 Before the British construction and occupation of Fort Lugard, the hill was a hunting reserve of the Kabaka (King) of Buganda and had several species of antelope, especially the impala.As a result, when the British colonial agents were allocated this hill by the then Kabaka (King) of Buganda, they referred to it as "The Hill of the Impala".The Baganda, in whose territory this British settlement was located, then translated "Hill of the Impala" as Akasozi ke'Empala.