Background
The Democratic Party (DP) was formed out of the religious and economic demographics that began to model politics in Buganda prior to Uganda's independence. Buganda is Uganda's largest ethnic region and has influenced the country's politics since the country was drawn up by the British colonial power. Buganda like most parts of Africa prior to independence had been visited by three key religious forces - the Roman Catholics, the Church of England (Protestants) and Islam. All three religions battled to extend their influence in Buganda and Uganda as a whole. In Buganda all three built powerful indigenous alliances and tried to influence the Buganda King - the Kabaka. By the 1950s the Protestants had achieved most influence over the Kabaka.
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