Busoga Kingdom has a long and interesting historical legend that explains the very nature and bond of the cultural institutions in Uganda.

Although, unlike the typical monarchies in Africa, Busoga did not have central authority at the advent of the coming of the British rule, she had nevertheless developed small principalities, each with its own hereditary ruler. These principalities where later to be consolidated in her central authority under a King called "Isebantu Kyabazinga" who ruled the Busoga Kingdom.