Mpindi is one the 54 or so clans of the Buganda Kingdom in Uganda. Buganda is one of, and the largest of the tribe of Uganda. Mazige is the name of the Mpindi Clan-Head, whose headquarters are located in Muyenje in Busiro County in Uganda. The Mpindi-Clan has the mpindi a Luganda word for
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Vigna unguiculalta) as its totem.
The legend to the origin of the Mpindi Clan is as follows "Mbogga the first known ancestor of the clan came with Ssekabaka (King) Kintu to establish the kingdom of Buganda along the north western shores of Lake Nalubaale (Victoria) around 600years before present.
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Mpindi clan
Mpindi is one the 54 or so clans of the Buganda Kingdom in Uganda. Buganda is one of, and the largest of the tribe of Uganda. Mazige is the name of the Mpindi Clan-Head, whose headquarters are located in Muyenje in Busiro County in Uganda. The Mpindi-Clan has the mpindi a Luganda word for
cowpeaThe Cowpea is one of several species of the widely cultivated genus Vigna. Four cultivated subspecies are recognised:*Vigna unguiculata subsp. cylindrica Catjang*Vigna unguiculata subsp. dekindtiana...
(
Vigna unguiculalta) as its totem.
The legend to the origin of the Mpindi Clan is as follows "Mbogga the first known ancestor of the clan came with Ssekabaka (King) Kintu to establish the kingdom of Buganda along the north western shores of Lake Nalubaale (Victoria) around 600years before present. Traditionally Mbogga's job in the palace was to look after the king's cow, "Mbulidde" a role that is now performed by the clan in the kingdom. The Mpindi Clan currently is divided into two units (amasiga), that is the one belonging to Mbogga with its headquarters on Nsumba Hill in Mawokota (current Mpigi District) and the other belonging to Mugalu in Kyaggwe (current Kayunga District). The origin of these two units is said to have originated as follows; During the reign of Kabaka (king) ??
Mpindi Clan drum-Beat (Omubala Gw'eMpindi)
The Mpindi clan has several drumbeats "mibala"
1. From the Mbogga line (Ssiga):
a) "Tungulako emu (referring to Enkejje - Haplochromis spp)"
b) "Kababembe cca, kababembe, nkejje zattu, cca"
2. from the Mazige, Kamyuka Mugalu and Kamyuka kawenyera line:
"Samba egotto"
Mpindi Names
mpindi Clan in names are grupued according to the line"
1. Mbogga "ssiga" line:
Males
- Kabanda
- Kasenge
- Kikambi
- Lyazi
- Matutu
- Mbere
- Mbogga
- Muyimbwa
- Nalikka
- Nnankyama
- Nsumba
- Ntabaazi
- Nyweevu
- Mugenyi
- Ssendegeya
- Ssalambwa
- Ssekaayi
- Sserubende
- SSewambwa
Females
- Najjuuko
- Namuyimbwa
- Nansumba
- Nawambwa
- Nambogga
- Namugenyi
- Nakabanda
- Namugaanyi
- Nannozi
- Nalule
2. Kamyuka Mugalu "ssiga" line
Males:
- Bwabye
- Lutimba
- Kaziba
- Katantazi
- Kawenyera
- Kitenda
- Kyaluula
- Kyeswa
- Mbogo
- Mboowa
- mugalu
- Mukuuma
- Muluuta
- Muwube
- Muyobyo
- Ntulume
- Ssebadduka
- Ssensawo
Females:
- Nakafu
- Namboowa
- Bulyaba
- Namuswe
- Nalube
Pominent members of the Mpindi Clan:
- Wasswa Ziritwawula, politician in Uganda
- Raphael Kasenge (1922-2002), Civil Servant
- Robinson Nsumba-Lyazi, Civil Servant - Education
- Yuda Mugalu, footballer
- Richard Daisy Mbogga. Guild President Nkozi (1997-1998), Uganda Politician, Entrepreneur (Uganda and UK)and Director - MEDEN INTERNATIONAL UK and founder: MEDEN COLLEGE and SIGNWARE (UK)
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