Kabaka Ronald Edward Frederick Kimera Muwenda Mutebi II (born 13 April 1955) is the 36th

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or king of the

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. He was appointed as

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Goodwill Ambassador for Ending AIDS among men in the Eastern and Southern Africa with a special focus on the Buganda Kingdom in Uganda.

Early years and reign

He was born at Mulago Hospital. He is the son of Edward Frederick William David Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula Muteesa II, ''Kabaka'' of Buganda, who reigned between 1939 and 1969 and first President of the Independent Uganda 1962-1966. His mother was Omuzaana Kabejja Sarah Nalule of the Nkima clan. He was educated at Budo Junior School, King's Mead School in

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and

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, a public school in

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. He then entered

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. At the age of 11, he was appointed as Heir Apparent by his father on 6 August 1966. While in exile he worked as Associate Editor of the magazine ''African Concord'' and a member of the Executive Committee of the

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(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

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regime and the military junta that briefly replaced Obote. He was proclaimed at

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in a coronation ceremony at Naggalabi on 31 July 1993 upon the constitutional restoration of kingdoms in Uganda that had been abolished by Milton Obote. He has been on the royal throne since then with his seat at Bulange building in Mengo,

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Personal life

Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II is married to

Sylvia Nagginda Sylvia Nagginda Luswata (, born 9 November 1962) is the Queen (Nnaabagereka) of Buganda as the official wife of Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II. Background Nagginda was born in England in 1962 to John Mulumba Luswata of Nkumba, Entebbe and Rebecca Naki ...

, whom he wed on 27 August 1999 at Saint Paul's Cathedral Namirembe, in Kampala. Her official title is the Nnabagereka. Kabaka Muwenda Mutebi II ne Nnaabagereka Sylvia Nagginda

Kabaka Muwenda Mutebi II ne Nnaabagereka Sylvia Nagginda

] The children of Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II include the following: *Prince (Kiweewa) Savio Muwenda or Juunju Suuna. He was born in 1986 in

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, United Kingdom to his mother, Vénantie Sebudandi a former diplomat from the Republic of Rwanda (now deceased). He attended King's College, Budo, before moving to

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for further studies. *Princess (Omumbejja) Joan Nassolo. *Princess (Omumbejja) Victoria Nkinzi. *Princess (Omumbejja) Sarah Katrina Mirembe Ssangalyambogo Nachwa. She was born in 2001 in

, UK. *Prince (Omulangira) Richard Ssemakookiro. He was born in 2011. On 17 January 2012 the former

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of Buganda,

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, confirmed that his mother was from the Enseenene (Grasshopper) clan and was later revealed to be Rose Nansikombi from

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. Mutebi II underwent a several months long psychotherapeutical treatment in

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in early 2024.

Other responsibilities

On 15 April 2011, he was installed as the first chancellor of

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. The university was founded in 2007 and named in memory of

Muteesa I of Buganda Muteesa I Mukaabya Walugembe Kayiira (c. 1837–9 October 1884) was the 30th Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda, from 1856 until 1884. Biography He was born at the Batandabezaala Palace, at Mulago, in 1837. He was the son of Kabaka Ssuuna II K ...

, in recognition of his foresight in promoting education in Buganda and Uganda and of his superior diplomatic skills in juggling the influences of the British, the French, and the Arabs in the late 1800s. Muteesa I authored a letter to the queen of England inviting missionaries and educationalist in Uganda and is therefore considered the father of education in Uganda. As the head of the 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 - a telecommunication company *BBS Television - Kingdom TV * CBS FM *Majestic Brands - selling royal products *Ngule Beer (in collaboration with Uganda Breweries) *Muganzirwazza Plaza - a commercial building in Katwe *Masengere Building - (which also houses Kingdom Television).

Patronages

* Patron and Chief of the Trustee Buganda Cultural and Development Foundation UCADEF(since 1996). * Patron of the Kabaka Foundation. * Patron of the Buganda Development Agency (BDA). * Patron of the Monkton Foundation.

Honours

National honours

* Sovereign of the Order of the Shield and Spears.

Cultural honours

The Peaceful Lion, The Ssabalongo (head of twin parents), Magulu Nyondo, Ssaabasajja , Omuti Ogubala Ensimbi N'ebikomo, Ekiryo ama Sserulanda Ekimaamidde Obuganda.

Ancestry

References

External links

"Kabaka Ronal Muwenda Mutebi II"
Buganda Royal Family

Photo of Royal Wedding of Kabaka Mutebi and Lady Sylvia Nagginda 29 August 1999

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