Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda explained

Full Name:Ronald Edward Frederick Kimera Muwenda Mutebi II
Succession:Kabaka of Buganda
Reign:31 July 1993 – present
Coronation:31 July 1993
Predecessor:Mutesa II of Buganda
Spouse:Lady Sylvia Nagginda, the Nnaabagereka
Royal House:Abalasangeye dynasty
Father:Mutesa II of Buganda
Mother:Namasole Sarah Kabejja Kisosonkole Nalule
Birth Date:13 April 1955
Birth Place:Mulago Hospital, Kampala
Religion:Anglican
Issue:Crispin Jjunju Kiweewa
Victoria Nkinzi
Joan Tebatagwabwe Nassolo
Sarah Katrina Ssangalyambogo
Richard Ssemakookiro
Jasmine Babirye
Jade Nakato

Kabaka Ronald Edward Frederick Kimera Muwenda Mutebi II (born 13 April 1955) is King of the Kingdom of Buganda. He is the 36th Kabaka of Buganda.

He was appointed as UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for Ending AIDS among men in the Eastern and Southern Africa with a special focus on Buganda Kingdom in Uganda.[1] [2]

Early Years and Reign

He was born at Mulago Hospital.[3] He is the son of Edward Frederick William David Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula Muteesa II, Kabaka of Buganda, who reigned between 1939 and 1969 and first President of the Independent Uganda 1962-1966. His mother was Omuzaana Kabejja Sarah Nalule of the Nkima clan.

He was educated at Budo Junior School, King's Mead School in Sussex and Bradfield College, a public school in West Berkshire. He then entered Magdalene College, Cambridge.[4] At the age of 11, he was appointed as Heir Apparent by his father on 6 August 1966.[5] While in exile he worked as Associate Editor of the magazine African Concord[6] and a member of the Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC) in London.[7] On 21 November 1969, upon the death of his father, he succeeded as the Head of the Royal House of Buganda.

He returned to Uganda in 1988, following the removal of the Milton Obote regime and the military junta that briefly replaced Obote. He was proclaimed at Buddo in a coronation ceremony at Naggalabi on On 31 July 1993 upon the constitutional restoration of Kingdoms in Uganda that had been abolished by Milton Obote. He has been on the royal throne since then with his seat at Bulange building in Mengo Kampala Uganda.

Personal life

Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II is married to Sylvia Nagginda, whom he wed on 27 August 1999 at Saint Paul's Cathedral Namirembe, in Kampala.[8] Her official title is the Nnabagereka.The children of Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II include the following:

Mutebi II underwent a several months long psychotherapeutical treatment in Namibia in early 2024.[11]

Other responsibilities

On 15 April 2011, he was installed as the first chancellor of Muteesa I Royal University. The university was founded in 2007 and named in memory of Muteesa I of Buganda, in recognition of his foresight in promoting education in Buganda and Uganda and of his superior diplomatic skills in juggling the influences of the British, the French, and the Arabs in the late 1800s.[12] Muteesa I authored a letter to the queen of England inviting missionaries and educationalist in Uganda and is therefore considered the father of education in Uganda.

As the head of the Buganda kingdom, he owns Nkuluze Trust, which runs the following kingdom properties:

Patronages

Honours

National honours

Cultural honours

The Peaceful Lion, The Ssabalongo (head of twin parents), Magulu Nyondo, Ssaabasajja, Omuti Ogubala Ensimbi N'ebikomo, Ekiryo ama Sserulanda Ekimaamidde Obuganda.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Chifamba . Natalie . Natalie Chifamba . Kabaka to champion campaign to mobilise men to test for HIV and access treatment . 2 May 2020 . . 10 March 2017 .
  2. News: Mugagga . James . James Mugagga. Kabaka appointed HIV goodwill envoy . 2 May 2020 . . 6 March 2017.
  3. Web site: MULAGO NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL - . 2024-07-11 . mulagohospital.go.ug.
  4. News: Dennis . Ferdinand . Ferdinand Dennis. The King and I . 8 April 2014 . . 6 October 2001.
  5. News: NewVision . Reporter . NewVision Reporter. Kabaka Ronald Mutebi turns 57 . 2 May 2020 . . 13 April 2012.
  6. News: Editor . Newz Post . Editor Newz Post. Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi at 62 . 2 May 2020 . . 13 April 2017.
  7. Oloka-Onyango . J. . July 1997 . The question of Buganda in contemporary Ugandan politics . Journal of Contemporary African Studies . 15 . 2 . 173–189 . 10.1080/02589009708729610 . 0258-9001.
  8. Web site: Pearly King . Guardian . The . 7 October 2014 . 27 August 1999 . The Guardian.
  9. Giblin . John D. . Remigius . Kigongo . March 2012 . The social and symbolic context of the royal potters of Buganda . Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa . 47 . 1 . 64–80 . 10.1080/0067270x.2011.647948 . 143770611 . 0067-270X.
  10. Web site: Edward. Sserinya. Kampala. Buganda Prince's Mother Revealed. 23 January 2012. 7 October 2014. New Vision.
  11. https://www.namibian.com.na/govt-rejects-ugandan-king-mutebi-iis-visa-extension-request/ Govt rejects Ugandan King Mutebi II’s visa extension request.
  12. Web site: 7 October 2014. New Vision. Kampala. 1,000 Graduate From Muteesa University. 19 April 2011. Ali. Mambule. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140908113055/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/752588. 8 September 2014.
  13. Web site: 'Kitoobero profitable'. www.newvision.co.ug. 2020-05-24.
  14. Web site: Buddo Girl Namaganda Receives Bugandas Highest Honour . Nakatudde . Olive . . en . 2018-12-03.

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