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Peaks, empires, and the price of forgetting

COMMENT | ANDREW PI BESI | In western Uganda lies Kasese — home to the country’s highest peak, Margherita Peak, the crowning summit of Mount Stanley within the majestic Rwenzori Mountains. That our highest point bears the name of an Italian queen is perhaps history’s subtle reminder that even geography was once subject to foreign administration. The mountain itself is named after Henry Morton Stanley, the celebrated Welsh-American explorer who g…
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The Independent Uganda: broke the news in on Tuesday, February 24, 2026.
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