Career
When he was crowned king, he set out to develop his new kingdom via trade and especially the Kibiro Saltworks. He resisted the British attempts to colonize his kingdom. On 1 January 1894, the British declared war on Bunyoro.
Foreign five years, Kabalega was able to fend off the British, who had enlisted help from other countries including Somalia and Nubia.
On 9 April 1899, Kabalega was shot by the British, who captured him and Kabaka Mwanga of Buganda. Kabalega was exiled to the Seychelles for 24 years.
In 1923, Kabalega was given permission to return to Bunyoro but died in Jinja on 6 April 1923, shortly before reaching the borders of the kingdom. Kabalega was the last king of Bunyoro.
After his fall, the kingdom was run by the British Empire until Uganda"s independence in 1962.
In 1972, President Idi Amin renamed Murchison Falls, located within Murchison Falls National Park, Kabalega Falls after the Omukama. On 8 June 2009, Kabalega was declared a national hero of Uganda by President Museveni.