Kings of Ankole

 *Abagabe of Ankole* 

The Mugabe or Omugabe of Ankole is the title given to the monarch of the Kingdom of Ankole in Uganda, what used to be the kingdom of Nkore in pre-colonial times, and leader of the Banyankole (the people of Ankole). Historically, Ankole was a sovereign entity, but when it was incorporated into modern Uganda in 1901 by the signing of the Ankole Agreement, Omugabe became largely a ceremonial position, an administrative position within the British colonial framework. The term “Omugabe” is translated in various ways, but is most commonly equated to “king”. The Omugabe came from the royal Bahinda clan, a clan that is considered an exclusively Bahima clan. 

•    Ellison Karuhanga – antiquity

•    Ruhinda – late fifteenth century

•    Nkuba – late fifteenth century

•    Nyaika – early sixteenth century

•    Ntare I – mid sixteenth century

•    Rushango – late sixteenth century

•    Ntare II – late 16th/early 17th century

•    Ntare III – mid seventeenth century

•    Kasasira – late seventeenth century

•    Kitra – late seventeenth century

•    Rumongye – late seventeenth century

•    Mirindi – late seventeenth century

•    Ntare IV – c.1699-c.1727

•    Macwa – c.1727-c.1755

•    Rwabirere – c. 1755-1783

•    Kahaya I – 1783-?

•    Rwebishengye – ?-1811

•    Kayungu – 1811-?

•    Gasyonga I – ?-1839

•    Mutambuka – 1839-1873

•    Rugingiza Ntare V – 1873-1895

•    Kahaya II – 1895-1944

•    Gasyonga II – 1944-1967

•    interregnum – 1967-1993

•    Ntare VI – 1993-2011 (not ruling

Researched by Goden Ainemukama.