Buganda is a Bantu kingdom within Uganda. The kingdom of the Baganda people,Buganda is the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day East Africa,consisting of Uganda's Central Region,including the Ugandan capital Kampala. The 14 million Baganda make up the largest Ugandan region,representing approximately 16% of Uganda's population.
Sir Apollo Kagwa (1864–1927) was a major intellectual and political leader in Uganda when it was under British rule. He was a leader of the Protestant faction and was appointed prime minister (Katikkiro) of the Kingdom of Buganda by King Mwanga II in 1890. He served until 1926. Kagwa served as prince regent from 1897 until 1914 when the infant King Daudi Chwa came of age. He was Buganda's first and foremost ethnographer.
Sir Edward Frederick William David Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula Mutesa II was Kabaka,or king,of the Kingdom of Buganda in Uganda from 22 November 1939 until his death. He was the 35th Kabaka of Buganda and the first president of Uganda from 1962 to 1966,when he was overthrown by Milton Obote. The foreign press often referred to him as King Freddie,a name rarely used in Uganda. An ardent defender of Buganda's interests,especially its traditional autonomy,he often threatened to make the kingdom independent both before and after Uganda's independence to preserve it. These firm convictions also later led to conflicts with his erstwhile political ally Milton Obote,who would eventually overthrow him.
Kabaka Ronald Edward Frederick Kimera Muwenda Mutebi II is King of the Kingdom of Buganda. He is the 36th Kabaka of Buganda.
King’s College Budo is a mixed,residential,secondary school in Central Uganda (Buganda).
The history of Buganda is that of the Buganda kingdom of the Baganda people,the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day Uganda.
Ham Mukasa also referred to as Hamu Mukasa (c. 1870–1956) was a vizier in the court of Mutesa I of Buganda and later secretary to Apolo Kagwa. He was fluent in both English and Swahili. He wrote one of the first glossaries of the Ganda language.
Prince Daudi Kintu Wasajja also called David Wasajja is a prince of Buganda,the largest traditional kingdom in Uganda.
Muteesa I Royal University (MRU) is a private university in Uganda. It was accredited by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education in 2007 and chartered in March 2024. In 2016,Justice Julia Sebutinde was installed as Chancellor of the University,replacing Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II,the founding chancellor who became Visitor of the university.
Banda is a hill that lies in Nakawa Division,within Kampala,the capital of Uganda. Banda also refers to the neighborhoods on the slopes of the hill and between Banda Hill and Kireka,extending all the way to the Kampala-Jinja Highway. The southwestern slopes of the hill are occupied by the neighbourhood known as Kyambogo,and is the location of the campus of Kyambogo University,one of the nine public universities in the country.
The Kasubi Tombs in Kampala,Uganda,is the site of the burial grounds for four kabakas and other members of the Baganda royal family. As a result,the site remains an important spiritual and political site for the Ganda people,as well as an important example of traditional architecture. It became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in December 2001,when it was described as "one of the most remarkable buildings using purely vegetal materials in the entire region of sub-Saharan Africa".
Kibulala,Ssingo,commonly known as Kibulala,is a hill in Ssingo County,Kiboga District in Central Uganda. The hill rises approximately 1,250 metres (4,100 ft) above sea level. The name also applied to the village that sits on top of the hill and the Buganda cultural site located there.
Wasswa Chwamale Mwanga Winyi was a reigning monarch of Bunyoro-Kitara during the period circa 1300 AD. His chief palace was located at Kibulala,Ssingo,where his remains are buried today. When Prince Kalemeera of Buganda,the only son of Ssekabaka Chwa Nabakka,was exiled to Bunyoro,he took refuge at the palace of his paternal uncle,Winyi I at his palace in Kibulala. There he committed more transgressions,fathering Prince Kimera Walusimbi with Lady Wannyana,his uncle's chief wife. Prince Kimera later became the third Kabaka of Buganda.
CBS FM Buganda is a Luganda radio channel in Kampala,Uganda.
Katikkiro is the official title of the head of cabinet and government in Buganda under the Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda. He is the equivalent of a Prime Minister is some governments but it is important to note that the Katikkiro does not assume office through elections like in other countries. His authority is symbolized by the Ddamula stick which is given to him by the Kabaka as a tool to 'kulamula' in the kingdom on his behalf. Buganda is a traditional kingdom in modern-day Uganda located in the central region of the East African country. The current Katikkiro is Mr. Charles Peter Mayiga of the Mutima clan and was appointed by the current monarch,the Kabaka of Buganda,Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda in May 2013,replacing Engineer John Baptist Walusimbi.
Buganda Investments and Commercial Undertakings Limited(BICUL),is a holding company of the investment and business entities,owned by the Kingdom of Buganda,a constitutional monarchy in modern-day Uganda Kabaka of Buganda
Jehoash Ssibakyalyawo Mayanja Nkangi or Joash Mayanja Nkangi was a Ugandan lawyer,civil servant and politician. At the time of his death,he was the immediate past chairman of the Uganda Land Commission. He previously served as a cabinet minister in several ministries in the Cabinet of Uganda.
Godfrey Serunkuma Lule is a Ugandan lawyer. He was Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs of Uganda for Idi Amin and defected,becoming a prominent international critic of Amin. He went on to found the prominent Ugandan Law and Consulting firm Sebalu &Lule Advocates and Legal Consultants.
Naggalabi Hill is a cultural,religious and heritage site where the kings of Buganda Kingdom are crowned.
Butikkiro is the official residence for the Katikkiro of Buganda in Uganda. it derives its name from the official residence Katikkiro and it is where he hosts the official guests when not at his office in Bulange building. Butikkiro also acts as the final confirmation spot of any person appointed to the office of Katikkiro it is where one has to keep or reach with the royal mace (Ddamula) after it has been handed over to him. If the Katikkiro (designate) fails to deliver Ddamula at Butikkiro,he then cannot rule on behalf of the Kabaka
