tooro Admin General 19/12/1969 Tooro Native Government Miscelineous papers 20 1 Tooro Admin General Appointmets, Retirement forms, Transfers and 30/1/1957 28/2/1961 Tooro Native Government top Management 1957 Reports 20 2 Tooro Admin General 3/3/54 6/1/60 Omuketo's Correspondences with Saza Chiefs 21 1 Tooro Admin General 6/3/57 17/1/1960 Rukurato Minutes and reports Minutes, reports and meeting correspondences 22 1 Tooro Admin General 18/2/1966 6/6/62 Tooro Native Government Executive meeting minutes Minutes and reports etc 23 1 Tooro Admin General Correspondences with the Katikiro, Omuketo & 13/1/1954 16/7/1956 Saza Chiefs Correspondences Chiefs 23 2 Tooro Admin General 15/5/1954 5/5/55 Miscellenous General min No (4) 19. 1954 Correspondences with Omujasoi and the Police 23 3 Tooro Admin General 21/5/1957 9/3/57 Provintial Education Officer's Correspodences District Commisioner and Omuketo 24 1 Tooro Admin General Laws concerning the sale of trading centres & general 7/1/57 12/4/72 Tooro Adminstrative Secretary correspondences 24 2 Tooro Admin General Office of the County and Sub County Chief Tooro N 7/11/66 14/11/1973 Gov't Reports from Omudoka Nyaburara & County Chiefs 25 1 Tooro Admin General Correspondences with the District Commissioner and 13/5/1960 15/9/1966 Refund of tax, double payments Chiefs 25 2 Tooro Admin General Meeting with the Commisioner, Rukurato resolution, 8/1/60 15/8/1961 Tooro Native Government important minutes Princess Ruth Komuntale etc 26 1 Tooro Admin General 6/12/67 24/4/1969 Tooro Government buildings general House rent and sale of plots 26 2 Tooro Admin General 14/1/1957 31/10/1958 Tooro Football Association Local Clubs Participation and Schools 26 3 Tooro Admin General Department correspondences with Katikiro, Omuketo 23/4/1948 30/3/1954 Tooro Government Works Section etc 27 1 Tooro Admin General 31/12/1951 27/8/1952 Correspondences District Commisioner and Katikiro's visit to Bunyoro 27 2 Tooro Admin