Reasons for Buganda's decline/factors for buganda's decline

• The Kingdom was too big to be effectively administered.
• Lack of able leadership especially after the death of Kabaka Muteesa 1 in 1884.
• Attacks from vassal states e.g. Busoga greatly weakened the kingdom.
• Land conflicts with Bunyoro also increased hostilities with her neighbours.
• Internal conflicts especially power struggles led to disunity in the kingdom.
• Disunity because of social classes also weakened her military strength.
• Natural calamities e.g. floods and diseases especially sleeping sickness which killed many people.
• The coming of Missionaries also led to disunity within the kingdom hence her decline.

The coming of colonialists who effectively led to the loss of her independence

Reasons for Buganda’s decline

• The Kingdom was too big to be effectively administered.
• Lack of able leadership especially after the death of Kabaka Muteesa 1 in 1884.
• Attacks from vassal states e.g. Busoga greatly weakened the kingdom.
• Land conflicts with Bunyoro also increased hostilities with her neighbours.
• Internal conflicts especially power struggles led to disunity in the kingdom.
• Disunity because of social classes also weakened her military strength.
• Natural calamities e.g. floods and diseases especially sleeping sickness which killed many people.
• The coming of Missionaries also led to disunity within the kingdom hence her decline.

The coming of colonialists who effectively led to the loss of her independence