Mawanda of Buganda

Ssekabaka Mawanda Sebanakitta
Ssekabaka Mawanda Sebanakitta
Kabaka of Buganda
Reign	1738 - 1740
Predecessor	Kikulwe of Buganda
Successor	Mwanga I of Buganda
Born	Uganda
Died	1740; Unknown
Burial	Serinnya Busiro
Spouse	1. Nabakyaala Kikome; 2. Nabakyaala Nabunnya; 3. Lady Nabuuso; 4. Lady Nakasinde; 5. Lady Namisango; 6. Lady Nang'onzi; 7. Lady Nankonyo
Father	Ndawula of Buganda
Mother	Namasole Nakidde Luyiga

Last updated May 05, 2023

Mawanda Sebanakitta was Kabaka (King) of the Kingdom of Buganda, between 1738 and 1740. He was the twenty second (22nd) Kabaka of Buganda.

Claim to the throne

He was the third son of Kabaka Ndawula Nsobya, the 19th Kabaka of Buganda. His mother was Nakidde Luyiga of the Ngo clan, the fourth (4th) of his father's seven (7) wives. Mawanda killed his brother Kabaka Kikulwe Mawuba and seized the throne around 1738. He established his capital at Katakala.^[1]

Married life

He is recorded to have married seven (7) wives:^[1]

Naabakyaala Kikome, the Kaddulubaale, daughter of Gabunga, of the Mamba clan
Naabakyaala Nabunnya Nassaza, daughter of Masembe, of the Nsenene clan
Nabuuso, daughter of Gunju, of the Butiko clan.
Nakasinde, daughter of Namwaama, of the Kkobe clan
Namisango, daughter of Sebugwaawo, of the Musu clan
Nang'onzi, daughter of Mbaziira, of the Nnyonyi clan
Nankonyo, daughter of Kagenda, of the Mamba clan

Issue

His children included the following:

Prince (Omulangira) Mulere, whose mother was Nabunnya. He rebelled against Kabaka Kyabaggu but was defeated and captured. He was killed by being burned alive at Buyinja.
Prince (Omulangira) Bbengo, whose mother was Kikome. He rebelled against Kabaka Kyabaggu but was defeated and captured. He was killed by being burned alive at Bbuye.
Prince (Omulangira) Waswa, whose mother was Nakasinde. He was a twin with Nakato.
Prince (Omulangira) Kirabe, whose mother was Nang'onzi.
Princess (Omumbejja) Nakato, whose mother was Nakasinde. She was a twin with Waswa.
Princess (Omumbejja) Namirembe, whose mother was Nankonyo.

The final years

A group of princes in the royal court conspired to murder Kabaka Mawanda in 1740. The group included Prince Mwanga Sebanakitta, who ascended the throne after Kabaka Mawanda's demise. Kabaka Mawanda was buried at Meerera at first, but was exhumed in 1864 and re-buried at Serinnya.^[2]

Quotes

"Mawanda had qualities which endeared him to the people. He was brave and fearless."

MM Semakula Kiwanuka, A History of Buganda, 1971^[3]

"Kabaka Mawanda (1730-60) had consolidated the monarchy as the overriding centre of power in Buganda through the administrative reforms he carried out, creating a parallel system of administration, the Bitongole whose officials were directly responsible to the Kabaka and reached down to villages."

Samwiri Lwanga-Lunyiigo, Mwanga II, 2011^[4]

Succession table

Preceded by Kikulwe Mawuba	King of Buganda c.1738-c.1740	Succeeded by Mwanga Sebanakitta

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References

1 2 Kaggwa, Apollo; Kalibala, Ernest B. (1934). The Customs of the Baganda. p. 33.
↑ "Ssekabaka Mawanda Is Buried At Serinnya, Busiro". Buganda.com. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
↑ Kiwanuka, MM Semakula, A History of Buganda: From the foundation of the Kingdom to 1900. London: Longman, 1971.
↑ Lwanga-Lunyiigo, S. (2011). Mwanga II: Resistance to Imposition of British Colonial Rule in Buganda, 1884-1899. Kampala: Wavah Books

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[The_Customs_of_the_Baganda-1] 1 2 Kaggwa, Apollo; Kalibala, Ernest B. (1934). The Customs of the Baganda. p. 33.

[2] "Ssekabaka Mawanda Is Buried At Serinnya, Busiro". Buganda.com. Retrieved 5 October 2014.

[3] Kiwanuka, MM Semakula, A History of Buganda: From the foundation of the Kingdom to 1900. London: Longman, 1971.

[4] Lwanga-Lunyiigo, S. (2011). Mwanga II: Resistance to Imposition of British Colonial Rule in Buganda, 1884-1899. Kampala: Wavah Books

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