Kato Kintu

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Ssekabaka Kato Kintu
Kabaka of Buganda
Reignlate 13th century
PredecessorNone
Successor Chwa I of Buganda
Born Kingdom of Bunyoro, Uganda
DiedMid-14th century
Nnono, Busujju
Burial
Nnono, Busujju
SpouseNambi Nantuttululu
FatherKagona
MotherNamukana

Kato Kintu Kakulukuku [1] (fl. Late 13th century) [2] known in Bunyoro as Kato Kimera was the first kabaka (king) of the Kingdom of Buganda. "Kintu" is an adopted by-name, chosen for Kintu, the name of the first person on earth in Buganda mythology. Kato Kintu gave himself the name "Kintu" to associate himself with the "father of all people", [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] and he may have renamed his wife, from Nantuttululu to Nambi, because that was Kintu's wife's name. [9]

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Background and reign

Kintu was born at Bukasa Village, in the Ssese Islands, on Lake Nalubaale. He established his capital at Nnono, Busujju County. He fathered one child.

The final days

Kabaka Kato Kintu [10] died at age thirty. He was buried at Nnono, Busujju County.

Succession table

Preceded by
Rukidi 1 of Bunyoro/Bemba
King of Buganda
early fourteenth century
Succeeded by

See also

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