Kamaanya of Buganda


Kamaanya Kadduwamala was the 28th Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda, who ruled from 1814 until 1832.

Claim to the throne

He was the eldest son of Kabaka Semakookiro Wasajja Nabbunga, Kabaka of Buganda, who reigned between 1797 and 1814. His mother was Nansikombi Ndwaddeewaaziba, the Kaddulubaale, of the Nseenene Clan. She was his father's first wife. His father married at least fifteen wives. He ascended to the throne upon the death of his father in 1814, assuming the name of Kamaanya. He established his capital at Nsujjumpolu.

Married life

Like his father, Kabaka Kamaanya had many wives. He is recorded to have married at least thirty eight wives:
  1. Baakuyiira, daughter of Lule, of the Ngonge clan
  2. Basiima Mukooki, daughter of Kateesigwa, of the Nkima clan
  3. Gwowemukira
  4. Kayaga, daughter of Kiwaalabye, of the Kkobe clan
  5. Kisirisa, daughter of Walusimbi, of the Ffumbe clan
  6. Naabakyaala Saamanya, the Kaddulubaale, daughter of Walusimbi, of the Ffumbe clan. She was killed on the orders of her husband.
  7. Ky'osiby'omunyolo, daughter of Jjumba, of the Nkima clan
  8. Kyot'owadde, daughter of Kiyaga, of the Mamba clan
  9. Kyowol'otudde, daughter of Lutalo, of the Ndiga clan
  10. Lubadde, daughter of Majanja, of the Ngeye clan
  11. Mpozaaki, daughter of Kateesigwa, of the Nkima clan
  12. Mubyuwo?, daughter of Nakatanza, of the Lugave clan
  13. Muteezi, daughter of Nakato, of the Mbogo clan
  14. Mukwaano, daughter of Mugema, of the Nkima clan
  15. Nambi, daughter of Lutaaya, of the Ngonge clan
  16. Naabakyaala Nabikuku, the Kabejja, daughter of Jjumba, of the Nkima clan
  17. Nabirumbi, daughter of Kisuule of Busoga, of the Ngabi clan
  18. Nabiswaazi, daughter of Jjumba, of the Nkima clan
  19. Nabyonga, daughter of Mwamba?, of the Lugave clan
  20. Nabbowa, daughter of Kafumbirwango, of the Lugave clan
  21. Nakaddu, daughter of Kamyuuka, of the Kkobe clan
  22. Nakanyike, daughter of Senfuma, of the Mamba clan
  23. Nakkazi Kannyange, daughter of Ssambwa Katenda, of the Mamba clan
  24. Nakkazi, daughter of Lutalo, of the Mamba clan
  25. Nakku, daughter of Walusimbi, of the Ffumbe clan
  26. Nakyekoledde, daughter of Gabunga, of the Mamba clan
  27. Nalumansi, daughter of Walusimbi, of the Ffumbe clan
  28. Namale, daughter of Kiwalabye, of the Kkobe clan
  29. Namukasa, daughter of Nankere, of the Mamba clan
  30. Namawuba, daughter of Sempala, of the Ffumbe clan
  31. Nambi Tebasaanidde, daughter of Mugula, of the Mamba clan
  32. Namwenyagira, daughter of Kamyuuka, of the Kkobe clan
  33. Nannozi, daughter of Gomottoka, of the Nvubu clan
  34. Nankanja, daughter of Terwewalwa, of the Nvubu clan
  35. Nzaalambi, daughter of Natiigo, of the Lugave clan
  36. Siribatwaalira, of the Nkima clan
  37. Tebeemalizibwa, daughter of Mwamba?, of the Lugave clan
  38. Nanteza

