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Kyebambe III of Tooro

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Rukirabasaija Daudi Kasagama Kyebambe III was Omukama (King) of the Tooro Kingdom (one of the four traditional kingdoms located within the borders of what's today Uganda) from 1891 until 1928. He was the 10th Omukama of Tooro.

Reign18 August 1891 – 31 December 1928
Coronation16 March 1908, St John's Cathederal, Kabarole
PredecessorOlimi II
Successor Rukidi III
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Daudi Kasagama Kyebambe III
Kasagama, Sultan of Toru, c.1890
Omukama of Tooro
Reign18 August 1891 – 31 December 1928
Coronation16 March 1908, St John's Cathederal, Kabarole
PredecessorOlimi II
Successor Rukidi III
Born1860 (1860)
Royal Palace, Kabarole
Died31 December 1928(1928-12-31) (aged 68)
Kyangabukama, Mwenge
Burial
Karambi royal tombs (Ha'gasani)
Consort
Omugo Adyeri Damali Tibaitwa
(m. 1896)
HouseBiito-boyo
FatherOlimi II
MotherOmugo Vikitoria Kahinju
ReligionAnglican
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Claim to the throne

He was the eldest surviving son of Rukirabasaija Nyaika Mukabirere Olimi II, the fifth (5th) Omukama of Toro, who reigned between 1872 and 1875. His mother was Vikitoria Kahinju. In 1875, following the death of his father, he fled with his mother and two brothers to Ankole. While there, his two elder brothers were murdered on the orders of the Queen Mother of Ankole, one by the name of Kiboga. He then took refuge in Buganda.

He signed a Treaty with the Imperial British East Africa Company (IBEAC), and was proclaimed at Kabarole, by Lord Lugard, August 14, 1891. He was installed as Omukama of Tooro on August 16, 1891, also at Kabarole.

Married life

Omukama Kasagama Kyebambe IV married several wives according to ancient custom, but repudiated all of them, except his eleventh and favorite wife, whom he remarried according to Anglican rites at, St John's Cathedral, Kabarole, on May 4, 1896. Her name was Omugo Adyeri Damali Tibaitwa, the daughter of Nikodemo Kakurora, Chief of Kitagwenda.

Issue

More information Name, Birth ...
Name Birth Death Mother Notes
Rukirabasaija Sir George David Matthew Kamurasi Rukidi III 6 March 1904 21 December 1965 Damali Tibaitwa 11th Omukama of Tooro
Professor Prince (Omubiito) Akiiki Hosea K. Nyabongo 1907 3 October 1975 Political activist and author
Prince (Omubiito) Akiiki John B. Rwakatale
Prince (Omubiito) Amooti Keith Kagoro (Keesi Bahindi) Omusuga of Rukidi III
Prince (Omubiito) Araali Switzer Rwaboni Kaijomurubi[1]
Prince (Omubiito) Adyeri Solomon Okwiri
Prince (Omubiito) Atwooki Daniel. K. Ogene Father of Ambassador Anne Katusiime Kageye, Uganda's Consul General in Arusha, Tanzania[2]
Prince (Omubiito) Kiijanangoma
Princess (Omubiitokati) Lusi Damali Tibaitwa
Princess (Omubiitokati) Ruth Komuntale 1900 Damali Tibaitwa Batebe of Rukidi III
Princess (Omubiitokati) Abwooli Agnes Nkwenge Kakoko Mother of politician and AIDS activist, Victoria Kakoko Sebagereka[3][4]
Princess (Omubiitokati) Ada Nyamutoka
Princess (Omubiitokati) Kabokya
Prince (Omubiito) Adyeri Fredrick Rweru
Princess (Omubiitokati) Abwooli Jeruline Mpanja
Princess (Omubiitokati) Akiiki Juliana Komubaizi
Prince ( Omubiito) Akiiki Charles Kimome
Princess (Omubiitokati) Atwooki Evasta Masamba
Princess (Omubiitokati) Abwooli Victoria Komukyeya
Princess (Omubiitokati) Adyeri Beatrice Kabasweka
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His reign

He converted to Christianity and was received into the Anglican Church.[5] On March 15, 1896, he was baptized by Bishop Tucker, taking the name of Daudi (David). On March 16, 1908, he was crowned by the Reverend G.R. Blackledge at St. John's Cathedral, Kabarole. In 1918 he was made an honorary member of the Order of the British Empire for services in raising and organising native levies and local Defence Corps in the Uganda Protectorate.[6]

The final years

Omukama Kasagama Kyebambe III died at Kyangabukama, Mwenge on December 31, 1928.

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