Describe the origins of Buganda kingdom?

Buganda is one of the numerous kingdoms that sprung up after the collapse of the vast chwezi empire,hence its believed that it also originated from the large chwezi empire.

The kingdom got established in the north west part of lake Victoria and east of bunyoro,make it in between lake kyoga and lake Albert.

The earliest inhabitant of this place are believed to have been the Bantu that migrated from the Congo basin,who live in the present day busiro,kyadondo and mawokota.

The origin of this great kingdom are not clear to historians however a number of thoeris have been pit up.

According to the oral tradition in biganda the first Uganda ruler was kaita-kintu who is widely beloved to have come from side of mountain Elgon

He passed through bugishu,budama and busoga finally to Buganda where he seized power from the clan headland crowned himself the head of all clans sabataka.

He is said to have come with thirteen or fourteen of the present day clans of Buganda.

According to the tradition in bunyoro,the founder of Buganda was kato-kimera who came from bunyoro.

He was believed to have been a twin brother to rukidi mpuga the founder of the boot dynasty in bunyoro.

Its beloved that kato kimera curved buganda from bunyoro-kitara kingdom which was on the collapse from bunyoro.he is beleived to have come with five to six present day clans of buganda.

Other traditions believed that Buganda originated from the Bantu clans that lived in the areas way back and others came from eastern Uganda .

Other clans of Buganda are said to have come from ssese islands.

Buganda started as a small nucleus state comprising of only busiro,mawokota,and kyadondo around the 15th century.

The Uganda who inhabit this Ares belong to wider group of interlacustrine Bantu and form the largest Bantu grouping in Uganda.

By the 17 the century Buganda had expanded to cover singo,gomba,butambala and it was kabaka katerega who captured these counties from bunyoro.

Under kabaka junju,Buganda expanded to include budduand kkoki which were annexed from bunyoro.

By the half of 19th century kabaka mawanda captured the counties of bulemezi,kyaggwe and bugerere. Making Buganda the largest kingdom in the interlacustrine region by then.

With the help of the British kabaka muteesa brought in the lost counties of buyaga and bugangaizi and buluri which were annexed from bunyoro.