ne of the universally agreed facts is that the earliest inhabitants of Busoga belong to Bantu speaking folk that had long inhabited the country lying to the North and West of Lake Victoria.

The origins of the early ancestors of Busoga are traced from two waves of groups of people who entered and thereby settled in various parts of the region. During the early 14th and 15th century when the early settlers of Southern Africa were engaged in tribal wars and expanding their kingdoms, it is believed that one of the many of the waves of people that were migrating northwards, crossed from Mountain Elgon, North-westwards to settle in a land between River Mpologoma and Naigobwa, (see map) which are located in the present day Bugiri and Iganga districts.

The earliest ancestors of this group were Kintu and others who came from Mountain Elgon in the East that shares boarders with Kenya and founded some families in Busoga before passing on to Buganda where they established the present Buganda dynasty (Buganda Kingdom). From this settlement of the East gave rise to various families that were later to form many of Basoga clans.

While there was an influx from the East, there was a movement of the Babiito royalty from Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom. These early settlers are known as the “Baisengobi”. The Baisengobi penetrated Busoga through the Northern direction of Busoga at a place called Iyingo landing site on Lake Kyoga and moved Eastwards where they made a U-turn under the leadership of one of Bunyoro Kingdom’s son called Prince Mukama 'Namutukula' (the light skinned one) and settled in Central and Northern Busoga. Although the “Biasengobi” emerged around 16th Century, well after the group from the East had settled in many parts of Eastern Busoga, they played a big role in further formation and evolution of Busoga and the cultural set up of the area.