 This area of numerous hills and swamps that later become known as Kampala was part of the core of the highly centralized Buganda Kingdom.It was also the site of the shifting Kibuga (capital) of the different Bassekabaka (kings) of the Buganda Kingdom with each Kabaka (king) upon coronation or subsequently during their reign setting up their Kibuga (capital) on a new and or different hill as they wished or desired.The first written description of this Kibuga (capital) was by the explorer Richard Francis Burton in his book, "The Lake Region of East Africa" published in 1860.