Kamaanya Kadduwamala was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda from 1814 until 1832. He was the twenty-eighth (28th) Kabaka of Buganda.
Claim to the throne
He was the eldest son of Kabaka Semakookiro Wasajja Nabbunga, Kabaka of Buganda, who reigned between 1797 and 1814. His mother was Abakyala Nansikombi Ndwadd'ewazibwa, the Kaddulubaale, of the Nseenene (Grasshopper) Clan. She was his father's first wife. His father married at least fifteen wives. He ascended to the throne upon the death of his father in 1814, assuming the name of Kamaanya. He established his capital at Nsujjumpolu.
Married life
Like his father, Kabaka Kamaanya had many wives. He is recorded to have married at least thirty eight (38) wives:
Baakuyiira, daughter of Lule, of the Ngonge clan
Basiima Mukooki, daughter of Kateesigwa, of the Nkima clan
Gwowemukira
Kayaga, daughter of Kiwaalabye, of the Kkobe clan
Kisirisa, daughter of Walusimbi, of the Ffumbe clan
Naabakyaala Saamanya, the Kaddulubaale, daughter of Walusimbi, of the Ffumbe clan. She was killed on the orders of her husband. Ky'osiby'omunyolo, daughter of Jjumba, of the Nkima clan Kyot'owadde, daughter of Kiyaga, of the Mamba clan Kyowol'otudde, daughter of Lutalo, of the Ndiga clan Lubadde, daughter of Majanja, of the Ngeye clan Mpozaaki, daughter of Kateesigwa, of the Nkima clan Mubyuwo?, daughter of Nakatanza, of the Lugave clan Muteezi, daughter of Nakato, of the Mbogo clan Mukwaano, daughter of Mugema, of the Nkima clan Nambi, daughter of Lutaaya, of the Ngonge clan Naabakyaala Nabikuku, the Kabejja, daughter of Jjumba, of the Nkima clan Nabirumbi, daughter of Kisuule of Busoga, of the Ngabi (Reedbuck) clan Nabiswaazi, daughter of Jjumba, of the Nkima clan Nabyonga, daughter of Mwamba?, of the Lugave clan Nabbowa, daughter of Kafumbirwango, of the Lugave clan Nakaddu, daughter of Kamyuuka, of the Kkobe clan Nakanyike, daughter of Senfuma, of the Mamba clan Nakkazi Kannyange, daughter of Ssambwa Katenda, of the Mamba clan Nakkazi, daughter of Lutalo, of the Mamba clan Nakku, daughter of Walusimbi, of the Ffumbe clan Nakyekoledde, daughter of Gabunga, of the Mamba clan Nalumansi, daughter of Walusimbi, of the Ffumbe clan Namale, daughter of Kiwalabye, of the Kkobe clan Namukasa, daughter of Nankere, of the Mamba clan Namawuba, daughter of Sempala, of the Ffumbe clan Nambi Tebasaanidde, daughter of Mugula, of the Mamba clan Namwenyagira, daughter of Kamyuuka, of the Kkobe clan Nannozi, daughter of Gomottoka, of the Nvubu clan Nankanja, daughter of Terwewalwa, of the Nvubu clan Nzaalambi, daughter of Natiigo, of the Lugave clan Siribatwaalira, of the Nkima clan Tebeemalizibwa, daughter of Mwamba?, of the Lugave clan Nanteza
Issue
He is recorded to have fathered sixty one (61) sons and several daughters. His son Suuna II, executed fifty eight (58) of his brothers during his reign. The children of Kabaka Kamaanya included: