# Kayemba of Buganda

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{{Infobox monarch
| image        = 
| name         = Ssekabaka Kayemba Kisiki
| succession   = [Kabaka of Buganda](/source/Kabaka_of_Buganda)
| reign        = 1690 – 1704
| coronation   = 
| predecessor  = [Juuko of Buganda](/source/Juuko_of_Buganda)
| successor    = [Tebandeke of Buganda](/source/Tebandeke_of_Buganda)
| spouse       = 1. Lady Nabbanja<br/>2. Lady Nakku
| royal house  = 
| father       = [Kateregga of Buganda](/source/Kateregga_of_Buganda)
| mother       = Namasole Namutebi
| birth_date   = 
| birth_place  = [Uganda](/source/Uganda)
| death_date   = 1704
| death_place  = Unknown
| burial_place = Nabulagala, Busiro
}}

'''Kayemba Kisiki''' was the 17th [Kabaka](/source/Kabaka_of_Buganda) (king) of the [Kingdom of Buganda](/source/Buganda) between 1690 and 1704.

==Claim to the throne==
He was the third son of [Sekabaka Kateregga Kamegere](/source/Kateregga_of_Buganda), who reigned between 1644 and 1674. His mother was Namutebi of the Mmamba clan, who was the eighth of his father's nine [wives](/source/wives). He [ascended](/source/Enthronement) the [throne](/source/throne) upon the [death](/source/death) of his elder [brother](/source/brother). He established his [palace](/source/Capital_(political)) at Lunnyo,<ref name="The Customs of the Baganda">{{cite book |last1=Kaggwa |first1=Apollo |last2=Kalibala |first2=Ernest B. |title=The Customs of the Baganda |date=1934 |page=29}}</ref> near the city of [Entebbe](/source/Entebbe), close to where the current State House is stands today.

==Married life==
He married two wives:<ref name="The Customs of the Baganda" />

* Nabbanja, daughter of Kasujja, of the Ngeye clan
* Nakku, daughter of Walusimbi, of the Ffumbe clan

==Issue==
He had three sons:<ref name="The Customs of the Baganda" />

* Prince (Omulangira) Sematimba, whose mother was Nabbanja
* Prince (Omulangira) Wakayima, whose mother was Nabbanja
* Prince (Omulangira) Kawumpuli, whose mother was Nakku. He was born limbless and consequently excluded from the succession.

==The final years==
Kabaka Kayemba died at an adult age around 1704.{{cn|date=August 2020}} He was burried at Nabulagala in Busiro.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Succession table==
{{s-start}}
{{succession box|title=[King of Buganda](/source/King_of_Buganda)|before=[Juuko](/source/Juuko_of_Buganda)|after=[Tebandeke](/source/Tebandeke_of_Buganda)|years=c.1690-c.1704}}
{{s-end}}

==See also==
* [Kabaka of Buganda](/source/Kabaka_of_Buganda)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==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:Kabakas of Buganda
Category:17th-century monarchs in Africa
Category:18th-century monarchs in Africa
Category:1704 deaths

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