Mulondo of Buganda

Mulondo Sekajja was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda between 1555 and 1564. He was the 9th Kabaka of Buganda.

Ssekabaka Mulondo Sekajja
Kabaka of Buganda
Reign1555 - 1564
PredecessorNakibinge of Buganda
SuccessorJemba of Buganda
BornUganda
Died1564
Mitw'ebiri
Burial
Gombe
SpouseLady Nakku
FatherNakibinge of Buganda
MotherNamasole Namulondo

Claim to the throne

He was the eldest surviving son of Kabaka Nakibinge Kagali, Kabaka of Buganda, who reigned between 1524 and 1554. His mother was Nabakyaala Namulondo, the fourth wife of his father and the Naabagereka. He was elected to succeed his father, upon his father's death and after the regency of his step-mother expired on the birth of her daughter in 1555. He established his capital at Mitw'ebiri Hill.

Historian Semakula Kiwanuka asserts that the reign of Mulondo might be an indication of the beginning of a new dynasty.

"But the circumstances which led to Nakibinge's death and those which surrounded the accession of Mulondo render some of our sources suspicious. For instance, the claim that Mulondo came to the throne as an infant seems to be contradicted by a close analysis of the sources. This analysis strongly suggests that Mulondo and his immediate successors came from Sese."[1]

During his reign, Mulondo led several raids against Buddu, which was then still part of the Bunyoro-Kitara kingdom.

Married life

He married as his only wife, Nakku, daughter of Naserenga, of the Ffumbe clan.

Issue

He fathered three sons, by his wife, Nakku of the Ffumbe clan:

The final years

He died at the Kiryokyembi Palace, in Mitw'ebiri. He was buried at Gombe, in Bulemeezi County and his jaw was buried at his capital.[2] Other sources place his burial place at Bulondo Busiro.[3]

See also

References
  1. Kiwanuka, MM Semakula, A History of Buganda: From the foundation of the Kingdom to 1900. London: Longman, 1971. pp.66
  2. Kaggwa, Apollo; Kalibala, Ernest B. (1934). The Customs of the Baganda. p. 24.
  3. "Ssekabaka Mulondo Is Buried At Bulondo, Busiro". Buganda.com. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
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