PATRIARCH – HAM MUKASA SEKIBOBO
Ham Mukasa married his first wife (Mrs Hannah Mawemuko Mukasa) in 1986. She was the daughter of Katikiro Nsimbe Mukasa who was the Prime Minister of Buganda in the 1890s. She was also a big sister to Omutaka Nelson Sebuggwawo, the grandfather of the current Nabagereka Sylvia Nagginda. When Mrs Hannah Mukasa died, Ham Mukasa married Sarah Nabikolo Lule Musajjalumbwa in 1919. She was the daughter of Mr Yakobo Musajjalumbwa, the Omuwanika (Finance Minister) of Buganda from the early 1900s to around 1926.
The children Note: click on the names below for more details
Mrs Hannah Mukasa’s children:
The late Mrs Dolotia Ssebuliba
The late Mrs Victoria Kisosonkole
Mrs Sarah Nabikolo Mukasa’s children:
The late Mr James Hanington Mukasa
The late Mr Robert Ntambi Mukasa
The late Ms Christine Namukasa Mukasa
The late Mr Albert Mackay Kalula Mukasa
Ms Ida Jessie Mbalyowere Mukasa
The late Mr Edward Galabuzi Mukasa
Ham Mukasa Sekibobo was probably the biggest individual landowner in Uganda during his time. He died in 1956. He had been shot in one of his legs during the religious wars in Uganda in the 1890s. He established and owned the first ever library in Uganda and, even the Governor of Uganda used to visit him and to use the library.
Ham Mukasa first went to the United Kingdom in 1901 with Sir Apollo Kagwa (Katikiro of Buganda) for the Coronation of King Edward VII, son and heir of Queen Victoria – this was before the aeroplane was invented and boats/ships were the main mode of transport for intercontinental journeys.
Ham Mukasa was the best man at the wedding of Ssekabaka Sir Daudi Chwa II (the father of Ssekabaka Sir Edward Mutesa II) which took place around 1917/1918.
Ham Mukasa repaired Namirembe Cathedral, the biggest in Uganda, after it was gutted by fire early in the 20th Century. He is now buried outside this Cathedral, directly opposite the main front doors. He owned all the land on which Mukono Township stands today and much more beyond.