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 »TOORO: Nyabongo I to be enthroned on September 29
Fort Portal, Uganda | URN | The Babiito Royal Clan of Tooro Kingdom has set September 29 as the date for the coronation of Prince Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I as the new Omukama of Tooro. The announcement was made on Tuesday evening by Musuuga Charles Kamurasi, the head of the …
Read More »Tooro Supreme Council confirms Kijanangoma as King
Fort Portal, Uganda | URN | The Tooro Kingdom Supreme Council, Orukurato rw’ensanju, has formally confirmed Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma as the successor to the late Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, giving his disputed selection further backing within the kingdom. The confirmation was made on Tuesday during a …
Read More »Prince David Kijanangoma of Tooro is dead
Fort Portal, Uganda | URN | Tooro Prince David Kijanangoma Araali has died at the Uganda Cancer Institute in Mulago, where he had been receiving treatment for throat cancer. Kijanangoma’s death was confirmed on Tuesday by Vincent Mugume, the Tooro Kingdom spokesperson. The prince had been battling Stage Three throat …
Read More »Babiito reject Attorney General’s advice on Tooro succession
Fort Portal, Uganda | URN | The Babiito royal clan of Tooro Kingdom has rejected the Attorney General’s advice that the late Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV’s purported will should guide the succession process, saying the legal opinion was addressed to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and does not …
Read More »Tooro gets a new king, but not an easy succession
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 …
Read More »Tooro’s throne and its fierce matriarchs
NEWS ANALYSIS | URN | In the misty shadow of the Rwenzori Mountains, behind the pristine white walls of Karuziika – a Royal Palace that has stood for over a century, a high-stakes historical drama is unfolding. It is an elegant, tense standoff that perfectly mirrors a 200-year-old cycle of …
Read More »Stand off erupts at final interment of Omukama Oyo
Fort Portal, Uganda | URN | There was a standoff lasting more than two hours at the Karambi Royal Burial Grounds in Fort Portal on Saturday as the Tooro Kingdom prepared to bury Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV. The standoff followed a disagreement over who could participate in …
Read More »Musuuga reaffirms Kijanangoma’s selection as Tooro King
Fort Portal, Uganda | URN | The head of the Babiito royal clan in Tooro Kingdom Musuga Charles Kamurasi has reaffirmed the selection of Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma as the new king of Tooro. Kamurasi made the remarks on Saturday during the funeral service of the late Omukama Oyo Nyimba …
Read More »Archbishop Kaziimba urges Tooro to remain united as Oyo is laid to rest
Fort Portal, Uganda | URN | The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda Rt Rev Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu has urged the people of Tooro to remain united and avoid words and actions that could deepen divisions following the death of Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV. Preaching at the …
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