Totem Enngoma - Ababiito Be Kkooki Akabbiro Mazzi ga Kisasi English Drum Runyankole Engoma Kiswahili   Clan Leader Bwoowe and Kitayimbwa Estates   Ssaza Kkooki Omubala Clan motto

Kkooki which boarders with Isingiro and Rakai today was a name of a place in Bunyoro where Bwowe Isinggoma, the first ruler of Kkooki came from. His reasons to leave Bunyoro were out of political rage with his brother Duhaga I.
Duhaga was the heir to Isansa Gabigogo, King of Bunyoro. Before he died, he gave part of his kingdom to his twin sons Bwowe Isinggoma and Kitayimbwa Kato to rule. Bwowe was given a part close to Buddu and Kitayimbwa was assigned another place near Cope. But before they took over power, Isansa died and his heir Duhaga refused to divide his kingdom.

When Bwowe threatened to leave for Ankole, Duhaga granted him his father’s wish but denied Kitayimbwa, something the two brothers could not take. They headed towards Buddu with an army, fought the natives, took control of the place and named it Kkooki.

When the dust settled, Bwowe sent his twin brother Kitayimbwa to his brother Duhaga with special gifts and spears to express his conquest but this was misconstrued by Duhaga’s chiefs to mean impending war. Kitayimbwa was immediately detained and his men sent Bwowe a message that his brother had been incarcerated. Furious Bwowe came to Duhaga quickly quarrelling about his brother’s detention. Duhaga ordered his men to execute Bwowe but he made a will before he died. He said his brother Kitayimbwa should take over his new Kingdom of Kkooki as king; that the bloodline of Kitayimbwa should hound and hunt down whoever comes from Duhaga’s lineage; and with all intent and purposes, Kitayimbwa should go back to Kkooki and never return to Bunyoro.

Kitayimbwa ascended the throne of Kkooki after his twin brother’s demise but he never sired children.
When he died, he was succeeded by his nephew Mujwiga, Bwowe’s eldest son. As fate may have it, Mujwiga too never sired children. His brother Mugenyi ascended the throne when Mujwiga died. Mugenyi seems to have not had children because he was succeeded by his brother, Ndawula Lwabulanga.

Ndawula was blessed with children and was the first in the line of Bwowe and Kitayimbwa to be succeeded by his own son, KitayimbwaII Kayiba. It seems like the fertility spell that had befallen this family was broken because Kitayombwa II too had children and was succeeded by his own son, Isansa Lwampanja. Isansa was succeeded by his son Lubambula who apparently did not have children because Ndawula Kamuswaga inherited his throne was his brother and not his son.
Kkooki under Kezekia Ndawula Kamuswaga became a tributary kingdom of Buganda in November 1896 during the reign of Kabaka Mwanga.

Popular names for men:
Ndawula, Mugenyi, Luwaga, Bwowe, Kitayimbwa, Ssansa, Winyi, Gabigogo, Kayiba, Lubambula, Muyondo, Kyebambe

Popular names for women:
Nandawula, Namugenyi, Naluwaga, Ndagano, Kyangwa