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Mutebi Nnyonyintono Kiweewa was
Kabaka the kabaka Palace in kireka Kabaka is the title of the king of the Kingdom of Buganda.Stanley, H.M., 1899, Through the Dark Continent, London: G. Newnes, According to the traditions of the Baganda they are ruled by two kings, one spiritual and ...
of the
Kingdom of Buganda Buganda is a Bantu kingdom within Uganda. The kingdom of the Baganda people, Buganda is the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day East Africa, consisting of Buganda's Central Region, including the Ugandan capital Kampala. The 14 m ...
from 2 August 1888 until 21 October 1888. He was the 32nd Kabaka of Buganda.


Claim to the throne

He was born at Nakatema prior to 1856, the eldest son of Kabaka Mukaabya Walugembe Mutesa I Kayiira, Kabaka of Buganda, who
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ed between 1856 and 1884. His mother was Kiribakka of the Mamba clan. He
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to the
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following the defeat of his younger brother, Kabaka Mwanga II by the combined
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and rebel Baganda forces. The defeat of Mwanga II occurred on 2 August 1888. Kiweewa was crowned on 11 September 1888. He maintained his capital at
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.


Married life

He is recorded to have married twenty (20)
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: # Lady Bukirwa Nassaza # Lady Butema # Lady Kajja # Lady Lozaliya # Lady Luleba, Omusenero # Lady Namubiru # Lady Balirwa # Lady Namuli, Omufumbiro # Naabakyaala Namusoke, Kaddulubaale # Lady Nambajjwe # Lady Nambi I # Lady Nambi II # Lady Nambi III # Lady Tebalyayeebwa, Omulindamazzi # Lady Teyansigira # Lady Lwandeeta # Naabakyaala Zandaba, the Namasole, previously the Kaddulubaale # Naabakyaala Mbagumidde, the Kabejja # Lady Bwangu # Lady Sabaddu


Issue

He fathered 23 children, 21 sons and two daughters: # Prince Kiweewa Ssimbwa, whose mother was Lady Butema # Prince (Omulangira) Walulyo I, whose mother was Lady Butema # Prince (Omulangira) Kibuuka, whose mother was Lady Kajja # Prince (Omulangira) Nabadda, whose mother was Lady Lozaliya # Prince (Omulangira) Muyinda, whose mother was Lady Luleba, Omusenero # Prince (Omulangira) Agustin usitoTebandeke, whose mother was Lady Namubiru. He was educated at
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. # Prince (Omulangira) Lulaba, whose mother was Lady Namuli # Prince (Omulangira) Kagunya, whose mother was Lady Namuli # Prince (Omulangira) Lukongwa, the Ssaabalangira (Chief Prince), whose mother was Lady Namusoke # Prince (Omulangira) Kiwanuka, whose mother was Lady Namusoke # Prince (Omulangira) Walulyo II, whose mother was Lady Namusoke # Prince (Omulangira) Kalubagwiire, whose mother was Lady Nambajjwe # Prince (Omulangira) Sekamaanya, whose mother was Lady Nambi I # Prince (Omulangira) Namulinzi I, whose mother was Lady Nambi II # Prince (Omulangira) Mwanga, whose mother was Lady Nambi III # Prince (Omulangira) Chwa, whose mother was Tebalyayeebwa # Prince (Omulangira) Ngenza, whose mother was Tebalyayeebwa # Prince (Omulangira) Namulinzi II, whose mother was Teyansigira # Prince (Omulangira) Namika, whose mother was Lady Lwandeeta # Prince (Omulangira) Musisi, whose mother was Lwandeeta # Prince (Omulangira) Nasuswa, whose mother was Lady Zandaba # Princess (Omumbejja) Hana Mazzi, whose mother was Balirwa # Princess (Omumbejja) Agaati Kagere, whose mother Tebalyayeebwa


His reign

Kabaka Kiweewa Nnyonyintono's rein is the shortest in the recorded history of Buganda. He was the Kabaka-in-waiting for around six weeks; after he was crowned, he lasted a mere forty days on the throne. His reign was characterized by conflict and rebellion among the members of the royal court and intrigue and plotting among the Arabic Muslim and European Christian forces that supported the warring factions. Some of the great officers of state during his reign included; Kiweewa's reforms included lifting the ban on Arab trade with Bunyoro, as well as reducing the payment his predecessors had imposed on export and import of merchandise. he undertook to repay the ivory debt Mwanga owed the Arab traders. In a meeting he held with the European missionaries and the Muslims, Kiweewa promised to build a mosque for the Muslims. However, his announcement that none of his subjects should be interfered with on the grounds of his religion was not heeded, and the Muslim party upon gaining power pressed for his circumcision and conversion to their faith.


The final days

He was deposed by the Muslim forces of his brother Kabaka Kalema Muguluma, who reigned from 21 October 1888 until 5 October 1889. He was captured and thrown in jail. He was killed in prison by his Muslim captors in July 1889. He was buried at Masanafu, Kyaddondo.


Quotes

''"Like Vitellius, eight hundred years before, he had never wished to rule, and like Vitellius also, when he saw that they were resolved to kill him, he appealled in vain to his slayers not to put to death the man once they had made a ruler over them."''
* Sir John M. Gray, "The Year of the Three Kings of Buganda", 1950 ''"Kiweewa himself was a tall, thin man with a very dark skin which was heavily poxed. He was fairly advanced in age, completely devoid of political ambition and without any quality of leadership. The only good thing about him was that he was kind-hearted but conservative."'' * MSM Kiwanuka, "Kabaka Mwanga and his Political Parties", 1969 ''"When he ascended the throne Kiweewa was of the view that he would be the supreme authority in the land of just as his predecessors had been. But soon Kiweewa discovered that he was no more than a puppet in the hands of his officers and ministers."'' * A. Mutyaba, ''The Muslim Factor in Uganda, 1840-1900''Mutyaba, A., The Muslim Factor in Uganda, 1840-1900, page 41.


Succession table


See also

*
Kabaka of Buganda the kabaka Palace in kireka Kabaka is the title of the king of the Kingdom of Buganda.Stanley, H.M., 1899, Through the Dark Continent, London: G. Newnes, According to the traditions of the Baganda they are ruled by two kings, one spiritual and ...


References


External links


List of Kings of Buganda
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