Ssekabaka Tebandeke Mujambula
Kabaka of Buganda
Reign1704 - 1724
PredecessorKayemba of Buganda
SuccessorNdawula of Buganda
BornUganda
Died1724
Bundeke, Busiro
Burial
Bundeke, Busiro
Spouse1. Naabakyaala Nakyaazirana
2. Lady Balangazza
2. Lady Nabali
3. Lady Nabaziika
3. Lady Nakawunde
IssuePrince Jjuma Katebe
FatherMutebi I of Buganda
MotherNamasole Nabukalu

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

Claim to the throne

The turbulence of Tebandeke's reign is attributable to his mental derangement and his violent nature.

-MM Semakula Kiwanuka.[1]

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.[2]

Married life

He married five (5) wives:[3]

  • Naabakyaala Nakyaazirana, Kaddulubaale, daughter of Sensalire, of the Njovu clan
  • Balangazza, daughter of Sekayiba, of the Mbogo clan
  • Nabali, daughter of Sempala, of the Ffumbe clan
  • Nabaziika, sister of Nakuwanda, and daughter of Mugema, of the Nkima clan
  • Nakuwande, sister of Nabazika, and daughter of Mugema, of the nkima clan

Issue

He is recorded to have fathered only one child:

  • Prince (Omulangira) Juma Katebe, whose mother was Nakyaazirana. He was excluded from the succession by Kabaka Ndawula Nsobya.

The final years

Kabaka Tebandeke died at the Kanyakasasa Palace, Bundeke. He was buried at Bundeke.[4]

Succession table

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kiwanuka, MM Semakula, A History of Buganda: From the foundation of the Kingdom to 1900. London: Longman, 1971.
  2. ↑ Sir Apollo Kaggwa, 1901. Ekitabo kya Basekabaka b'e Buganda.
  3. ↑ Kaggwa, Apollo; Kalibala, Ernest B. (1934). The Customs of the Baganda. p. 30.
  4. ↑ "Kabaka Tebandeke Is Buried At Bundeke, Busiro". Buganda.com. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
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