Kayemba of Buganda
{{Infobox monarch
| image =
| name = Ssekabaka Kayemba Kisiki
| succession =Kabaka of Buganda
| reign =1690 – 1704
| coronation =
| predecessor =Juuko of Buganda
| successor =Tebandeke of Buganda
| spouse =1. Lady Nabbanja
2. Lady Nakku
| royal house =
| father =Kateregga of Buganda
| mother =Namasole Namutebi
| birth_date =
| birth_place =Uganda
| death_date =1704
| death_place =Unknown
| place of burial=Nabulagala, Busiro
|}}
Kayemba Kisiki was the 17th Kabaka (king) of the Kingdom of Buganda between 1690 and 1704.
Claim to the throne
He was the third son of Kabaka Kateregga Kamegere, Kabaka of Buganda, who reigned between 1644 and 1674. His mother was Namutebi of the Mamba clan, who was the eighth (8th) of his father's nine wives. He ascended the throne upon the death of his elder brother. He established his capital at Lunnyo,{{cite book |last1=Kaggwa |first1=Apollo |last2=Kalibala |first2=Ernest B. |title=The Customs of the Baganda |date=1934 |page=29}} near the city of Entebbe, close to where the current Uganda State House stands today.
Married life
Issue
The final years
Kabaka Kayemba died at an advanced age around 1704.{{cn|date=August 2020}} He is buried at Nabulagala, Busiro.{{cite web|url=http://www.buganda.com/kings.htm|title=Ssekabaka Kayemba Is Buried At Nabulagala, Busiro|date=|accessdate=5 October 2014|publisher=Buganda.com|archive-date=15 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615070042/http://www.buganda.com/kings.htm|url-status=dead}}
Succession table
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See also
References
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External links
- [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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Category:17th-century monarchs in Africa