HISTORY OF THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLY SOCIETY OF UGANDA

The Uganda Society was founded in 1923 as the Uganda Literary and Scientific Society and gained its current name in 1933. The objectives of the Uganda Society are to promote literary and scientific knowledge among all people interested in Uganda and to provide a permanent organization for that purpose. The Uganda Journal was first published in January 1934 as the organ of the Uganda Literary and Scientific Society. In its first volume, it was stated that the journal’s aim was “to collect and publish information which may add to our knowledge of Uganda and to record that which in the course of time might be lost. To be a success it must at one and the same time have an appeal to members of the society and bring to light information which is not otherwise readily available”. The original intentionwas to publish quarterly, with issues including about sixty pages of reading matter with photographs. For most of its years, however, The Uganda Journal has been published twice a year. From the beginning, the journal contained several substantial articles as well as short notes which were intended to present “pieces of interesting information which may not be suitable for long articles, but which could make interesting notes.” These remain a popular feature of the journal today.