Chwa I of Buganda

He was the son of Kabaka Kato Kintu,{{citation |title= shaping the Society Christianity and Culiture: Special Reference to the African Culture of Buganda | publisher=Author House |year=2012|

url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1468579959|pages=94}} the first Kabaka of Buganda, who reigned in the early 14th century. His mother was Nambi Nantuttululu, of the Ngeye Clan. He ascended to the throne following the death of his father. He established his capital at Bigo Hill.{{cn|date=August 2020}}

He married two wives:{{cite book |last1=Kaggwa |first1=Apollo |last2=Kalibala |first2=Ernest B. |title=The Customs of the Baganda |date=1934 |page=19}}

• Naabakyaala Nakku, the Kaddulubaale, daughter of Walusimbi of the Ffumbe clan. After the death of Kabaka Chwa I, she married Sebwaana, a Regent.
• Nakiwala, daughter of Semwanga, of the Ngonge clan.

• Prince (Omulangira) Kalemeera, whose mother was Nakiwala. Kalemeera was driven out of Buganda and forced to seek refuge in Bunyoro, on the orders of his father. In Bunyoro, Kalemeera was accommodated at the court of his uncle, Omukama Winyi I of Bunyoro. There, he committed adultery with Lady Wannyana, daughter of Mugalula Buyonga, a Muhima, the chief wife of his uncle. The affair resulted in a son; one Prince Kimera Walusimbi.{{cn|date=August 2020}}

Kabaka Kintu abdicated and settled in Magonga. He is said to have disappeared. To this day, his place of death and burial are unknown.{{cn|date=August 2020}} Following his death, there followed a period of Interregnum under the Prime Ministers Walusimbi and his successor, Sebwaana. This period lasted until 1374.{{cn|date=August 2020}}

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{{succession box|title=King of Buganda|before=Kato Kintu|after=Kimera Walusimbi|years=mid fourteenth century}}

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• Kabaka of Buganda
• Winyi of Kibulala

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• [http://www.buganda.com/kings.htm List of the Kings of Buganda] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615070042/http://www.buganda.com/kings.htm |date=2013-06-15 }}

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