Kamaanya of Buganda

Kamaanya Kadduwamala was the 28th Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda, who ruled from 1814 until 1832.

Claim to the throne He was the eldest son of Kabaka Semakookiro Wasajja Nabbunga, Kabaka of Buganda, who reigned between 1797 and 1814. His mother was Nansikombi Ndwaddeewaaziba, the Kaddulubaale, of the Nseenene (Grasshopper) Clan. She was his father's first wife. His father married at least fifteen wives. He ascended to the throne upon the death of his father in 1814, assuming the name of Kamaanya. He established his capital at Nsujjumpolu.

Married life Like his father, Kabaka Kamaanya had many wives. He is recorded to have married at least thirty eight (38) wives:

Baakuyiira, daughter of Lule, of the Ngonge clan Basiima Mukooki, daughter of Kateesigwa, of the Nkima clan Gwowemukira Kayaga, daughter of Kiwaalabye, of the Kkobe clan Kisirisa, daughter of Walusimbi, of the Ffumbe clan Naabakyaala Saamanya, the Kaddulubaale, daughter of Walusimbi, of the Ffumbe clan. She was killed on the orders of her husband. Ky'osiby'omunyolo, daughter of Jjumba, of the Nkima clan Kyot'owadde, daughter of Kiyaga, of the Mamba clan Kyowol'otudde, daughter of Lutalo, of the Ndiga clan Lubadde, daughter of Majanja, of the Ngeye clan Mpozaaki, daughter of Kateesigwa, of the Nkima clan Mubyuwo?, daughter of Nakatanza, of the Lugave clan Muteezi, daughter of Nakato, of the Mbogo clan Mukwaano, daughter of Mugema, of the Nkima clan Nambi, daughter of Lutaaya, of the Ngonge clan Naabakyaala Nabikuku, the Kabejja, daughter of Jjumba, of the Nkima clan Nabirumbi, daughter of Kisuule of Busoga, of the Njaza (Reedbuck) clan Nabiswaazi, daughter of Jjumba, of the Nkima clan Nabyonga, daughter of Mwamba?, of the Lugave clan Nabbowa, daughter of Kafumbirwango, of the Lugave clan Nakaddu, daughter of Kamyuuka, of the Kkobe clan Nakanyike, daughter of Senfuma, of the Mamba clan Nakkazi Kannyange, daughter of Ssambwa Katenda, of the Mamba clan Nakkazi, daughter of Lutalo, of the Mamba clan Nakku, daughter of Walusimbi, of the Ffumbe clan Nakyekoledde, daughter of Gabunga, of the Mamba clan Nalumansi, daughter of Walusimbi, of the Ffumbe clan Namale, daughter of Kiwalabye, of the Kkobe clan Namukasa, daughter of Nankere, of the Mamba clan Namawuba, daughter of Sempala, of the Ffumbe clan Nambi Tebasaanidde, daughter of Mugula, of the Mamba clan Namwenyagira, daughter of Kamyuuka, of the Kkobe clan Nannozi, daughter of Gomottoka, of the Nvubu clan Nankanja, daughter of Terwewalwa, of the Nvubu clan Nzaalambi, daughter of Natiigo, of the Lugave clan Siribatwaalira, of the Nkima clan Tebeemalizibwa, daughter of Mwamba?, of the Lugave clan Nanteza

Issue He is recorded to have fathered sixty one (61) sons and several daughters. His son Suuna II, executed fifty eight (58) of his brothers during his reign. The children of Kabaka Kamaanya included:

