Semakookiro of Buganda

Ssekabaka Semakookiro Wasajja Nabbunga
Kabaka of Buganda
Reign	1797 - 1814
Predecessor	Jjunju of Buganda
Successor	Kamaanya of Buganda
Born	Uganda
Died	1814 Kasangati, Kyaddondo
Burial	Kisimbiri, Busiro
Spouse	1. Naabakyaala Nansikombi Ndwadd'ewazibwa, the Kaddulubaale 2. Lady Balambi 3. Lady Bawedde 4. Lady Bwaayita 5. Lady Guluma 6. Lady Gwowoleza 7. Lady Jajjaw'abaana 8. Nabakyaala Kikubula Nassaza 9. Lady Nabisunsa 10. Lady Namatama 11. Lady Seb'andabawa 12. Naabakyaala Sirisa, Kabejja 13. Lady Sikyayinza 14. Naabakyaala Namisango, the Nnabagereka 15. Naabakyaala Nasuzewabi
Father	Kyabaggu of Buganda
Mother	Namasole Nanteza

Semakookiro, also spelled as Ssemakookiro, whose full name is Semakookiro Wasajja Nabbunga, was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda, from 1797 until 1814. He was the twenty-seventh (27th) Kabaka of Buganda.

He was the son of Kabaka Kyabaggu Kabinuli, Kabaka of Buganda, who reigned between 1750 and 1780. His mother was Nanteza, the seventeenth (17th) of his father's twenty (20) wives. He ascended the throne after the death of his brother, Kabaka Jjunju Sendegeya, whom he defeated and killed in battle; the Battle of Kiwawu, in 1797. He established his capital at Kasangati.

He is recorded to have married fifteen (15) wives:

The children of Kabaka Semakookiro included the following:

Kabaka Semakookiro died from an affliction, in old age at the Jjunju Palace at Kasangati, in Kyaddondo County. He was initially buried at Kasangati. In 1869, his remains were exhumed and re-buried at Kisimbiri in Busiro County.

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