Just like the beginning of humanity is a transcendent issue, so is the beginning of the Clan as there were no writers then or those that passed on the oral information might have skewed or distorted it.
Nevertheless, all facts / stories lead us to one conclusion that the Nseenene clan started in the late 13th Century during the times before King (Sekabaka) Kato Kintu descended on the Buganda throne. The actual dates of When Kintu was Kabaka are undocumented.
Our last known Ancestor was known as Konkomebbi who lived in an area called Nsisi in Busujju County of Buganda. He had a son called Rukundi (his other Children are not documented) and a grandson called Kisekekyamulunnya.
Kisekekyamulunnya had the following Children;
The Clan was started by Ssemutumba, after having a very terrible (near death) encounter from eating a lot of grasshoppers. He forestalled all his descendants to stay away from the Grasshoppers and a similar insect Nabangogoma.
Ssemutumba had the following Children;
For the purposes of not losing track of the history of the clan, we will only pick out the names of interest. It should be noted that by the time Sekabaka Kintu came to fight for the Buganda throne, most of Ssemutumba’s family, himself inclusive, actively participated in the fight (war) against a one Bemba Musota, who Kintu and his army eventually defeated and united all the Clans to create the Baganda Tribe.
The word “Obuganda” literally means joining together, therefore Kintu basically got his Army and all the clans that fought / defeated and united them to create the Ganda Tribe, prior to this, all Clans were operating and governed in seclusion.
To confirm Ssemutumba’s family contribution to the defeat of Bemba Musota and eventual creation of Buganda, King Kintu not only setup his Palace in a place called Nnono, land given to him by Ssemutumba’s family just next to Nsisi, but also rewarded some members of his family with the following roles;
Back to the Clan history, Ssemutumba lived for so many years, through the reigns of Sekabaka Kintu, Chwa Nabakka and Kimera. When he passed on he was buried in Nsisi.