I, Kikome, great grandson of Sir Apollo Kaggwa, know he was a true Muganda
<b>Letter of the day</b><br><br>SIR— I have no problem with the message that Mr Robert Serumaga conveyed in his letter of the day on January 24 because his views were articulate and bold.
Letter of the day
SIR— I have no problem with the message that Mr Robert Serumaga conveyed in his letter of the day on January 24 because his views were articulate and bold.
My only problem is with the wrong example he used when he stated that Sir Apollo Kaggwa, a former Katikkiro of Buganda at the turn of the 19th century and one of the three regents to Kabaka Daudi Chwa II, was a non-Muganda.
My duty, therefore, is to correct Mr Robert Serumaga by stating here with authority as a great grandson of the late Sir Apollo Kaggwa that my great grandfather was a pure Muganda. He was the grandson of the late Bunya of Bulemeezi county, a former Kangaawo (the county chief of Bulemeezi).
Born in 1865 and named Gulemye Kalibbala Kaggwa, the son of the late Ssaalongo Kaddumukasa Kijaala of Ssenge in Busiro county, Buganda, and of the edible grasshopper (Ensenene) clan.
Sir Apollo’s grandfather, Bunya, sprang from olunyiriri (family lineage) of Battambuga which lineage is found in the essiga (family ancestral root) of Kajubi at Bujubi. Bunya’s brothers were Senteza Kamunyi Kiyenje — a former Pokino (the county chief of Buddu), Nteyafa — a former Kitunzi (county chief of Gomba) and Kizza — he too a former Pokino.
Sir Apollo’s mother was Nnaalongo Nambi Ndimuwoleza, daughter of Ssaalongo Kijooma of Kabengereddwa near Kalasa in Ndejje in Bulemeezi county, Buganda.
It was in Kabengereddwa, Mitubebiri subcounty, that Gulemye Kalibbala Kaggwa grew up as a child and at the age of nine in 1874 became a victim of the smallpox epidemic that befell the kingdom and left him with visible marks on his skin when he recovered.
When the European missionaries came to Buganda, one of them called Usher baptised Gulemye Kalibbala Kaggwa with the name ‘Apollo’. He grew up inside chieftainncy enclosures and had three wives all from Baganda families and had over 20 children including the first-born Solome Katasi Nabyonga — my maternal grandmother.
With those facts laid bare for Robert Serumaga to digest, let Sir Apollo Kaggwa’s soul rest in eternal peace. He lies buried in a mausoleum at Manyangwa, off Gayaza Road.
Christopher Kikome
Great grandson
of Sir Apollo Kaggwa
former Katikkiro of Buganda
SIR— I have no problem with the message that Mr Robert Serumaga conveyed in his letter of the day on January 24 because his views were articulate and bold.
My only problem is with the wrong example he used when he stated that Sir Apollo Kaggwa, a former Katikkiro of Buganda at the turn of the 19th century and one of the three regents to Kabaka Daudi Chwa II, was a non-Muganda.
My duty, therefore, is to correct Mr Robert Serumaga by stating here with authority as a great grandson of the late Sir Apollo Kaggwa that my great grandfather was a pure Muganda. He was the grandson of the late Bunya of Bulemeezi county, a former Kangaawo (the county chief of Bulemeezi).
Born in 1865 and named Gulemye Kalibbala Kaggwa, the son of the late Ssaalongo Kaddumukasa Kijaala of Ssenge in Busiro county, Buganda, and of the edible grasshopper (Ensenene) clan.
Sir Apollo’s grandfather, Bunya, sprang from olunyiriri (family lineage) of Battambuga which lineage is found in the essiga (family ancestral root) of Kajubi at Bujubi. Bunya’s brothers were Senteza Kamunyi Kiyenje — a former Pokino (the county chief of Buddu), Nteyafa — a former Kitunzi (county chief of Gomba) and Kizza — he too a former Pokino.
Sir Apollo’s mother was Nnaalongo Nambi Ndimuwoleza, daughter of Ssaalongo Kijooma of Kabengereddwa near Kalasa in Ndejje in Bulemeezi county, Buganda.
It was in Kabengereddwa, Mitubebiri subcounty, that Gulemye Kalibbala Kaggwa grew up as a child and at the age of nine in 1874 became a victim of the smallpox epidemic that befell the kingdom and left him with visible marks on his skin when he recovered.
When the European missionaries came to Buganda, one of them called Usher baptised Gulemye Kalibbala Kaggwa with the name ‘Apollo’. He grew up inside chieftainncy enclosures and had three wives all from Baganda families and had over 20 children including the first-born Solome Katasi Nabyonga — my maternal grandmother.
With those facts laid bare for Robert Serumaga to digest, let Sir Apollo Kaggwa’s soul rest in eternal peace. He lies buried in a mausoleum at Manyangwa, off Gayaza Road.
Christopher Kikome
Great grandson
of Sir Apollo Kaggwa
former Katikkiro of Buganda