Henry Wako Muloki

Who was Henry Wako Muloki?

Kyabazinga Henry Wako Muloki OBE was the Ugandan Kyabazinga of Busoga, the title given to the ruler of the Kingdom of Busoga, the largest traditional kingdom within Uganda. Muloki first became Kyabazinga of Busoga in 1955, a position he held until then Ugandan Prime Minister Milton Obote abolished all traditional institutions and kingdoms within the country in 1966. Muloki regained the title of Kyabazinga on February 11, 1995, after the Ugandan government restored the traditional kingdoms.

Muloki was the oldest surviving traditional ruler in Uganda at the time of his death in 2008 at the age of 87. He was the first recorded sitting Kyabazinga to die in office.