Isingoma Labongo Rukidi
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Who is Isingoma Labongo Rukidi?
Isingoma Labongo Rukidi or Labongo and sometimes Mpuga Rukidi was the first in the line of the Babiito kings of Bunyoro-Kitara, and according to Bunyoro legend the twin brother of Kato Kimera, the first king of Buganda.
Around 1500, Chief Labongo led a small group of Luo known as the Biito-Luo that encountered Bantu-speaking peoples living in the area of Bunyoro. These Luo settled with the Bantu and established the Babiito dynasty, replacing the Bachwezi dynasty of the Empire of Kitara. Isingoma Labongo Rukidi become the first of the Babiito kings of Bunyoro-Kitara.
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