Over the next few days, Werner Jori and the others gradually traveled north along the shores of the Great Lake, Lake Victoria, surveying several locations.
From south to north, they initially saw only ruined villages. Even some fishing villages built along the lakeshore stood empty, their inhabitants gone and their houses deserted.
After passing Entebbe, the shores of the Great Lake, Lake Victoria, began to bend eastward, and signs of human habitation gradually became more numerous. By the time they reached Kampala, the capital of the Kingdom of Buganda, the area was relatively prosperous. Clearly, being deep within central Buganda, it had not been visibly affected by the war.
After passing Kampala, Werner Jori's party continued eastward for roughly two hundred kilometers. Along the way, they could see that eastern Buganda and some of the smaller tribes had basically remained unaffected.
At last, Werner Jori and the others reached Kisumu, the capital of Western Kenya District, replenished their supplies, then headed south back to Mwanza to report their findings.
In April, Werner Jori's intelligence was sent to the Central District. After compiling and analyzing it, the East African Colonial Government telegraphed it to Ernst, who was far away in Europe.
In the telegram, the East African government believed that the conditions for annexing the Northwest Region were now ripe. The countries in the south of the Northwest Region, in particular, had clearly suffered devastating blows, while even northern countries such as Buganda had been deeply affected.
If they launched a large-scale campaign and recruited more people, taking this area would pose no problem at all.
After carefully reading the East African government's report, Ernst issued instructions: take the south first. As for the Kingdom of Buganda and the several northern countries that had not suffered overly severe losses, leave