Sekamaanya of Buganda

Ssekabaka Sekamaanya Kisolo
Kabaka of Buganda
Reign1614–1634
PredecessorSuuna I of Buganda
SuccessorKimbugwe of Buganda
BornUganda
Died1634
Kongojje, Busiro
Burial
Kongojje, Busiro
SpouseNabakyaala Nabuuso
FatherMulondo of Buganda
MotherNamasole Nakku

Sekamaanya Kisolo, also spelled as Ssekamaanya Kisolo, was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda between 1614 and 1634. He was the twelfth Kabaka of Buganda. His reign is remembered as being cruel.[1]

Claim to the throne

He was the youngest son of Kabaka Mulondo Sekajja, Kabaka of Buganda. His mother was Nakku of the Ffumbe clan, the only wife his father married. He ascended to the throne upon the death of his uncle, Suuna I, in 1614. He established his capital at Kongojje Hill.[1]

Married life

He married one wife, one Nabakyaala Nabuuso, daughter of Gunju of the Butiko clan.

Issue

Kabaka Sekamaanya was the father of Kabaka Kateregga Kamegere, the fourteenth Kabaka of Buganda, who was his only son.

Final years

He is buried at Kongojje, Busiro.[2]

Succession table

Preceded by King of Buganda
c. 1614 – c. 1634 		Succeeded by

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Kaggwa, Apollo; Kalibala, Ernest B. (1934). The Customs of the Baganda. p. 26.
  2. ^ "Kabaka Sekamaanya Is Buried At Kongojje, Busiro". Buganda.com. Retrieved 4 October 2014.