Kamaanya of Buganda

Kamaanya Kadduwamala was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda from 1814 until 1832. He was the twenty-eighth (28th) Kabaka of Buganda.

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:


 * 1) Baakuyiira, daughter of Lule, of the Ngonge clan
 * 2) Basiima Mukooki, daughter of Kateesigwa, of the Nkima clan
 * 3) Gwowemukira
 * 4) Kayaga, daughter of Kiwaalabye, of the Kkobe clan
 * 5) Kisirisa, daughter of Walusimbi, of the Ffumbe clan
 * 6) Naabakyaala Saamanya, the Kaddulubaale, daughter of Walusimbi, of the Ffumbe clan. She was killed on the orders of her husband.
 * 7) Ky'osiby'omunyolo, daughter of Jjumba, of the Nkima clan
 * 8) Kyot'owadde, daughter of Kiyaga, of the Mamba clan
 * 9) Kyowol'otudde, daughter of Lutalo, of the Ndiga clan
 * 10) Lubadde, daughter of Majanja, of the Ngeye clan
 * 11) Mpozaaki, daughter of Kateesigwa, of the Nkima clan
 * 12) Mubyuwo?, daughter of Nakatanza, of the Lugave clan
 * 13) Muteezi, daughter of Nakato, of the Mbogo clan
 * 14) Mukwaano, daughter of Mugema, of the Nkima clan
 * 15) Nambi, daughter of Lutaaya, of the Ngonge clan
 * 16) Naabakyaala Nabikuku, the Kabejja, daughter of Jjumba, of the Nkima clan
 * 17) Nabirumbi, daughter of Kisuule of Busoga, of the Ngabi (Reedbuck) clan
 * 18) Nabiswaazi, daughter of Jjumba, of the Nkima clan
 * 19) Nabyonga, daughter of Mwamba?, of the Lugave clan
 * 20) Nabbowa, daughter of Kafumbirwango, of the Lugave clan
 * 21) Nakaddu, daughter of Kamyuuka, of the Kkobe clan
 * 22) Nakanyike, daughter of Senfuma, of the Mamba clan
 * 23) Nakkazi Kannyange, daughter of Ssambwa Katenda, of the Mamba clan
 * 24) Nakkazi, daughter of Lutalo, of the Mamba clan
 * 25) Nakku, daughter of Walusimbi, of the Ffumbe clan
 * 26) Nakyekoledde, daughter of Gabunga, of the Mamba clan
 * 27) Nalumansi, daughter of Walusimbi, of the Ffumbe clan
 * 28) Namale, daughter of Kiwalabye, of the Kkobe clan
 * 29) Namukasa, daughter of Nankere, of the Mamba clan
 * 30) Namawuba, daughter of Sempala, of the Ffumbe clan
 * 31) Nambi Tebasaanidde, daughter of Mugula, of the Mamba clan
 * 32) Namwenyagira, daughter of Kamyuuka, of the Kkobe clan
 * 33) Nannozi, daughter of Gomottoka, of the Nvubu clan
 * 34) Nankanja, daughter of Terwewalwa, of the Nvubu clan
 * 35) Nzaalambi, daughter of Natiigo, of the Lugave clan
 * 36) Siribatwaalira, of the Nkima clan
 * 37) Tebeemalizibwa, daughter of Mwamba?, of the Lugave clan
 * 38) 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:


