Tag Archives: King

    Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For more than three decades, King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV was one of the most recognisable figures in Uganda’s traditional life. He became king of Tooro in 1995, when he was just three years old. His coronation turned him …

  From news anchor at Uganda Broadcasting Corporation to the throne. His selection was announced Wednesday evening at Karuziika Palace by the Babiito royal clan.   Fort Portal, Uganda | URN | Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma has been selected as the new King of Tooro, succeeding the late Omukama 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 …

  Reflections on King Oyo’s Death and Tooro’s Lowest Life Expectancy   COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI |  On the night of August 27, 2026, social media broke news of the death of Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, the King of Tooro, at a hospital in the United States. …

  Kasese, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Hima Cement has joined cultural, religious and business leaders in mourning Tooro King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, who died in the United States on Thursday at the age of 34. The company extended its condolences to the Tooro Royal Family and …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Tooro Kingdom announced that King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV is dead. The sad news was delivered to the country in an official communication from Tooro Kingdom Prime Minister, Calvin Armstrong Rwomire Akiiki, following a wave of speculation on …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Tooro Kingdom has revealed that King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV is critically ill and asked the public to pray for him. In an official communication from Tooro Kingdom Prime Minister, Calvin Armstrong Rwomire Akiiki, following a wave of …

Pakwach, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Alur King Philip Olarker Rauni III has issued a decree prohibiting clan chiefs from overseeing sale of kingdom land. The decree was announced during the third Council of Chiefs meeting at Jukia Hill in Nebbi Municipality on Tuesday. This declaration comes at a …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Busoga Kingdom officials have finalized plans to commemorate this year’s coronation anniversary of Busoga’s King HRH Gabula Nadiope IV, just a week after unveiling his queen, HRH Jovia Mutesi. Gabula ascended to the throne as the Kyabazinga of Busoga on September 13, 2014, following …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tension is mounting at the Acholi Cultural Institution following a decision by the council of chiefs to vote out the Acholi Paramount Chief, David Onen Acana II. The council of chiefs made the decision in an impromptu council meeting held in Gulu City on …