Kabarega of Bunyoro

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Chwa II Kabarega, also Kabalega, (1853-1923) was the Omukama of Bunyoro from 1869 to 1898. He spent most of his life in Mparo. Bunyoro under Kabarega continued to fend off attempts by Egyptian Equatoria under Emin Pasha to incorporate the region.[1] Shortly after coming to power, Kabarega attacked Toro. In 1873 he lost his throne but regained it the same year.[citation needed] After the United Kingdom declared the Uganda Protectorate, Kabarega spent most of the 1890s fighting against British-Baganda forces, but was defeated in 3 April 1898. On 9 April 1899 he was arrested by British forces and sent into exile in Seychelles. His son Kitahimbwa was appointed chief, but had little power as the kingdom was administered nearly directly by the colonial authority.[1] In 1923, Kabarega was given permission to return to Bunyoro but died in Jinja, shortly before reaching the borders of the kingdom.

In 1972, President Idi Amin Dada renamed Murchison Falls, located within Murchison Falls National Park, Kabarega Falls after the Omukama.

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ a b "Unyoro", Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition

[edit] Further reading

  • A. R Dunbar, Omukama Chwa II Kabarega, East African Literature Bureau (1965)
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Preceded by
Kyebambe IV		 Omukama of Bunyoro
1869-1898		 Succeeded by
Kitahimbwa
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