Mawanda of Buganda


Mawanda Sebanakitta was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda, between 1738 and 1740. He was the twenty second Kabaka of Buganda.

Claim to the throne

He was the third son of Kabaka Ndawula Nsobya, the 19th Kabaka of Buganda. His mother was Nakidde Luyiga of the Ngo clan, the fourth of his father's seven wives. Mawanda killed his brother Kabaka Kikulwe Mawuba and seized the throne around 1738. He established his capital at Katakala.

Married life

He is recorded to have married seven wives:
His children included the following:
A group of princes in the royal court conspired to murder Kabaka Mawanda in 1740. The group included Prince Mwanga Sebanakitta, who ascended the throne after Kabaka Mawanda's demise. Kabaka Mawanda was buried at Meerera at first, but was exhumed in 1864 and re-buried at Serinnya.

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