Namuggala of Buganda

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Ssekabaka Namuggala Kagali
Kabaka of Buganda
Reign1741 - 1750
Predecessor Mwanga I of Buganda
Successor Kyabaggu of Buganda
Born Uganda
Died1750
Nalubugo Hill
Burial
Muyomba, Busiro
Spouse1. Nabakyaala Basuuta
2. Lady Najjuka
3. Lady Nakangu
4. Lady Nalubowa
5. Lady Nalunga
6. Lady Nawaguma
FatherPrince Musanje Golooba
MotherNamasole Nabulya Naluggwa

Namuggala Kagali was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda, between 1741 and 1750. He was the twenty-fourth (24th) Kabaka of Buganda. He is remembered as a lovable and merciful ruler. [1]

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Claim to the throne

He was the second son of Prince Musanje Golooba. His mother was Nabulya Naluggwa of the Ndiga clan, the second of his father's wives. He ascended to the throne upon the death of his elder brother, Kabaka Mwanga I Sebanakitta, in 1741. He established his capital at Nansana. [1]

Married life

He is recorded to have married six (6) wives: [1]

Issue

He is recorded to have fathered three sons:

The final years

His genial nature made him a more acceptable candidate to men who still remembered the tyranny of Kagulu’s rule.

-MM Semakula Kiwanuka. [2]

Kabaka Namuggala abdicated in favor of his younger brother, Kyabaggu Kabinuli, around 1750. He died, following an accidental fall on Nalubugo Hill, after his abdication.[ citation needed ] He was buried at Muyomba, Busiro. [3]

Succession table

Preceded by King of Buganda
c.1741-c.1750
Succeeded by

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kaggwa, Apollo; Kalibala, Ernest B. (1934). The Customs of the Baganda. p. 35.
  2. Kiwanuka, MM Semakula, A History of Buganda: From the foundation of the Kingdom to 1900. London: Longman, 1971.
  3. "Kabaka Namuggala Is Buried At Muyomba, Busiro". Buganda.com. Retrieved 5 October 2014.