Mulondo of Buganda
{{Infobox monarch
| image =
| name = Ssekabaka Mulondo Sekajja
| succession =Kabaka of Buganda
| reign =1555 – 1564
| coronation =
| predecessor =Nakibinge of Buganda
| successor =Jemba of Buganda
| spouse =Lady Nakku
| royal house =
| father =Nakibinge of Buganda
| mother =Namasole Namulondo
| birth_date =
| birth_place =Uganda
| death_date =1564
| death_place =Mitw'ebiri
| place of burial=Gombe
|}}
Mulondo Sekajja was the 9th Kabaka (king) of the Kingdom of Buganda reigning from 1555 to 1564.
Claim to the throne
He was the eldest surviving son of Kabaka Nakibinge Kagali, Kabaka of Buganda, who reigned between 1524 and 1554. His mother was Nabakyaala Namulondo, the fourth wife of his father and the Naabagereka. He was elected to succeed his father, upon his father's death and after the regency of his step-mother expired on the birth of her daughter in 1555. He established his capital at Mitw'ebiri Hill.
Historian Semakula Kiwanuka asserts that the reign of Mulondo might be an indication of the beginning of a new dynasty.
{{quote|"But the circumstances which led to Nakibinge's death and those which surrounded the accession of Mulondo render some of our sources suspicious. For instance, the claim that Mulondo came to the throne as an infant seems to be contradicted by a close analysis of the sources. This analysis strongly suggests that Mulondo and his immediate successors came from Sese."Kiwanuka, MM Semakula, A History of Buganda: From the foundation of the Kingdom to 1900. London: Longman, 1971. pp.66}}
During his reign, Mulondo led several raids against Buddu, which was then still part of the Bunyoro-Kitara kingdom.
Married life
He married as his only wife, Nakku, daughter of Naserenga, of the Ffumbe clan.
Issue
He fathered three sons, by his wife, Nakku of the Ffumbe clan:
- Prince (Omulangira) Kazibwe
- Prince (Omulangira) Walugembe
- Kabaka Sekamaanya Kisolo, Kabaka of Buganda
The final years
He died at the Kiryokyembi Palace, in Mitw'ebiri. He was buried at Gombe, in Bulemeezi County and his jaw was buried at his capital.{{cite book |last1=Kaggwa |first1=Apollo |last2=Kalibala |first2=Ernest B. |title=The Customs of the Baganda |date=1934 |page=24}} Other sources place his burial place at Bulondo Busiro.{{cite web|url=http://www.buganda.com/kings.htm|
title=Ssekabaka Mulondo Is Buried At Bulondo, Busiro|date=| accessdate=4 October 2014|publisher=Buganda.com}}
Succession table
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{{succession box|title=King of Buganda|before=Nakibinge Kagali|after=Jemba Busungwe|years=c.1555-c.1565}}
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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]
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