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Semakookiro, also spelled as Ssemakookiro, whose full name is Semakookiro Wasajja Nabbunga, was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda, from 1797 until 1814. He was the twenty-seventh (27th) Kabaka of Buganda.




Claim to the throne


He was the son of Kabaka Kyabaggu Kabinuli, Kabaka of Buganda, who reigned between 1750 and 1780. His mother was Nanteza, the seventeenth (17th) of his father's twenty (20) wives. He ascended the throne after the death of his brother, Kabaka Jjunju Sendegeya, whom Semakookiro defeated and killed in the Battle of Kiwawu in 1797. He established his capital at Kasangati.




Married life


He is recorded to have married fifteen (15) wives:

Naabakyaala Nansikombi Ndwadd'ewazibwa, the Kaddulubaale, daughter of Luyombo, of the Nsenene (Grasshopper) clan
Balambi, daughter of Sembuzi, of the Ndiga clan
Bawedde, daughter of Nakato, of the Mbogo clan
Bwaayita, daughter of Jjumba, of the Nkima clan
Guluma, daughter of Lusinga, of the Ntalaganya clan
Gwowoleza, daughter of Luzige, of the Ndiga clan
Jajjaw'abaana, daughter of Serusa, of the Ndiga clan
Naabakyaala Kikubula, Nassaza, daughter of Luzige, of the Ndiga clan
Nabisunsa, daughter of Mukusu, of the Mpindi clan
Namatama, daughter of Malunda, of the Ndiga clan
Seb'andabawa, daughter of Nkali, of the Ngeye clan
Naabakyaala Sirisa, Kabejja, daughter of Sekiwedde, of the Mamba clan
Sikyayinza, daughter of Jjumba, of the Nkima clan
Naabakyaala Namisango, Naabagereka, daughter of Luyombo, of the Nsenene (Grasshopper) clan
Naabakyaala Nasuzewabi, daughter of Bunnya, of the Nsenene clan




Issue


The children of Kabaka Semakookiro included the following:

Prince (Omulangira) Kanaakulya Mukasa, who succeeded his father as Kabaka Kamaanya Kadduwamala, Kabaka of Buganda, whose mother was Ndwadd'ewazibwa
Princess (Omumbejja) Ndagire, whose mother was Ndwadd'ewazibwa
Prince (Omulangira) Luyenje, whose mother was Bawedde
Prince (Omulangira) Tebattagwaabwe, whose mother was Bwaayita
Prince (Omulangira) Nyiningabo. He was killed by being burned alive at Benga, for rebellion against his father.
Prince (Omulangira) Kafunende. He was killed by being burned alive at Benga, for rebellion against his father.
Prince (Omulangira) Kiyimba, whose mother was Seb'andabawa
Prince (Omulangira) Kakirebwe, whose mother was Sirisa
Prince (Omulangira) Kakungulu, whose mother was Sikyayinza. Prince Kakungulu became the father of twins, born before 1814
Prince (Omulangira) Mutebi I, whose mother was Gwowoleza. He was killed by drowning in Busoga for rebellion against his father
Prince (Omulangira) Mutebi II, whose mother was Jajjaw'abaana). He contested the succession of his brother in 1814, but was defeated and fled to Bukoba, in Kyaggwe.
Prince (Omulangira) Zzimbe, whose mother was Namatama
Princess (Omumbejja) Nakuyita, whose mother was Balambi
Princess (Omumbejja) Nabisalo, whose mother was Guluma
Princess (Omumbejja) Nagaddya, whose mother was Nabisunsa
Princess (Omumbejja) Nabinaka
He increased the growth of Mituba (Ficus natalensis) trees and production of Barkcloth in Buganda.




The final years


Kabaka Semakookiro died from an affliction, in old age at the Jjunju Palace at Kasangati, in Kyaddondo County. He was initially buried at Kasangati. In 1869, his remains were exhumed and re-buried at Kisimbiri in Busiro County.




Quotes


"But he understood his own gross and cruel age. He also understood men. They were treacherous. The precautionary measures he had taken to preserve his throne enabled him to be the first king in more than a century to die a natural death. If nineteenth-century kings of Buganda wielded enormous despotic powers as indeed they did, part of the credit must be given to Semakokiro."

MM Semakula Kiwanuka, A History of Buganda, 1971




Succession table






See also


Kabaka of Buganda




References






External links


List of the Kings of Buganda

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Semakookiro of Buganda
• Buganda
• Kabaka of Buganda
• Jjunju of Buganda
• Daudi Cwa II of Buganda
• Mutesa II of Buganda
• Muteesa I of Buganda
• Mwanga II of Buganda
• Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda
• Kyabaggu of Buganda