Greg Nwoko Historic Blog

Tuesday 23 December 2014

Princess Elizabeth Bagaya, Uganda's first female lawyer and Cabinet member

Princess Elizabeth Bagaya, Uganda's first female lawyer and Cabinet member. She was fired as Cabinet member for refusing to marry Idi Amin. She is from the royal family of the Batoro tribe. Toro was one of the four kingdome which was abolished in 1967 by former President Milton Obote. She became Uganda's ambassador to the United States in 1986. (Info: Jet Magazine, June 1986)

Source: CORBIS.


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