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[[File:Kabaka_Palace_in_Kampala.jpg|thumb|Olubiri lwa Kabaka e Mengo, Kampala]]
'''Kabaka''' kye kitiibwa ekiyitibwa omukulembeze ow'okuntikko mu Bwakabaka bwa [[Buganda]]. <ref>Stanley, H.M., 1899, Through the Dark Continent, London: G. Newnes, ISBN 0486256677</ref>142–143 Okusinziira ku nnono za Buganda, Obwakabaka bukulemberwa Bakabaka babiri (2), omu nga wa byamwoyo (Enzikiriza) n'ow'ebyensi.

Oweebyomwoyo akiikirirwa [[:en:Regalia|eŋŋoma z'Obwakabaka]] eziyitibwa ''Mujaguzo'', ng'abakulembeze ab'ensikirano abalala, alina olubiri, abakungu b'Obwakabaka, abaweereza n'abakuumi b'olubiri (abambowa). Omulangira anaafuuka Kabaka (anaalya eŋŋoma) alina okubaako emikolo egy'ennono gy'akola ku ŋŋoma Mujaguzo nga tannafuuka Kabaka wa Buganda. Omulangira oba Omumbejja w'Obwakabaka bw'azaalibwa eŋŋoma z'Obwakabaka zikubibwa (zivuga) abo abalonde okuva mu kika ekivunaanyizibwa ng'akabonero okutegeeza Obuganda nti Omulangira oba Omumbejja azaaliddwa. Era eŋŋoma zino zivuga ssinga Kabaka abeera ''akisizza omukono/ aggye omukono mu ngabo''(afudde) na akabonero ak'okumubika mu butongole. Okusinziira ku Buwangwa b'Abaganda, Kabaka TAFA wabula ABULIRA MU KIBIRA.  Mu Masiro ga Bassekabaka ba Buganda nga ag'e Kasubi ([[:en:Kasubi_Tombs|Kasubi Tombs)]]  oba ag'e Wamala omuntu bakoma kumulaga mulyango ogugayingira, awo tasukkawo era kyamuzizo okusukkawo okweyongera munda.

== Ennonda ya Kabaka ==
Mu Buganda temuli nkola ya kugamba nti omuntu azaalibwa nga [[:en:Crown_Prince|yeew'okulya eŋŋoma]] Buli mulangira atwalibwa mu ngeri ya kyenkanyi okutuusa ekiseera eky'okutikkira Kabaka omuggya nga kituuse- Nga [[:en:Monarch|Kabaka]] abaddeko akisizza omukono. Wabula mu kiseera nga Kabaka aliko afuga, akakiiko k'abantu abalonde kabeerawo nga keetegereza n'okwekenneenya aenneeyisa y'abalangira ababaawo mu kiseera ekyo. Mu mbeera eyo, Kabaka asinziira ku magezi g'akakiiko ako n'alonda omulangira anaamuddira mu bigere. Ku mukolo ogutegekebwa mu kyama, Omulangira omulonde akwasibwa akabugo ([[:en:Tapa_cloth|bark cloth)]]  nga kamuweebwa akulira akakiiko ako akasunsuzi. Erinnya ly'Omulangira eyo alondeddwa likuumibwa nga lya kyama okutuusa Kabaka aba aliko ng'akisizza omukono. Kabaka bw'akisa omukono/bw'afa, Abalangira n'Abambejja bayitibwa okukuba eriiso evvannyuma ku ''njole ya Kabaka''(omulambo), wano Omulangira Omulonde w'akwatira akabugo kali, n'akassa ku njole eyo nga akabonero ak'okweyoleka nti ye musika / y'anaddira mu bigere.{{quote box|align=left|width=246px|quote=The word ''Kabaka'' means ‘emissary’, and sometime in the past an overseer sent from Bunyoro had set himself up as an independent ruler.|source=-Kabaka Mutesa II.<ref>Mutesa, Sir Edward F, ''Desecration of My Kingdom'', 1967.</ref>}}Ekigambo ''Kabaka'' kitegeeza ''Omutume.''

