His mother was Nansikombi Ndwaddeewaaziba, the Kaddulubaale, of the Nseenene (Grasshopper) Clan.
[citation needed] Like his father, Kabaka Kamaanya had many wives.
His son Suuna II, executed fifty eight (58) of his brothers during his reign.
The children of Kabaka Kamaanya included:[4] Kabaka Kamaanya continued the wars of conquest against the Kingdom's neighbors which led to an expansion of the territory of the Buganda Kingdom.
But because he was such a tyrant, his contemporaries began to refer to a person of uncontrollable temper with a persecution mania (and indirectly to the king) as a kamanya.