Namuggala of Buganda

Ssekabaka Namuggala Kagali
Kabaka of Buganda
Reign 1741 - 1750
Birthplace Uganda
Died 1750
Place of death Nalubugo Hill
Buried Muyomba, Busiro
Predecessor Mwanga I of Buganda
Successor Kyabaggu of Buganda
Consort 1. Nabakyaala Basuuta
2. Lady Najjuka
3. Lady Nakangu
4. Lady Nalubowa
5. Lady Nalunga
6. Lady Nawaguma
Father Prince Musanje Golooba
Mother Namasole Nabulya Naluggwa

Namuggala Kagali was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda, between 1741 and 1750. He was the twenty-forth (24th) Kabaka of Buganda.

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Claim to the throne

He was the second son of Prince Musanje Golooba. His mother was Nabulya Naluggwa of the Ndiga clan, the second of his father's wives. He ascended to the throne upon the death of his elder brother, Kabaka Mwanga I Sebanakitta, in 1741. He established his capital at Nansana.[1]

Married life

He is recorded to have married six (6) wives:

Offspring

He is recorded to have fathered three sons:

The final years

Kabaka Namuggala abdicated in favor of his younger brother, Kyabaggu Kabinuli, around 1750. He was killed when he accidentally fell on Nalubugo Hill, after his abdication.[2] He was buried at Muyomba, Busiro.[3]

Succession table

Preceded by
Mwanga I Sebanakitta
King of Buganda
c.1741-c.1750
Succeeded by
Kyabaggu Kabinuli

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