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³ ^3 *Cp.* John Beattie’s remark on the Nyoro chief: “A ruler—at least in the conditions of a tribal African kingdom—cannot keep all his power to himself, but must give some of it away; this is one of the major limitations on political authority” (*Bunyoro, an African Kingdom*, p. 28); *cf.*, Lucy Mair, *op. cit.*, pp. 139ff.