Rukirabasaija Daudi Kasagama Kyebambe IV was Omukama (King) of the Tooro Kingdom (one of the four traditional kingdoms located within the borders of what's today Uganda) from 1891 until 1928. He was the 10th Omukama of Tooro.
Claim to the throne
He was the eldest surviving son of Rukirabasaija Nyaika Mukabirere Olimi II, the fifth (5th) Omukama of Toro, who reigned between 1872 and 1875. His mother was Vikitoria 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.
Omukama Kasagama Kyebambe IV married several wives according to ancient custom, but repudiated all of them, except his eleventh and favorite wife, whom he remarried according to Anglican rites at, St John's Cathedral, Kabarole, on May 4, 1896. Her name was Omugo Adyeri Damali Tibaitwa, the daughter of Nikodemo Kakurora, Chief of Kitagwenda.
Prince (Omubiito) Keith Kagoro also known as Keesi Bahindi and was the Omusuga of Rukirabasaija Rukidi III.
Prince (Omubiito) Switzer Kaijamurubi
Prince (Omubiito) Solomon Okwiri* who married Angelinah M Okwiri
Prince (Omubiito) Daniel Ogene
Prince (Omubiito) Kiijanangoma father to Kyebambe, Rubambaiguru, Mufumu, Kabasweka and Ada Nyamutoka
Prince (Omubiito) Frederick.
Princess (Omubiitokati) Lusi, whose mother was Damali Tibaitwa.
Princess (Omubiitokati) Ruth Komuntale Keesi Bahindi, whose mother was Damali Tibaitwa. She was born at Kabarole in 1900. She was installed as Rubuga to her brother Omukama Rukidi III, on January 19, 1929.
Princess (Omubiitokati) Agnes Kakoko.
Princess (Omubiitokati) Ada Nyamutoka.
Princess (Omubiitokati) Kabokya.
His reign
He converted to Christianity and was received into the Anglican Church.[1] On March 15, 1896, he was baptized by Bishop Tucker, 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 organising native levies and local Defence Corps in the Uganda Protectorate.[2]
The final years
Omukama Kasagama Kyebambe III died at Kyangabukama, Mwenge on December 31, 1928.
^Pirouet, Louise (1969). "Kasagama, Daudi Kyebambe". A Dictionary of Christianity in Uganda. Department of Religious Studies, Makerere University. p. 36. Retrieved 2022-11-25.