| Ssekabaka Jjunju Sendegeya | |
|---|---|
| Kabaka of Buganda | |
| Reign | 1780 - 1797 |
| Birthplace | Uganda |
| Died | 1797 |
| Place of death | Kiwawu |
| Buried | Luwunga, Busiro |
| Predecessor | Kyabaggu of Buganda |
| Successor | Semakookiro of Buganda |
| Consort | 1. Lady Katagya 2. Lady Nakamu I 3. Lady Nakamu II 4. Lady Tebwaaza |
| Father | Kyabaggu of Buganda |
| Mother | Namasole Nanteza |
Junju Sendegeya was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda from 1780 until 1797. He was the twenty-sixth (26th) Kabaka of Buganda.
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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 to the throne upon the death of his father. He established his capital at Magonga.
He is recorded to have married four (4) wives:
He is recorded to have fathered three (3) children; one son and two daughters:
During his reign, Buganda conquered Buddu (present day Masaka District) from Bunyoro. His reign was interrupted by the struggle between him and his brother Prince Semakookiro, who rebelled against him. During the rebellion, Semakookiro ordered his men to go and capture Kabaka Jjunju and bring him to the rebel prince. The expedition went badly. Kabaka Jjunju was killed during the attemted capture.
When the regiment sent to capture the Kabaka came back to report that they had killed him, Semakookiro was so upset that he expelled all the regiment members together with their families and friends from Buganda, or else they would suffer the same fate as his brother. The expelled people fled Buganda and went westwards to present day Kitagwenda in Kamwenge District and Bunyaruguru in Rubirizi District, Western Uganda.
This group of descendants were the reason why Kitagwenda and Bunyaruguru are called thus today. Kitagwenda seems to mean those who cannot go further and Bunyaruguru means those with strong-legs. Indeed, Kitagwenda is east of Bunyaruguru and is a plain area while Bunyaruguru is a hilly area west of Kitagwenda. Those without strong legs stayed in Kitagwenda and those who moved on and climbed the hills became the Banyaruguru.
He was killed in the Battle of Kiwawu, against his brother Semakookiro, in 1797.[1] He was buried at Luwunga, Busiro.[2] Another authentic version of the death of Junju is that he was killed by the then Baganda of Ssese Islands after a disagreement that erupted as a result of mistreatment. That group is currently called the Bakenye.
| Preceded by Kyabaggu Kabinuli |
King of Buganda c.1780-c.1797 |
Succeeded by Semakookiro Wasajja Nabbunga |