Rukirabasaija Daudi Kasagama Kyebambe IV was

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(

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) of the

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) from 1891 until 1928. He was the 10th Omukama of Tooro.

Claim to the throne

He was the eldest surviving son of Rukirabasaija Nyaika Mukabirere Olimi II, the fifth (5th) Omukama of Toro, who reigned between 1872 and 1875. His mother was Vikitoria Kahinju. In 1875, following the death of his father, he fled with his mother and two brothers to Ankole. While there, his two elder brothers were murdered on the orders of the Queen Mother of Ankole, one by the name of ''Kiboga''. He then took refuge in

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. He signed a Treaty with the

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(IBEAC), and was proclaimed at

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, by

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, August 14, 1891. He was installed as Omukama of Tooro on August 16, 1891, also at Kabarole.

Married life

Omukama Kasagama Kyebambe IV married several

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according to ancient custom, but repudiated all of them, except his eleventh and favorite wife, whom he remarried according to

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rites at, St John's Cathedral, Kabarole, on May 4, 1896. Her name was Omugo Adyeri Damali Tibaitwa, the daughter of Nikodemo Kakurora, Chief of Kitagwenda.

Offspring

He fathered seven (7) sons and six (6) daughters. # Rukirabasaija Sir George David Matthew Kamurasi Rukidi III, the eleventh (11th) Omukama of Tooro, whose mother was Damali Tibaitwa. # Professor Prince (Omubiito) Akiiki Hosea K. Nyabongo, whose mother is not mentioned. He was born at

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in 1907. He received his education at Mengo High School,

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(Rhodes Scholar) ( MA), Carmen Theological Seminary,

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. (

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), and

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, (PhD). He served as a Professor at the

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and as a

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at A&T University of North Carolina. He also chaired the Uganda Town and Country Planning Board, between 1963 and 1975. He was a member of the

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. He authored a book; ''Winds And Lights: African Fairy Tales''. He died at Jinja, on October 3, 1975. He was the father of: Prince (Omubiito) Amooti Nyabongo Kyebambe Mukarusa, who was born in

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, United States, was educated at

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and served in the

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, then joined the

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. # Prince (Omubiito) John Rwakatale. # Prince (Omubiito) Keith Kagoro also known as Keesi Bahindi and was the Omusuga of Rukirabasaija Rukidi III. # Prince (Omubiito) Switzer Kaijamurubi # Prince (Omubiito) Solomon Okwiri* who married Angelinah M Okwiri # Prince (Omubiito) Daniel Ogene # Prince (Omubiito) Kiijanangoma father to Kyebambe, Rubambaiguru, Mufumu, Kabasweka and Ada Nyamutoka # Prince (Omubiito) Frederick. # Princess (Omubiitokati) Lusi, whose mother was Damali Tibaitwa. # Princess (Omubiitokati) Ruth Komuntale Keesi Bahindi, whose mother was Damali Tibaitwa. She was born at Kabarole in 1900. She was installed as ''Rubuga'' to her brother Omukama Rukidi III, on January 19, 1929. # Princess (Omubiitokati) Agnes Kakoko. # Princess (Omubiitokati) Ada Nyamutoka. # Princess (Omubiitokati) Kabokya.

His reign

He converted to

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and was received into the

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. On March 15, 1896, he was baptized by Bishop Tucker, taking the name of Daudi (David). On March 16, 1908, he was crowned by the Reverend G.R. Blackledge at St. John's Cathedral,

. In 1918 he was made an honorary member of the

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for services in raising and organising native levies and local Defence Corps in the Uganda Protectorate.

The final years

Omukama Kasagama Kyebambe III died at Kyangabukama, Mwenge on December 31, 1928.

Succession table

References

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