 * 1) Prince (Omulangira) Kiggala I, whose mother was Baakuyiira
 * 2) 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.
 * 3) Prince (Omulangira) Kimera, whose mother was Gwowemukira
 * 4) Prince (Omulangira) Ndawula, whose mother was Gwowemukira
 * 5) Prince (Omulangira) Lule, whose mother was Gwowemukira
 * 6) Prince (Omulangira) Kiggala II, whose mother was Gwowemukira
 * 7) Prince (Omulangira) Kitereera, whose mother was Gwowemukira
 * 8) Princess (Omumbejja) Babirye, whose mother was Kayaga. Twin with Princess Nakato
 * 9) Princess (Omumbejja) Nakato, whose mother was Kayaga. Twin with Princess Nakato
 * 10) Prince (Omulangira) Kaggwa, whose mother was Kisirisa
 * 11) Prince (Omulangira) Bagunyeenyamangu, whose mother was Saamanya
 * 12) Prince (Omulangira) Mbajjwe, whose mother was Ky'osiby'omunyolo).
 * 13) Prince (Omulangira) Bamweyana, whose mother was Kyootowadde
 * 14) Prince (Omulangira) Twaayise, whose mother was Mpozaaki
 * 15) Prince (Omulangira) Kyomubi, whose mother was Mukwaano
 * 16) Prince (Omulangira) Luwedde, whose mother was Nabiswaazi
 * 17) Prince (Omulangira) Kimera, whose mother was Nabbowa
 * 18) Prince (Omulangira) Lumansi, whose mother was Nakaddu
 * 19) Prince (Omulangira) Tebandeke, whose mother was Nakanyike
 * 20) 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
 * 21) Prince (Omulangira) Wasajja, whose mother was Nakkazi. He escaped the slaughter of the princes by his brother, Suuna II.
 * 22) Prince (Omulangira) Ndawula, whose mother was Nakyekoledde
 * 23) Prince (Omulangira) Mutebi, whose mother was Nakyekoledde
 * 24) Prince (Omulangira) Mugogo, whose mother was Kyotowadde. He too, escaped the slaughter of the princes by his brother, Suuna II.
 * 25) Prince (Omulangira) Kigoye, whose mother was Namale
 * 26) Princess (Omumbejja) Ndagire I, whose mother was Namukasa
 * 27) Prince (Omulangira) Waswa, whose mother was Nambi Tebasaanidde. Twin with Babirye.
 * 28) Princess (Omumbejja) Babirye, whose mother was Nambi Tebasaanidde. Twin with Babirye
 * 29) Prince (Omulangira) Kajumba, whose mother was Nambi Tebasaanidde
 * 30) Princess (Omumbejja) Ndagire II, whose mother was Nannozi
 * 31) Prince (Omulangira) Kizza, whose mother was Nzaalambi
 * 32) Princess (Omumbejja) Tajuba, whose mother was Lubadde. She died after 1927.
 * 33) Princess (Omumbejja) Nassolo, whose mother Mubyuwo?
 * 34) Princess (Omumbejja) Nambi, whose mother was Muteezi
 * 35) Princess (Omumbejja) Nakayenga, whose mother was Kyowol'otudde
 * 36) Princess (Omumbejja) Namayanja, whose mother was Lubadde
 * 37) Princess (Omumbejja) Nabaloga, whose mother was Mpozaaki
 * 38) Princess (Omumbejja) Kagere, whose mother was Mubyuwo
 * 39) Princess (Omumbejja) Mwannyin'empologoma Nassolo, whose mother was Nabikuku
 * 40) Princess (Omumbejja) Nalumansi, whose mother was Nabirumbi
 * 41) Princess (Omumbejja) Nakku, whose mother was Nabyonga
 * 42) Princess (Omumbejja) Nakalema, whose mother was Nalumansi
 * 43) Princess (Omumbejja) Nakangu, whose mother was Nambi
 * 44) Princess (Omumbejja) Namika, whose mother was Nakaddu
 * 45) Princess (Omumbejja) Nakabiri, whose mother was Namwenyagira
 * 46) Princess (Omumbejja) Katalina Nabisubi Mpalikitenda Nakayenga, whose mother was Siribatwaalira. She was born around 1814. She died on 27 January 1907.
 * 47) Princess (Omumbejja) Lwantale, whose mother was Siribatwaalira. She was the Naalinnya to Kabaka Suuna II. She died in March 1881.
 * 48) Princess (Omumbejja) Nagaddya, whose mother was Tebeemalizibwa
 * 49) 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