Location
The Kingdom of Buganda is located in the central region of Uganda with Mengo as it capital. Mengo is about 3km from Kampala City centre
Origin of Buganda
The region known today as Buganda was known as Muwaawa before the 12th century, a name literary seem to mean a place that is sparsely populated. It is believed that these people come from Abyssinia through the rift valley and the mountains of Elgon.
These people were organized into groups that had a common ancestry and constituted the most important unit in Buganda’s culture – the clan. The leader of each of these clans would be a chief and ruled a section of the territory. There were five original clans referred to as Banansangwa simply meaning the indigenous clans and they are: Ffumbe, Lugave, Nonge, Njaza and Nyonyi. These went on expanding to 52 clans by 1966. Although these people spoke the same language and had the same culture, the clans were not so autonomous. There was no organized system of governance in the region but the clans were ruled over by the Bataka. There was no accepted general leader in the region but leadership passed on to whoever proved his might in the battle field. There used to be more than one leader in the same area. There some powerful leaders who are said to have established themselves for some periods of time before Kinta’s
Structures
The kingdom was divided into administrative units known as Amasaza (counties) which were further sub-divided into Amagombolola (sub-counties), and these were sub-divided into parishes called Emiruka which were subdivided into sub-parishes. The smallest unit was known as Bukungu which was more or less a village unit. All the chiefs at all levels were appointed by the Kabaka and they were directly responsible to him. He could appoint or dismiss any chief at will. After 1750, chieftainship was no longer hereditary. Chieftainship was accorded on clan basis but only to men of merit and distinguished service.
Economic activities of the Buganda
The main source of income for the Buganda is farming and their main crop is coffee the staple food for the Buganda is bananas traditionally called Matooke. The majority of the population in Buganda approximately 85% is subsistence farmers and lives in the rural areas.
Many people have come up with different theories about the history of the kings of Buganda but however, the truth is that the kingdom has been in existence since time in memorial the following are some of the renowned kings of Buganda from kintu to Bemba after the death of Bemba, kintu Kato took over power as king of Buganda kingdom it’s from here that the scholars begun documenting about the kings of Buganda that followed to present
The Kings of Buganda
- RONALD MUTEBI II(PRESENT KING)
- EDWARD MUTEESA II
- DAUDI CHWA II
- MWANGA II
- MUTEESA I
- KALEMA RASHID
- KIWEEWA MUTEB I
- SSUUNA II
- KAMAANYA
- SSEMAKOOKIRO WASSAJJA
- JJUNJU
- KYABAGGU
- NAMUGALA LUKANGA
- MWANGA I
- MAWANDA
- KIKULWE
- KAGULU TEBUUCWEREKE
- NDAWULA KANAAKULYA
- TEBANDEKE
- KAYEMBA
- JJUUKO
- MUTEBI
- KATEREGGA
- KIMBUGWE
- SSEKAMANYA
- SSUNA I
- JJEMBA
- MULONDO
- NAKIBINGE
- KAYIMA SENNYIMBA
- KIYIMBA
- KIGGALA MUKAABYA
- KIGGALA MUKAABYA
- TTEMBO
- KIMERA
- CCWA NNABAKA
- KINTU KATO
Profile of Buganda Kingdom has been summarised to include