Fort Portal, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Museveni has confirmed that he will attend the coronation of Omukama Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I of Tooro Kingdom as the chief guest on September 29. State Minister for Gender and Culture Mary Kamuli Kutesa announced the President’s confirmation, saying his acceptance to attend adds …
Read More »Tooro removes pigs, cassava and beans from list of Coronation contributions
Fort Portal, Uganda | URN | The Tooro Kingdom has cautioned subjects contributing food towards the September 29 coronation of Crown King Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I against taking items that are prohibited under royal cultural practices to Karuziika Palace. The warning was issued on Monday during a preparatory meeting at …
Read More »Tooro seeks Shs925 million for new King’s coronation ceremony
Fort Portal, Uganda | URN | The coronation of Tooro’s new King, Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I, is expected to cost about Shs925 million, with the organising committee launching a fundraising drive to meet the expenses of the September 29 ceremony. The committee has appealed to the people of Tooro, friends …
Read More »Best Kemigisa: She buried her husband, a king, and now her son, King Oyo
She had been both mother and guardian to a boy whose childhood was lived under the gaze of a kingdom COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | The first time Queen Mother Best Kemigisa, 59, accompanied a king home in death, she was a young widow. It was …
Read More »PICTORIAL: Ekyoto Ha Mpango Festival
Pilsner Lager toasts to 30th Tooro Coronation Anniversary at Ekyoto Ha Mpango Festival Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ekyoto Ha Mpango Music Festival wrapped up a week of royal festivities in Fort Portal Town. Held at the historic Karuzika Palace grounds, the festival brought together a …
Read More »Preparations enter high gear for 58th coronation anniversary of Mumbere
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Preparations are underway in the Rwenzururu Kingdom for the 58th coronation anniversary of Omusinga (King) Charles Wesley Mumbere. The commemorative event, which will also mark 15 years since the kingdom’s official recognition by the government, is scheduled for October 19 at Kilembe Golf Course in Kasese …
Read More »Kwar Adhola 25th Coronation Anniversary celebrations set for Tororo today
Tororo, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | Jopadhola in Tororo today celebrate the 25th Coronation anniversary of their cultural leader, the Kwar Adhola HRH Moses Stephen Owor. According to the Tieng Adhola Cultural Institution (TACI), the climax of the celebrations will be held at Achilet grounds. President Yoweri Museveni is …
Read More »British High Commission in Kampala celebrates coronation of King Charles III
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of diplomats, ministers, politicians, judges, civil society and other government officials on Thursday night gathered at the Residence of the British High Commissioner in Kampala to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III. Charles, 74, was on Saturday at Westminster Abbey in London crowned …
Read More »Charles III crowned King at UK’s first coronation in 70 years
London, UK | Xinhua | Charles III was on Saturday crowned monarch of the United Kingdom (UK) and 14 other Commonwealth realms in the UK’s first coronation since 1953 at Westminster Abbey in central London. The coronation service lasted about two hours and involved various stages, including recognition, oath, anointing, investiture …
Read More »King Charles’s Coronation
King Charles III will be crowned at Westminster Abbey in London on Saturday in a ceremony that promises to be brimming with royal splendour and rituals that date back more than 1,000 years. Camilla Parker Bowles, Charles’s wife, is set to receive the title of queen consort and will also …
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