Ssekabaka Jemba Busungwe | |
Kabaka of Buganda | |
Reign: | 1564–1584 |
Predecessor: | Mulondo of Buganda |
Successor: | Suuna I of Buganda |
Spouse: | 1. Lady Nabbanja 2. Lady Nakkazi 3. Lady Nanfuka |
Father: | Nakibinge of Buganda |
Mother: | Namasole Najjemba |
Birth Place: | Buganda |
Death Date: | 1584 |
Death Place: | Bubango, Busiro |
Place Of Burial: | Bubango, Busiro |
Jemba Busungwe (died 1584) was Kabaka (king) of the Kingdom of Buganda between 1564 and 1584. He was the 10th Kabaka of Buganda. His reign is remembered as being kind and gentle.[1]
He was the son of Kabaka Nakibinge Kagali, Kabaka of Buganda, between 1524 and 1554. His mother was Najjemba, the 2nd wife of his father. He ascended to the throne upon the death of his elder half-brother. He established his capital at Bubango Hill, in what became Busiro Country, in modern-day Wakiso District.
He had three wives:
He fathered four sons:
He died at the Bagambamunyoro Palace, Bubango, Busiro County, in 1584. He was buried at Gombe, in Bulemeezi County and his jaw was buried at his capital. Other sources place his burial place at Bubango, Busiro.[2]