The story of the origin of the Baganda starts when, in the company of her two
brothers Kayiikuuzi and Walumbe (Death), Nnambi, the daughter of Ggulu, king of
the heavens, descends to earth to take a walk and meets the only man on earth,
Kintu.  Kintu is an extremely primitive being who, on being questioned by Nnambi,
expresses ignorance of his origins.  He has no concept of agriculture and keeps
himself alive by eating cow dung and drinking cow urine.  Nnambi assertively
decides to marry Kintu and ascends back to heaven with him to ask her father’s
permission for their marriage.  (By this action she establishes herself as the
prototype feminist Muganda woman).

    After passing a
series of tests imposed by Ggulu, Kintu is allowed to marry Nnambi and to return
to earth with her.  Ggulu instructs the two to leave right away so that they
would avoid encountering Walumbe.  During the descent to earth, Nnambi discovers
that she has forgotten to bring millet for her chicken.  She disobeys her father
and successfully persuades Kintu that they should return to heaven to retrieve
the millet.  As they start leaving heaven this time, Walumbe sees them and
insists on descending to earth with them.  Back on earth, Kintu and Nnambi beget
children, the beginning of the Baganda Ethnic Group.  Eventually Walumbe starts
killing the children.  Ggulu then sends Kayiikuuzi, Nnambi’s other brother, to
capture Walumbe and return him to heaven.  But Kayiikuuzi’s efforts to capture Walumbe fail, and Kintu resigns himself to Walumbe’s continued killing of the
children.  However, Kintu guarantees the continuation of the community by
declaring that no matter how many of his children Walumbe would kill, he,
Kintu, will always beget more.  Up to this day Baganda refer to themselves
collectively as "Baana ba Kintu," children of Kintu.