Tebandeke Mujambula, sometimes spelled as Ttebandeke Mujambula, was

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of the

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between 1704 and 1724. He was the eighteenth (18th) Kabaka of Buganda.

Claim to the throne

He was the second

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of Kabaka Mutebi I, Kabaka of Buganda, who

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ed between 1674 and 1680. His mother was Nabukalu of the Lugave clan, the second (2nd) of his father's five (5) wives. He ascended to the

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after the death of his uncle, around 1704. He established his

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at Bundeke. During his reign, Tebandeke's children were faced with a severe illness and he sent for oracles to establish the cause of the malady. The oracles prescribed a ritual, which the Kabaka performed and the children survived. For this, the oracles demanded a high price for their services and shamed Tebandeke with public demands for their payment. The mortified Kabaka had the oracles put to death and their temples burned down. The Kabaka however was driven mad and ran into the forest.

Married life

He married five (5)

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: * Naabakyaala Nakyaazirana, Kaddulubaale, daughter of Sensalire, of the Njovu clan * Balangazza, daughter of Sekayiba, of the Mbogo clan * Nabali, daughter of Sempala, of the Ffumbe clan * Nabaziika, sister of Nakuwanda, and daughter of Mugema, of the Nkima clan * Nakuwande, sister of Nabazika, and daughter of Mugema, of the Nkima clan

Issue

He is recorded to have fathered only one child: * Prince (Omulangira) Juma Katebe, whose mother was Nakyaazirana. He was excluded from the succession by Kabaka Ndawula Nsobya.

The final years

Kabaka Tebandeke died at the Kanyakasasa Palace, Bundeke. He was buried at Bundeke.

Succession table

References

External links

List of the Kings of Buganda
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