Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Ronald Edward Frederick Kimera Muwenda Mutebi II (born 13 April 1955) is the reigning Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda, a constitutional kingdom in modern-day Uganda. He is the 36th Kabaka of Buganda.

Claim to the throne

He was born at the Mulago Hospital, Kampala. He is the son of Edward Frederick William David Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula Muteesa II, Kabaka of Buganda, who reigned between 1939 and 1969. His mother was Nabakyala Sarah Nalule, Omuzaana Kabejja, of the Nkima clan.

He was educated at Budo Junior School, King’s Mead School in Sussex and Bradfield College, a public school in West Berkshire. He then entered Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he read social anthropology and law but was rusticated before he earned a degree. At the age of 11, he was appointed as Heir Apparent by his father on 6 August 1966. While in exile with his father, he reportedly worked as a double-glazing salesman in the United Kingdom, and as a journalist, was Associate Editor of the magazine African Concord and a member of the Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC) in London. On 21 November 1969, upon the death of his father, he succeeded as the Head of the Royal House of Buganda.

He returned to Uganda in 1988, following the removal of the Obote II regime and the military junta that briefly replaced Obote II. He was proclaimed at Buddo on 24 July 1993 upon the restoration of the Ugandan Kingdoms. On 31 July 1993, he was crowned at Buddo. He assumed the style of “His Majesty”. He maintains his capital at Mengo.

Married life

Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II is married to one wife, whom he wed on 27 August 1999. The official title of the Kabaka’s wife is the Nnabagereka. Her full name and title is Sylvia Nagginda, the Nnabagereka, daughter of John Mulumba Luswaata of Nkumba, Kyaddondo, a member of the Omusu clan and Rebecca Nakintu Musoke who currently lives in New York. She is the granddaughter of George William Musoke and Nora Musoke of Nazzigo, Kyaggwe; and Omutaka Nelson Nkalubo Sebugwawo and Catherine Sebugwawo of Nkumba. The royal wedding was held at Saint Paul’s Cathedral Namirembe, in Kampala, on 27 August 1999. Together, they have one daughter, Sarah Katrina Mirembe Ssangalyambogo Nachwa, born on 4 July 2001 in London, United Kingdom.

Children

The children of Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II include the following: (1) Prince (Kiweewa) Jjunju Suuna, whose mother is Vénantie Sebudandi. He was born in London, United Kingdom in 1986. He attended King’s College, Budo, before moving to England for further studies. (2) Princess (Omumbejja) Joan Nassolo. (3) Princess (Omumbejja) Victoria Nkinzi. (4) Princess (Omumbejja) Katrina Sarah Kirabo Ssangalyambogo. She was born in London, UK, on 4 July 2001. She attends private school in Kampala, Uganda. She is an excellent swimmer and has won awards at competitions in East Africa, within her age group. (5) Prince (Omulangira) Richard Ssemakookiro, born in July 2011. On 17 January 2012 the Katikkiro (Prime Minister) of Buganda Kingdom at that time, Engineer John Baptist Walusimbi, confirmed that Prince Ssemakookiro′s mother is a Muganda lady from the Enseenene (Grasshopper) clan. Later, the prince’s mother was revealed as Rose Nansikombi, who hails from Luweero District in Buganda (Central Uganda).

Other responsibilities

On 15 April 2011, he was installed as the first chancellor of Muteesa I Royal University. The university was founded in 2007 and named in memory of Muteesa I of Buganda, in recognition of his foresight in promoting education in Buganda and Uganda and in his superior diplomatic skills in juggling the influences of the British, the French, and the Arabs in the late 1800s.As the head of Buganda kingdom, he owns Nkuluze trust which runs the following kingdom properties; Buganda land board which is responsible for kingdom land and other land matters,K2 telecom which is a telecommunication company, BBS television which is a kingdom tv, Cbs FM, Magestic brands which deals in selling royal products, Ngule beer in collaboration with Uganda Breweries Ltd, Muganzirwazza plaza a commercial building in katwe a suburb in Kampala the capital of Uganda, Masengere building another building which also houses the kingdom television.

Patronages

• Patron and Chief of the Trustee Buganda Cultural and Development Foundation [BUCADEF] (since 1996).
• Patron of the Kabaka Foundation.
• Patron of the Buganda Development Agency (BDA).
• Patron of the Monkton Foundation.
• Chairman of Rexba Ltd.

Honours

National Honours

• Sovereign of the Order of the Shield and Spears.Cultural honours:The peaceful lion, the Ssabalongo(head of twin parents), hammered legs (magulu nyondo)

Ancestry