Tebandeke of Buganda explained

Ssekabaka Tebandeke Mujambula
Kabaka of Buganda
Reign:1704 - 1724
Predecessor:Kayemba of Buganda
Successor:Ndawula of Buganda
Spouse:1. Naabakyaala Nakyaazirana
2. Lady Balangazza
2. Lady Nabali
3. Lady Nabaziika
3. Lady Nakawunde
Father:Mutebi I of Buganda
Mother:Namasole Nabukalu
Birth Place:Uganda
Death Date:1724
Death Place:Bundeke, Busiro
Place Of Burial:Bundeke, Busiro
Issue:Prince Jjuma Katebe

Tebandeke Mujambula, sometimes spelled as Ttebandeke Mujambula, was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda between 1704 and 1724. He was the 18th Kabaka (king) of Buganda.

Claim to the throne

He was the second son of Kabaka Mutebi I, Kabaka of Buganda, who reigned between 1674 and 1680. His mother was Nabukalu of the Lugave clan, the second (2nd) of his father's five (5) wives. He ascended to the throne after the death of his uncle, around 1704. He established his capital at Bundeke.

During his reign, Tebandeke's children were faced with a severe illness and he sent for oracles to establish the cause of the malady. The oracles prescribed a ritual, which the Kabaka performed and the children survived. For this, the oracles demanded a high price for their services and shamed Tebandeke with public demands for their payment. The mortified Kabaka had the oracles put to death and their temples burned down. The Kabaka however was driven mad and ran into the forest.[1]

Married life

He married five (5) wives:[2]

Issue

He is recorded to have fathered only one child:

The final years

Kabaka Tebandeke died at the Kanyakasasa Palace, Bundeke. He was buried at Bundeke.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Sir Apollo Kaggwa, 1901. Ekitabo kya Basekabaka b'e Buganda.
  2. Book: Kaggwa . Apollo . Kalibala . Ernest B. . The Customs of the Baganda . 1934 . 30.
  3. Web site: Kabaka Tebandeke Is Buried At Bundeke, Busiro. 5 October 2014. Buganda.com.