Kato Kintu

Kato Kintu Kakulukuku is the only dead king of Buganda that is still considered as alive in Ganda culture due to fact that nobody saw on his dead body because he just got lost in a forest at Ggulu, Kyaggwe county (Mukono District). As the dead king in Banda is titled Ssekabaka and the living "Kabaka", Kintu is still titled Kabaka because he wasn't buried by anyone. According to Kiganda Cultural norms, its prohibited to have two kings in the same place and so no Kabaka is allowed to spend a night in Kyaggwe county because its the place where Kintu got lost who is still considered alive due to lack of witness of his death. Kabaka has a palace in each of 18 counties of Buganda where he can rest except Kyaggwe palace where he just spends a day and leave before dark. Since 14th Century there's no any other Kabaka (King) who ever slept a night in Kyaggwe county except Kintu the first King.

Kabaka Kato Kintu
Kabaka of Buganda
ReignEarly 14th century
Coronation14 Century
PredecessorNone
SuccessorNabakka Chwa I of Buganda
BornUnknown
Ssese lslands, (B)Uganda.
DiedUnknown ( got lost in a forest)
Burial
Unknown
SpouseNambi Nantuttululu
HouseBuganda house
FatherKagona
MotherNamukana

Kato Kintu Kakulukuku[1](fl. early 14th century)[2]was the first kabaka (king) of the Kingdom of Buganda. "Kintu" is an adopted by-name, chosen for Kintu, the name of the first person on earth in Buganda mythology. Kato Kintu gave himself the name "Kintu" to associate himself with the "father of all people".[3] [4][5][6][7][8][9]

Background and reign

Kintu was born at Bukasa Village, in the Ssese Islands, on Lake Nalubaale. He established his capital at Nnono, Busujju County. He fathered one child.[10]

  • Prince (Omulangira) Mulanga

The final days

Kabaka Kato Kintu[11] lost in a forest at age thirty. He remains the only Kabaka who has never been buried but considered living as the reign one.[10]

Succession table
Preceded by
None		 King of Buganda
early fourteenth century		 Succeeded by
Chwa I

See also

References
  1. History of Buganda: From the Foundation of the Kingdom To 1900. CRC Press. 1972. pp. 35, 94, 95.
  2. Shaping the Society Christianity and Culiture: Special Reference to the African Culture of Buganda. Author House. 2012. p. 94.
  3. "The Founding of Buganda". Buganda.com. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  4. The Kings of Buganda. East African Publishing House. 1971. p. 42.
  5. The historical tradition of Busoga, Mukama and Kintu. Clarendon Press. 1972. pp. 86, 87, 88.
  6. Chronology, Migration, and Drought in Interlacustrine Africa. Africana Pub. Co. 1978. p. 150.
  7. Afrique des Grands lacs. Zone Books. 2003. p. 113.
  8. Myth, Ritual, and Kingship in Buganda. Oxford University Press. 1991. p. 95.
  9. The Bitter Bread of Exile: The Financial Problems of Sir Edward ... Progressive Publishing. 2013. p. 6.
  10. Buyers, Christopher (April 2012). "The Abalasangeye Dynasty: Kabaka Kato Kintu". Royalark.Net. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  11. Dictionary of African Historical Biography, University of California Press, 1989, pp. 72, 109
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