Daudi Cwa II was the 34th Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda from 1897 until 1939.

Life

He was born on 8 August 1896, at Mengo Palace. He was the fifth son of Kabaka Danieri Basammula-Ekkere Mwanga II Mukasa, Kabaka of Buganda, between 1884 and 1888 and between 1889 and 1897. His mother was Abakyala Evalini Kulabako, of the Ngabi Clan, the fourth of his father's sixteen wives. He ascended to the throne in August 1897 following the deposition of his father by British Forces. At the time of his coronation, he was only one year old. He maintained his capital at Mengo Hill. He was educated at Kings College Budo, which was founded in 1906 alongside Daudi, by the British Commissioner and commander in chief of the then Uganda protectorate, George Wilson. On 8 August 1914, he received an honorary commission as a lieutenant in the British Army, and was appointed an honorary captain on 22 September 1917. He was appointed an honorary Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) in the 1918 New Year Honours, and was promoted to honorary Knight Commander (KCMG) on 16 February 1925. He was further appointed an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1937 Coronation Honours. He was also decorated as a Commander of the Order of the Crown of Belgium in 1918.

Issue

He is recorded to have fathered 36 children; 20 sons and 16 daughters: Some of the more notable of those children are:

The final years

He died at his palace at Salaama, a suburb of Kampala, on 22 November 1939 at the age of 43 years. He was buried at Kasubi Nabulagala, the third Kabaka to be buried there.

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