Basoga Part 3, Basoga political set upDo you need to learn about Traditional Basoga People Political Set Up, Busoga Kings and their Kingdom in Uganda? On this page allow us to give you details about military might of Busoga Kingdom in Uganda. There were no paramount chief over the whole of Busoga. The Basoga were organized into principalities or chiefdoms under the sovereignty of Bunyoro and later Buganda. In early times, the death of a chief of basoga was first reported to the Omukama of Bunyoro who would send the funeral barkcloth and all the necessary requirements for the burial rites. On several occasions, he used to appoint the heir or send back the son of the deceased chief if the son happened, as usually the case, to be at the Mukama’s court in Bunyoro. During the time of the Luo migration, Luo sub-dynasties were established in Busoga. Among these sub dynasties (at lest six in all), Bukoli and Bugwere were founded about the same time as the Babiito dynasty of Bunyoro at the beginning of the 16th century. By the turnoff the 19th century, there were fifteen virtually independent principalities. In fact, the southern principalities are said to have been ruled by dynasties whose origins could be traced to the east and Lake Victoria islands. During the 19th century, Buganda influence very greatly increased over the southern Busoga principalities. The northern principalities still had a connection with Bunyoro and indeed their language contained Runyoro words. In 1906, the British protectorate accomplished an administrative amalgamation of the multifarious Kingdoms of pre-colonial Busoga into a single integrated structure. Representatives from the small pre-colonial kingdoms consisted of the Busoga Lukiiko. In the same year Semei Kakungulu was appointed President of the Lukiiko, his reign ended with his resignation in 1913. This led to the collapse of the monstrous political structure and the abolition of the office of “president of the Lukiiko of Busoga”. Later, there arouse demands within the Basoga for the revival of the office. In 1919 the Isembantu Kyabaziga office was established as an alternative to it. And Ezekeeri Wako was appointed the first Isebantu Kyabazinga.
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