Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda

Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda
Kabaka Edward Ronald Kimera Muwenda Mutebi II
Kabaka of Buganda
Reign 1993 - Present
Born 13th April 1955
Birthplace Mengo, Uganda
Predecessor Muteesa II of Buganda
Successor Incumbent
Consort Lady Sylvia Nagginda, the Naabagereka
Father Muteesa II of Buganda
Mother Namasole Sarah Nalule

Ronald Edward Frederick Muwenda Kimera Mutebi II (born 13 April 1955) is the reigning Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda, a kingdom in modern-day Uganda. He is the thirty-sixth (36th) Kabaka of Buganda.

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Claim to the throne

He was born at the Mengo Palace on 13 April 1955. He is the son of Major General Sir Edward Frederick William David Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula Muteesa II, Kabaka of Buganda, who reigned between 1939 and 1969. His mother was Naabakyaala Sarah Nalule, Omuzaana Kabejja, of the Nkima clan. He was educated at Budo Junior School, King's Mead School in Sussex and Bradfield College. He then entered Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he read Law. He was appointed as Heir Apparent by his father on 6 August 1966 while he was still 11 years old.

On 21 November 1969, upon the death of his father, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, succeeded as the Head of the Royal House of Buganda. He returned to Uganda 1988, following the removal of the Obote II regime and the military junta that briefly replaced Obote II. He was proclaimed at Buddo on 24 July 1993, upon the restoration of the Ugandan Kingdoms. On 31 July 1993, he was crowned at Buddo. He assumed the style of His Majesty. He maintains his capital at Mengo.

Married life

Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II is married to one wife whom he wedded on the 27th of August 1999. The official title of the Kabaka's wife is the Nnabagereka. Her full name and title is Sylvia Nagginda, the Nnabagereka, daughter of John Mulumba Luswaata of Nkumba, Kyaddondo, a member of the Omusu clan and Rebecca Nakintu Musoke who currently lives in New York. She is the granddaughter of Mr George William Musoke and Mrs Nora Musoke of Nazzigo, Kyaggwe; and Omutaka Nelson Nkalubo Sebugwawo and Mrs Catherine Sebugwawo of Nkumba. The Royal wedding was held at St Paul's Cathedral, Namirembe, in Kampala. They have one daughter, Sarah Katrina Mirembe Ssangalyambogo Nachwa, born on 4 July 2001 in London, UK.

Offspring

The children of Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II include:[1]

  1. Prince (Kiweewa) Jjunju Suuna, whose mother is Vénantie Sebudandi. He was born in London, United Kingdom in 1986. He attended King's College, Budo before moving to England for further studies.
  2. Princess (Omumbejja) Joan Nassolo
  3. Princess (Omumbejja) Victoria Nkinzi.
  4. Princess (Omumbejja) Katrina Sarah Kirabo Ssangalyambogo. She was born in London, United Kingdom on 4 July 2001.[2] She attends private school in Kampala, Uganda. She is an excellent swimmer and has won awards at competitions in East Africa, within her age group.[3]

His reign

Since the restoration of the Ugandan Kingdoms, the Kabaka's position is as Ssabataka (Head of the Clans) and as the cultural leader of the 7.5 million Baganda both in Buganda and in the Diaspora. Most of the Kabaka's time and efforts since his crowning have been directed at restoring Buganda's institutions, customs, cultural practices, and behaviors. He has played a leading role in inspiring the confidence of his subjects not to abandon the practices that have made the Kingdom endure over the last 800 years.

Although constitutionally barred from participating in Ugandan politics, the Kabaka has been at the forefront in reminding the Central Government to live up to the letter of the law and not trample on the constitutionally guaranteed rights of the Baganda to own land, travel and trade with their neighbors and with foreigners, to express their political views openly, without duress or undue influence and to practice their religious faiths as they choose.

Contentious issues with the central government remain, primarily in three areas:

  • The return of the Kingdom assets, seized by the central government in 1966
  • Harmonization of the land tenure system in the whole of Uganda. Currently, Buganda has different land ownership mechanisms that are missing in other areas of the country where land is communally owned.
  • The creation of a Federal system of government for Uganda. The majority of the Baganda support Federo, while many of the smaller ethnicities fear that with Federo, Buganda will unfairly advance economically, leaving the rest of the country behind.

Succession table as Kabaka

Preceded by
Major General Sir Frederick Edward Walugembe Muteesa II
as Kabaka
Head of Royal House of Buganda
as Kabaka

July 31, 1993 – Present
Vacant
Title next held by
Incumbent
as Kabaka

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