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Lubaga Hill
Rubaga Division Kampala, UgandaAbout
Lubaga is a hill in Kampala , Uganda 's capital and largest city. Its comes from the Luganda word okubaga , a process of "planning" or "making a structure stronger" while constructing it. For example; okubaga ekisenge means to strengthen the internal structure of a wall while building a house. The name also applies to the neighborhood on the hill. Lubaga hill was the location of the main palace of Kabaka Muteesa I who ruled Buganda between 1856 and 1884. The palace was struck by lightning and burnt to the ground. In 1882 the king(Kabaka)'s palace was relocated to present-day Kasubi hill were Kabaka Muteesa I died and was buried in that palace and as all subsequent dead Kings of Buganda are at this Kasubi Tombs on Kasubi hill . The first Roman Catholic missionaries to arrive in Buganda were Frenchmen , Father Pierre Lourdel Monpel and Brother Amans , who settled near the hill in 1879
