Kikulwe of Buganda


Kikulwe Mawuba was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda between 1736 and 1738. He was the twenty first Kabaka of Buganda.

Claim to the throne

He was the fourth son of Kabaka Ndawula Nsobya, the nineteenth Kabaka of Buganda. His mother was Nakikulwe Namirembe, the third of his father's seven wives. He ascended the throne after the death of his elder brother, Kabaka Kagulu Tebukywereke. He established his capital at Kibibi.

Married Life

He is reported to have married five wives:
He is recorded to have fathered at least nine children:
Kabaka Kikulwe was murdered by his elder half-brother, Prince Mawanda Sebanakitta, who seized the throne around 1738. Ssekabaka Kikulwe is buried at Kaliiti, Busiro.

Succession table