Busoga

Kingdom of Busoga
Flag of Busoga
Flag
Anthem: Tuli bankabi inhyo, ye nga twesimye inhyo
Location of Busoga (red) in Uganda (pink)
Location of Busoga (red)

in Uganda (pink)

CapitalBugembe
Official languagesLusoga, English
Ethnic groups
Basoga
GovernmentConstitutional monarchy
William Gabula
Joseph Muvawala
Area
• Total
10,318.1 km2 (3,983.8 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate
4,500,000
CurrencyUgandan shilling
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
Calling code256
PersonOmuSoga
PeopleAbaSoga
LanguageOluSoga
CountryBuSoga

Busoga (Lusoga: Obwakyabazinga bwa Busoga) is a kingdom and one of four constitutional monarchies in present-day Uganda. The kingdom is a cultural institution which promotes popular participation and unity among the people of the region through development programs to improve their standard of living.

Busoga means "Land of the Soga", and is the kingdom of the 11 principalities of the Basoga or Soga (singular Musoga) people. Its capital is Bugembe, near Jinja (Uganda's second-largest city, after Kampala). Busoga comprises eleven districts: Kamuli, Iganga, Bugiri, Mayuge, Jinja, Luuka, and the new districts of Bugweri, Buyende, Kaliro,Namutumba and Namayingo District. Each district is headed by an elected chairperson or a Local Council Five, and municipalities are headed by an elected mayor. Jinja is the industrial and economic hub of Busoga. Busoga is bordered on the north by shallow Lake Kyoga (separating it from Lango), on the west by the Victoria Nile (separating it from Buganda), on the south by Lake Victoria (separating it from Tanzania and Kenya) and on the east by the Mpologoma River (separating it from smaller tribal groups such as the Adhola, Bugwere and Bugisu). It also includes several islands in Lake Victoria, such as Buvuma Island.[1][2]

  1. ^ Nayenga, Peter F. B. (1981). Cohen, David William (ed.). "The History of Busoga". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 14 (3): 482–499. doi:10.2307/217701. ISSN 0361-7882.
  2. ^ Lubogo, Yekoniya Kaira (2020). History of Busoga. Marianum Press Ltd. ISBN 978-9970-445-81-3.