Polity Kingdom of Kooki

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Was one of the precolonial African Great Lakes Kingdoms.

Establishment

  • January 1721: The Kingdom of Kooki was founded in 1720 by two princes of Bunyoro, Bwowe and Kitayimbwa, after the death of their father Isansa Gabigogo, the 15th King of Bunyoro Kitara.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • January 1801: Buganda, originally a vassal state of Bunyoro, rose to power in the 18th and 19th centuries under the leadership of Kabaka Mutesa I and Kabaka Mwanga II. By 1800, Buganda had become the dominant kingdom in the African Great Lakes region.

Disestablishment

  • January 1897: Kooki was incorporated into the kingdom of Buganda in 1896.