Scott, R., ‘Trade Unions and Ethnicity in Uganda’, Mawazo, Vol. 1, No. 3, (June 1968) Makerere University. Google Scholar Stichter, Sharon, ‘The formation of a Working Class in Kenya’ in The development of an African Working Class , Sandbrook R. and Cohen R. (eds) (Longman, London, 1975). The development of trade unions in Uganda can be traced as early as the 1930 [s when the first trade union was formed.1Unions have shifted from the old style of unionism of 'craft unions' to more industrial and general workers unions. Today, there are 40 registered unions with a membership of about 440,000, equivalent of 3% of the labour force or 13%