His paternal grandfather was Ssewaali Kisajjaki of the Ngeye Clan, of Katente, Kyaggwe County, in modern-day Mukono District.
[3] Having served as State Minister for Agriculture since 1999, Kibirige Ssebunya was nominated by President Yoweri Museveni to Parliament, in May 2006, to be vetted for re-appointment to cabinet.
[5] Kibirige Ssebunya died cancer of the throat, at Mulago National Referral Hospital, in Kampala, on 8 October 2008.
[6] After lying "In State" in the lobby of the Parliament Building,[7] his body was buried at his ancestral home in Katente Village, Mukono District.
One of his sons, Robert Sebunya Kasule, was elected to replace his father as MP for Kyadondo County North.