''-''Kabaka Mutesa II.<ref>Mutesa, Sir Edward F, ''Desecration of My Kingdom'', 1967.</ref>

Mu nnono z'Abaganda, Omwana aba wa kika ka kitaawe (amuzaala). Kyokka mu mbeera y'emu waliwo ebiwanuuzibwa nti Kabaka atwala muziro gwa nnyina. Kino si kituufu.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Abalangira, Buganda's Royal Clan". ''www.buganda.com''. |url=http://www.buganda.com/royal.htm |access-date=2020-11-14 |archive-date=2020-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628194803/http://www.buganda.com/royal.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>Kabaka aba n<nowiki>'ekika kye ekiyitibwa "Olulyo Olulangira". era n'abasajja (abalenzi) abakivaamu bayitibwa Abalangira ate abakazi (abawala) bayitibwa 'abambejja'. Okutabulwa ku ku nsonga eno kwava ku mbeera nti ekika kino ek''Olulyo Olulangira terulina kabbiro ate ng'ebika by'Abaganda ebirala biba n'akabbiro. Kyokka ekabbiro tekalina kutwalibwa mu mbeera y'emu n'ekika. Akabbiro kabeera kabonero bubonero kyokka ekika kyo kirala ensibuko y'obuzaala bw'</nowiki>omuntu okuyita mu lubu lwa kitaawe okuviira ddala ku Kabaka Kintu.

Omulangira omukulu owa Kabaka mu buwangwa ayitibwa '''Kiweewa''',ng'ono takkirizibwa kufuuka Kabaka. Kino kyategekerwa bwekityo okumutaasa okutemulwa n'ekigendererwa k'okufuuka Kabaka. Kyokka aweebwa obuvunaanyizibwa obw'enjawulo obw'okutuukiriza mu Lulyo Olulangira mu Bwakabaka. Era y'ensonga lwaki anaalya eŋŋoma asigala nga wa kyama.

== Bakabaka ba Buganda ==
Bano be Bakabaka ba Buganda amamanyiddwa, okutandikira mu myaka gya 1300 AD. 

# Kato Kintu, early fourteenth century
# Chwa I, mid fourteenth century
# Kimera, c.1374-c.1404
# Ttembo, c.1404-c.1434
# Kiggala, c.1434-c.1464 and c.1484-c.1494
# Kiyimba, c.1464-c.1484
# Kayima, c.1494-c.1524
# Nakibinge, c.1524-c.1554 <br /><br />''a period of Interregnum, c.1554-c.1555''
# Mulondo, c.1555-1564
# Jemba, c.1564-c.1584
# Suuna I, c.1584-c.1614
# Sekamaanya, c.1614-c.1634
# Kimbugwe, c.1634-c.1644
# Kateregga, c.1644-c.1674
# Mutebi I, c.1674-c.1680
# Juuko, c.1680-c.1690
# Kayemba, c.1690-c.1704
# Tebandeke, c.1704-c.1724
# Ndawula, c.1724-c.1734
# Kagulu, c.1734-c.1736
# Kikulwe, c.1736-c.1738
# Mawanda. c.1738-c.1740
# Mwanga I, c.1740-c.1741
# Namuggala, c.1741-c.1750
# Kyabaggu, c.1750-c.1780
# Jjunju, c.1780-c.1797
# Semakookiro, c.1797-c.1814
# Kamaanya, 1814 - 1832
# Suuna II, 1832 - 1856
# Muteesa I, 1856 - 1884
# Mwanga II, 1884 - 1888 and 1889 - 1897
# Kiweewa, 1888 - 1888
# Kalema, 1888 - 1889
# Daudi Chwa II, 1897 - 1939
# Mutesa II, 1939 - 1969 <br /><br />''a period of Interregnum'' 1969 - 1993
# Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, 1993 - Present

== Ebiwandiiko ebirala by'osobola okusomako ==
* Apter, D. E. (2013). ''The Political Kingdom in Uganda: A Study in Bureaucratic Nationalism''. Routledge.
* Ashe, R. P. (1889). ''Two Kings of Uganda: Or, Life by the Shores of Victoria Nyanza''. S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington.
* Kaggwa, Sir Apollo K, ''[https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30178361663&searchurl=sortby%3D17%26an%3DKIWANUKA%252C%2BM.S.M.&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title5 Basekabaka be’Buganda]'' [translated by MM Semakula Kiwanuka]. Nairobi: East African Publishing House, 1971.
* Kiwanuka, MM Semakula, ''[https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=17754994766&searchurl=tn%3DMuteesa%2BUganda%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title2 Muteesa of Uganda]''. Kampala: East African Literature Bureau, 1967.
* Kiwanuka, MM Semakula, ''[https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=19526582860&searchurl=sortby%3D17%26an%3DKIWANUKA%252C%2BM.S.M.&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title6 A History of Buganda: From the foundation of the Kingdom to 1900]''. London: Longman, 1971.
* Low, D. A. (1971). ''The Mind of Buganda: documents of the modern history of an African kingdom''. Univ of California Press.
* Roscoe, J. (1911). ''The Baganda: An account of their native customs and beliefs''. Macmillan.

== Ezenyongeza ==
[[Category:Buganda]]