{UAH} KING DAUDI KASAGAMA KYEBAMBE III: Tooro’s King (1891 – 1928)

KING DAUDI KASAGAMA KYEBAMBE III: Tooro's King (1891 – 1928)

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Rukirabasaija Daudi Kasagama Kyebambe III was Omukama (King) of Tooro from 1891 until 1928. He was the tenth (10th) Omukama of Tooro. He was the eldest surviving son of Rukirabasaija Nyaika Mukabirere Olimi II, the fifth (5th) Omukama of Tooro. His mother was Victoria Kahinju.

In 1875, following the death of his father, he fled with his mother and two brothers to Ankole. While there, his two elder brothers were murdered on the orders of the Queen Mother of Ankole, one by the name of Kiboga. He then took refuge in Buganda. He signed a Treaty with the Imperial British East Africa Company (IBEAC) and was proclaimed at Kabarole, Karuzika by Lord Lugard, August 14, 1891. He was installed as Omukama of Toro on August 16, 1891.

Omukama Kasagama Kyebambe III married several wives according to ancient custom, but repudiated all of them, except his eleventh and favourite wife, whom he remarried according to Anglican rites at, St John's Cathedral, Kabarole, on May 4, 1896. Her name was Adyeri Damali Tibaitwa.

He is reported to have fathered 13 children including Rukirabasaija Sir George David Matthew Kamurasi Rukidi III, the eleventh (11th) Omukama of Toro, whose mother was Omugo Damali Tibaitwa, and Professor Prince Akiiki Hosea K. Nyabongo, whose mother is not mentioned. During his reign, Omukama Kasagama Kyebambe III converted to Christianity. On March 15, 1896, he was baptized, taking the name of Daudi (David). On March 16, 1908, he was crowned by the Reverend G.R. Blackledge at St. John's Cathedral, Kabarole. In 1918 he was made an honorary member of the Order of the British Empire for services in raising and organizing native levies and local Defense Corps in the Uganda Protectorate. He died at Kyangabukama, Mwenge on December 31, 1928.

The photo below is Omukama Kasagama Kyebambe and his chiefs, taken in 1905.  SHARING  OUR HISTORY IS CARING!

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