Ignatius K. Musaazi

Who is Ignatius K. Musaazi?

Ignatius Kangave Musaazi formed the first political party in Uganda, namely the Uganda National Congress party on Sunday 2 March 1952. Musaazi became its first President, and Abubaker Kakyama Mayanja was the party's first Secretary General. Other key figures of the UNC included Apollo K. Kironde who was the legal advisor to the party. Towards the end of 1951, Ignatius Musaazi rented part of the ground floor at Musajjalumbwa’s house, a house on what is now known as Musajjalumbwa Road near the Lubiri in Mengo. The house belonged to the late Yakobo Musajjalumbwa, a former Treasurer of the Buganda kingdom. This house become a centre of political activity and in 1952 witnessed the birth of the Uganda National Congress.