Oil revenues could drive tensions in western Uganda
Recent clashes between security forces and a kingdom reveal the limits of patronage and divisions in western Uganda
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- Decentralisation and the kingdoms
- Growing tensions
- Inflationary patronage
- Ethnic divisions
- Securitisation
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_350.jpg "A member of the Uganda military guards the burnt down royal palace of Charles Wesley Mumbere, king of the Rwenzururu (Reuters/JamesAkena)")