Prince (Omulangira) Kiggala I, whose mother was Baakuyiira Prince (Omulangira) Nakibinge Bawuunyakangu, whose mother was Saamanya. He was killed by being burned alive, on the orders of his father at Busonyi, Busujju County. Prince (Omulangira) Kimera, whose mother was Gwowemukira Prince (Omulangira) Ndawula, whose mother was Gwowemukira Prince (Omulangira) Lule, whose mother was Gwowemukira Prince (Omulangira) Kiggala II, whose mother was Gwowemukira Prince (Omulangira) Kitereera, whose mother was Gwowemukira Princess (Omumbejja) Babirye, whose mother was Kayaga. Twin with Princess Nakato Princess (Omumbejja) Nakato, whose mother was Kayaga. Twin with Princess Nakato Prince (Omulangira) Kaggwa, whose mother was Kisirisa Prince (Omulangira) Bagunyeenyamangu, whose mother was Saamanya Prince (Omulangira) Mbajjwe, whose mother was Ky'osiby'omunyolo). Prince (Omulangira) Bamweyana, whose mother was Kyootowadde Prince (Omulangira) Twaayise, whose mother was Mpozaaki Prince (Omulangira) Kyomubi, whose mother was Mukwaano Prince (Omulangira) Luwedde, whose mother was Nabiswaazi Prince (Omulangira) Kimera, whose mother was Nabbowa Prince (Omulangira) Lumansi, whose mother was Nakaddu Prince (Omulangira) Tebandeke, whose mother was Nakanyike Prince (Omulangira) Suuna Kalema Kansinjo, who succeeded as Kabaka Suuna II Kalema Kansinjo Mukaabya Ssekkyungwa Muteesa I Sewankambo Walugembe Mig'ekyaamye Lukeberwa Kyetutumula Magulunnyondo Lubambula Omutanda Sseggwanga, whose mother was Nakkazi Kannyange Prince (Omulangira) Wasajja, whose mother was Nakkazi. He escaped the slaughter of the princes by his brother, Suuna II. Prince (Omulangira) Ndawula, whose mother was Nakyekoledde Prince (Omulangira) Mutebi, whose mother was Nakyekoledde Prince (Omulangira) Mugogo, whose mother was Kyotowadde. He too, escaped the slaughter of the princes by his brother, Suuna II. Prince (Omulangira) Kigoye, whose mother was Namale Princess (Omumbejja) Ndagire I, whose mother was Namukasa Prince (Omulangira) Waswa, whose mother was Nambi Tebasaanidde. Twin with Babirye. Princess (Omumbejja) Babirye, whose mother was Nambi Tebasaanidde. Twin with Babirye Prince (Omulangira) Kajumba, whose mother was Nambi Tebasaanidde Princess (Omumbejja) Ndagire II, whose mother was Nannozi Prince (Omulangira) Kizza, whose mother was Nzaalambi Princess (Omumbejja) Tajuba, whose mother was Lubadde. She died after 1927. Princess (Omumbejja) Nassolo, whose mother Mubyuwo? Princess (Omumbejja) Nambi, whose mother was Muteezi Princess (Omumbejja) Nakayenga, whose mother was Kyowol'otudde Princess (Omumbejja) Namayanja, whose mother was Lubadde Princess (Omumbejja) Nabaloga, whose mother was Mpozaaki Princess (Omumbejja) Kagere, whose mother was Mubyuwo Princess (Omumbejja) Mwannyin'empologoma Nassolo, whose mother was Nabikuku Princess (Omumbejja) Nalumansi, whose mother was Nabirumbi Princess (Omumbejja) Nakku, whose mother was Nabyonga Princess (Omumbejja) Nakalema, whose mother was Nalumansi Princess (Omumbejja) Nakangu, whose mother was Nambi Princess (Omumbejja) Namika, whose mother was Nakaddu Princess (Omumbejja) Nakabiri, whose mother was Namwenyagira Princess (Omumbejja) Katalina Nabisubi Mpalikitenda Nakayenga, whose mother was Siribatwaalira. She was born around 1814. She died on 27 January 1907. Princess (Omumbejja) Lwantale, whose mother was Siribatwaalira. She was the Naalinnya to Kabaka Suuna II. She died in March 1881. Princess (Omumbejja) Nagaddya, whose mother was Tebeemalizibwa Princess (Omumbejja) Nassuuna Kyetenga, whose mother was Nankanja

His reign Kabaka Kamaanya continued the wars of conquest against the Kingdom's neighbors which led to an expansion of the territory of the Buganda Kingdom. He conquered the ssaza, Buweekula, from Bunyoro and annexed it to Buganda.

The final years Kabaka Kamaanya died at Lutengo in 1832. He was buried at Kasengejje, Busiro.

Quotes It is claimed that Kamanya’s original name was Kanakulya Mukasa. But because he was such a tyrant, his contemporaries began to refer to a person of uncontrollable temper with a persecution mania (and indirectly to the king) as a kamanya. MM Semakula Kiwanuka, A History of Buganda, 1971