Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda
Kabaka Ronald Edward Frederick Kimera Muwenda Mutebi II is the 36th Kabaka or king of the Kingdom of Buganda.
He was appointed as UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for Ending AIDS among men in the Eastern and Southern Africa with a special focus on the Buganda Kingdom in Uganda.
Early years and reign
He was born at Mulago Hospital. He is the son of Edward Frederick William David Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula Muteesa II, who reigned as Kabaka of Buganda between 1939 and 1969 and was the first person to hold the office of president of an independent Uganda from 1962 to 1966. His mother was Omuzaana Kabejja Sarah Nalule of the Nkima clan.File:Muwenda Mutebi II, Ireland, 1966.jpg|thumb|Muwenda Mutebi II in County Kerry, Ireland on Easter, 1966|left
He was educated at Budo Junior School, King's Mead School in Sussex and Bradfield College, a public school in West Berkshire. He then entered Magdalene College, Cambridge. At the age of 11, he was appointed as Heir Apparent by his father on 6 August 1966. While in exile he worked as Associate Editor of the magazine African Concord and a member of the Executive Committee of the African National Congress in London. On 21 November 1969, upon the death of his father, he succeeded as the Head of the Royal House of Buganda.
He returned to Uganda in 1988, following the removal of the Milton Obote regime and the military junta that briefly replaced Obote. He was proclaimed at Buddo in a coronation ceremony at Naggalabi on 31 July 1993 upon the constitutional restoration of kingdoms in Uganda that had been abolished by Milton Obote. He has been on the royal throne since then with his seat at Bulange building in Mengo, Kampala.
Personal life
Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II is married to Sylvia Nagginda, whom he wed on 27 August 1999 at Saint Paul's Cathedral Namirembe, in Kampala. Her official title is the Nnabagereka.The children of Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II include the following:
- Prince Savio Muwenda or Juunju Suuna. He was born in 1986 in London, United Kingdom to his mother, Vénantie Sebudandi a former diplomat from the Republic of Rwanda. He attended King's College, Budo, before moving to England for further studies.
- Princess Joan Nassolo.
- Princess Victoria Nkinzi.
- Princess Sarah Katrina Mirembe Ssangalyambogo Nachwa. She was born in 2001 in London, UK.
- Prince Richard Ssemakookiro. He was born in 2011. On 17 January 2012 the former Katikkiro of Buganda, John Baptist Walusimbi, confirmed that his mother was from the Enseenene clan and was later revealed to be Rose Nansikombi from Luweero District.
Other responsibilities
On 15 April 2011, he was installed as the first chancellor of Muteesa I Royal University. The university was founded in 2007 and named in memory of Muteesa I of Buganda, in recognition of his foresight in promoting education in Buganda and Uganda and of his superior diplomatic skills in juggling the influences of the British, the French, and the Arabs in the late 1800s. Muteesa I authored a letter to the queen of England inviting missionaries and educationalist in Uganda and is therefore considered the father of education in Uganda.As the head of the Buganda kingdom, he owns Nkuluze Trust, which runs the following kingdom properties:
- Buganda Land Board, which is responsible for kingdom land and other land matters
- K2 Telecom - a telecommunication company
- BBS Television - Kingdom TV
- CBS FM
- Majestic Brands - selling royal products
- Ngule Beer
- Muganzirwazza Plaza - a commercial building in Katwe
- Masengere Building -.
Patronages
- Patron and Chief of the Trustee Buganda Cultural and Development Foundation .
- Patron of the Kabaka Foundation.
- Patron of the Buganda Development Agency.
- Patron of the Monkton Foundation.
- Patron of the Old Budonians' Club
Honours
National honours
- Sovereign of the Order of the Shield and Spears.
Cultural honours