The-Ankole-Royal-Tombs

Ankole Royal Tombs site at Nkonkojeru Kakika is located 3 kilometers from Mbarara Town centre and it contains the tombs of Ankole Kings. Some of the tombs are inside the house and others are outside. This is the resting place for the following kings of Ankole Kingdom:

  1. Ellison Karuhanga – antiquity
  2. Ruhinda – late fifteenth century
  3. Nkuba – late fifteenth century
  4. Nyaika – early sixteenth century
  5. Ntare I – mid sixteenth century
  6. Rushango – late sixteenth century
  7. Ntare II – late 16th/early 17th century
  8. Ntare III – mid seventeenth century
  9. Kasasira – late seventeenth century
  10. Kitra – late seventeenth century
  11. Rumongye – late seventeenth century
  12. Mirindi – late seventeenth century
  13. Ntare IV – c.1699-c.1727
  14. Macwa – c.1727-c.1755
  15. Rwabirere – c. 1755-1783
  16. Kahaya I – 1783
  17. Rwebishengye – 1811
  18. Kayungu – 1811
  19. Gasyonga I – -1839
  20. Mutambuka – 1839-1873
  21. Rugingiza Ntare V – 1873-1895
  22. Kahaya II – 1895-1944
  23. Gasyonga II – 1944-1967
  24. Interregnum – 1967-1993
  25. Ntare VI – 1993-2011

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