Tun daga shekara ta 1894, Burtaniya ta mallaki yankin a matsayin mai karewa, wanda ya kafa dokar gudanarwa a duk yankin. Uganda ta sami 'yanci daga Burtaniya a ranar 9 ga Oktoba 1962. Tun daga wannan lokacin ana fama da rikice-rikice na lokaci-lokaci, gami da doguwar yakin basasa da rundunar juriya ta Ubangiji a Yankin Arewa da Joseph Kony ya jagoranta, wanda ya yi sanadiyar dubban daruruwan mutane. Harshen hukuma sune Ingilishi da Swahili, kodayake "ana iya amfani da kowane yare a matsayin hanyar koyarwa a makarantu ko wasu cibiyoyin ilimi ko don majalisa, shari'a ko dalilai na gudanarwa kamar yadda doka ta tanada. " Luganda, harshen tsakiya, ana magana da shi sosai a duk faɗin ƙasar, kuma ana magana da wasu yarukan da yawa ciki har da Runyoro, Runkoleyan, Rukiyan, Luoyan, da Lusoyan. Tambaya: A wace shekara ce Uganda ta sami 'yanci?
Shekara ta 1962