He was born at
Mulago Hospital. He is the son of
Edward Frederick William David Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula Muteesa II, who reigned as Kabaka of
Buganda between 1939 and 1969 and was the first person to hold the office of president of an independent
Uganda from 1962 to 1966. His mother was Omuzaana Kabejja Sarah Nalule of the
Nkima clan. ,
Ireland on Easter, 1966|left He was educated at Budo Junior School, King's Mead School in
Sussex and
Bradfield College, a public school in
West Berkshire. He then entered
Magdalene College, Cambridge. At the age of 11, he was appointed as Heir Apparent by his father on 6 August 1966. While in exile he worked as Associate Editor of the magazine
African Concord and a member of the Executive Committee of the
African National Congress (ANC) in London. On 21 November 1969, upon the death of his father, he succeeded as the Head of the Royal House of
Buganda. He returned to Uganda in 1988, following the removal of the
Milton Obote regime and the military junta that briefly replaced Obote. He was proclaimed at
Buddo in a coronation ceremony at Naggalabi on 31 July 1993 upon the constitutional restoration of kingdoms in Uganda that had been abolished by Milton Obote. He has been on the royal throne since then with his seat at Bulange building in
Mengo,
Kampala. ==Personal life==