Andrew Kaggwa was a Munyoro from Kooki, Bukuumi Parish in Bugangaizi Parish in Bugangaizi County. His father was Kahwa Kibijenge of the Kiwere Clan. About 1869 Kaggwa was captured by the Baganda raiders, brought to Buganda as one of King Muteesa’s pages.

He was smart, clever, and obedient and soon became a skilled carpenter. Kaggwa became the Bands-master General (Mugoowa). He converted to Catholicism mainly because the Catholic Missionaries had a sacrifice of Celibacy to their God. Kaggwa being zealous and pious Catholic, he was properly married to Clare Batudde Nakazibwe, a Muganda.

Andrew Kaggwa had a very strong faith. Kaggwa and his friend Balikuddembe were constant at the parish and the missionaries had much confidence in them. But the Arabs through the mission buys managed to steal a lot of property from the parishes secretly. The Missionaries jumped to a conclusion that it was none other than Andrew and Joseph Mukasa. On learning of this, Andrew and Joseph Mukasa devoted themselves to prayer and put themselves into God’s providence. Some of their friends advised them to abandon the religion of the Whiteman.

“If it was a religion of the White man, we would have abandoned it by now”, they replied. “But it is the religion of God. The White man just brought his religion of God, we cannot therefore abandon God” they continued.

Andrew died a Martyr at the age of thirty, Wednesday May 26, 1886. His hands were first cut off as ordered by the chancellor and his body chopped to pieces at Munyonyo.

Andrew is the patron of teachers, catechists and families.