 On 24 August Obote, with the UPC having consolidated a majority in Parliament, declared that the coalition with KY was dissolved.In 1980 Mayanja Nkangi founded the Conservative Party, which is considered to be a "de facto" successor of Kabaka Yekka.Abu Mayanja, a leading spokesman for the KY-dominated government of Buganda, described how "we in Kabaka Yekka hold than only a government based on the institution of Kabakaship can be stable in Buganda... [we believe] that the first duty of government is to maintain and uphold the institution of monarchy as the foundation of order, security, unity and patriotism in Buganda".