Issue

He is recorded to have fathered sixty one sons and several daughters. His son Suuna II, executed fifty eight of his brothers during his reign. The children of Kabaka Kamaanya included:
  1. Prince Kiggala I, whose mother was Baakuyiira
  2. Prince Nakibinge Bawuunyakangu, whose mother was Saamanya. He was killed by being burned alive, on the orders of his father at Busonyi, Busujju County.
  3. Prince Kimera, whose mother was Gwowemukira
  4. Prince Ndawula, whose mother was Gwowemukira
  5. Prince Lule, whose mother was Gwowemukira
  6. Prince Kiggala II, whose mother was Gwowemukira
  7. Prince Kitereera, whose mother was Gwowemukira
  8. Princess Babirye, whose mother was Kayaga. Twin with Princess Nakato
  9. Princess Nakato, whose mother was Kayaga. Twin with Princess Nakato
  10. Prince Kaggwa, whose mother was Kisirisa
  11. Prince Bagunyeenyamangu, whose mother was Saamanya
  12. Prince.
  13. Prince Bamweyana, whose mother was Kyootowadde
  14. Prince Twaayise, whose mother was Mpozaaki
  15. Prince Kyomubi, whose mother was Mukwaano
  16. Prince Luwedde, whose mother was Nabiswaazi
  17. Prince Kimera, whose mother was Nabbowa
  18. Prince Lumansi, whose mother was Nakaddu
  19. Prince Tebandeke, whose mother was Nakanyike
  20. Prince Suuna Kalema Kansinjo, who succeeded as Kabaka Suuna II Kalema Kansinjo Mukaabya Ssekkyungwa Muteesa I Sewankambo Walugembe Mig'ekyaamye Lukeberwa Kyetutumula Magulunnyondo Lubambula Omutanda Sseggwanga, whose mother was Nakkazi Kannyange
  21. Prince Wasajja, whose mother was Nakkazi. He escaped the slaughter of the princes by his brother, Suuna II.
  22. Prince Ndawula, whose mother was Nakyekoledde
  23. Prince Mutebi, whose mother was Nakyekoledde
  24. Prince Mugogo, whose mother was Kyotowadde. He too, escaped the slaughter of the princes by his brother, Suuna II.
  25. Prince Kigoye, whose mother was Namale
  26. Princess Ndagire I, whose mother was Namukasa
  27. Prince Waswa, whose mother was Nambi Tebasaanidde. Twin with Babirye.
  28. Princess Babirye, whose mother was Nambi Tebasaanidde. Twin with Babirye
  29. Prince Kajumba, whose mother was Nambi Tebasaanidde
  30. Princess Ndagire II, whose mother was Nannozi
  31. Prince Kizza, whose mother was Nzaalambi
  32. Princess Tajuba, whose mother was Lubadde. She died after 1927.
  33. Princess Nassolo, whose mother Mubyuwo?
  34. Princess Nambi, whose mother was Muteezi
  35. Princess Nakayenga, whose mother was Kyowol'otudde
  36. Princess Namayanja, whose mother was Lubadde
  37. Princess Nabaloga, whose mother was Mpozaaki
  38. Princess Kagere, whose mother was Mubyuwo
  39. Princess Mwannyin'empologoma Nassolo, whose mother was Nabikuku
  40. Princess Nalumansi, whose mother was Nabirumbi
  41. Princess Nakku, whose mother was Nabyonga
  42. Princess Nakalema, whose mother was Nalumansi
  43. Princess Nakangu, whose mother was Nambi
  44. Princess Namika, whose mother was Nakaddu
  45. Princess Nakabiri, whose mother was Namwenyagira
  46. Princess Katalina Nabisubi Mpalikitenda Nakayenga, whose mother was Siribatwaalira. She was born around 1814. She died on 27 January 1907.
  47. Princess Lwantale, whose mother was Siribatwaalira. She was the Naalinnya to Kabaka Suuna II. She died in March 1881.
  48. Princess Nagaddya, whose mother was Tebeemalizibwa
  49. Princess Nassuuna Kyetenga, whose mother was Nankanja

His reign

Kabaka Kamaanya continued the wars of conquest against the Kingdom's neighbors which led to an expansion of the territory of the Buganda Kingdom. He conquered the ssaza, Buweekula, from Bunyoro and annexed it to Buganda.

The final years

Kabaka Kamaanya died at Lutengo in 1832. He was buried at Kasengejje, Busiro.

Quotes

It is claimed that Kamanya’s original name was Kanakulya Mukasa. But because he was such a tyrant, his contemporaries began to refer to a person of uncontrollable temper with a persecution mania as a kamanya.