Mathias Kiwanuka (born 1983), player in the NFL, grandson of Benedicto Kiwanuka
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Maria Kiwanuka, Ugandan economist, businesswoman and politician.
The Baganda specifically attribute the lightning phenomenon to the god Kiwanuka, one of the main trio in the Lubaale gods of the sea or lake.
The Democratic Party won a majority in the March 1961 legislative elections (partly as a result of low voter turnout in Buganda), and Kiwanuka became Chief Minister in the Uganda Legislative Council.
In 2005, he was involved in an incident with Virginia offensive tackle Brad Butler, who hit Kiwanuka after the whistle.