 In the book, Burton relying on the information collected by Snay Bin Amir, an Arab trader, described the Kibuga as

In 1862, when explorer John Speke arrived in Buganda, the Kibuga (capital) was at Bandabarogo, present-day Banda Hill, and the reigning Kabaka (King) was Mutesa I.In 1875, explorer Henry Morton Stanley reported the capital as being at present-day Lubaga Hill where he met the same Kabaka 
During this visit, Henry Stanley Morton wrote a letter that was published in the "Daily Telegraphy", inviting missionaries to come to Buganda.He also described the Kibuga in his 1870s dispatches to the "New York Herald", thus