Kato Kintu

Kato Kintu Kakulukuku^[1] (fl. Late 13th century),^[2] known in Bunyoro as Kato Kimera was the first kabaka (king) of the Kingdom of Buganda. "Kintu" is an adopted by-name, chosen for Kintu, the name of the first person on earth in Buganda mythology. Kato Kintu gave himself the name "Kintu" to associate himself with the "father of all people",^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]} and he may have renamed his wife, from Nantuttululu to Nambi, because that was Kintu's wife's name.^[9]

Ssekabaka Kato Kintu
Kabaka of Buganda
Reign	late 13th century
Predecessor	None
Successor	Chwa I of Buganda
Born	Uganda
Died	Mid-14th century Nnono, Busujju
Burial	Nnono, Busujju
Spouse	Nambi Nantuttululu
Father	Kagona
Mother	Namukana

Background and reign

Kintu was born at Bukasa Village, in the Ssese Islands, on Lake Nalubaale. He established his capital at Nnono, Busujju County. He fathered three children: Gguluddene, Ccwa (also spelt as Chwa) and Wakayima.^[10]

• Prince (Omulangira) Mulanga

The final days

Kabaka Kato Kintu^[11] died at age thirty. He was buried at Nnono, Busujju County.^{[citation needed]}

Succession table

Preceded by Rukidi 1 of Bunyoro/Bemba	King of Buganda early fourteenth century	Succeeded by Chwa I

See also

• Kabaka of Buganda
• Winyi of Kibulala

References

1. History of Buganda: From the Foundation of the Kingdom To 1900. CRC Press. 1972. pp. 35, 94, 95. ISBN 9780841901148.
2. Shaping the Society Christianity and Culiture: Special Reference to the African Culture of Buganda. Author House. 2012. p. 94.
3. "The Founding of Buganda". Buganda.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
4. The Kings of Buganda. East African Publishing House. 1971. p. 42. ISBN 9780800216337.
5. The historical tradition of Busoga, Mukama and Kintu. Clarendon Press. 1972. pp. 86, 87, 88.
6. Chronology, Migration, and Drought in Interlacustrine Africa. Africana Pub. Co. 1978. p. 150. ISBN 9780841903777.
7. Afrique des Grands lacs. Zone Books. 2003. p. 113. ISBN 9781890951344.
8. Myth, Ritual, and Kingship in Buganda. Oxford University Press. 1991. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-19-506436-0.
9. Kizza, Immaculate N. (2010). The Oral Tradition of the Baganda of Uganda: A Study and Anthology of Legends, Myths, Epigrams and Folktales. McFarland. pp. 22–23. ISBN 9780786456055.
10. Nsimbi, Michael B. (1980). Amannya Amaganda n'Ennono Zaago. p. 219.
11. Dictionary of African Historical Biography, University of California Press, 1989, pp. 72, 109

External links

• List of The Kings of Buganda Archived 2013-06-15 at the Wayback Machine