Tag: Tooro Kingdom

Tumukunde Urges Uganda’s Cultural Institutions to Guard Against ‘Power Centres’

Cultures Moses Kabasibante -
Uganda’s Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Gen. Wilson Tumukunde, on Tuesday urged the country’s traditional and cultural...

Museveni Presides Over Coronation of Tooro’s New King Nyabongo I as Kingdom Begins New Era

Cultures Sarah Kamanyire -
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni today presided over the coronation of His Royal Highness Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I as the...

Buganda Reaffirms Historic Ties With Tooro as Nyabongo Takes Throne

Cultures Sarah Okello -
The Kingdom of Buganda has congratulated Rukirabasaija Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I on his ascension to the throne of Tooro,...

Tooro Coronation Thrown Into Uncertainty as Last-Minute Court Petition Seeks to Block Nyabongo’s Installation

Court Ibrahim Ojuku -
The planned coronation of Prince Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I as the new Omukama of Tooro has been thrown into...

Tooro Clarifies Queen’s Status, Raises Questions Over Future Succession

Cultures Sarah Kamanyire -
Rebecca Amoding, the wife of Tooro’s king-elect Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I, will retain her official status as queen despite...

Queen Mother Kemigisa Reveals Oyo Left Son in US, Criticises Tooro Succession Process

Cultures Sarah Kamanyire -
Tooro’s Queen Mother, Best Kemigisa, has revealed that her late son, King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, left...

Prince David Kijanangoma Dies, Days After His Brother Ascends Tooro Throne

Obituary Darmasco Kaggwa -
The Tooro royal family is mourning again. Prince David Kijanangoma Araali, elder brother of the newly installed King Edward Rukidi...

Tooro Prime Minister Calls for Healing, Unity After King Oyo’s Burial

Cultures Sarah Okello -
Tooro Kingdom Prime Minister Calvin Armstrong Rwomiire Akiiki has called for healing, reconciliation and institutional renewal following the burial...

‘Take Me Instead’: Queen Mother Kemigisa’s Heartbreaking Farewell to King Oyo

Obituary Ibrahim Ojuku -
As Tooro buried its young king, Queen Mother Best Kemigisa revealed the prayer of a mother who was willing...

Tooro’s Oyo Battled Cancer in Silence as Sister Reveals Final Months

Obituary Sarah Kamanyire -
Princess Ruth Komuntale has revealed that the late Omukama of Tooro, Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, spent more...

The King Is Dead, but the Crown Has Not Found Its Head

Cultures Stephen Kalema -
As Tooro Kingdom prepares to bury thier fallen King Oyo Nyimba, a royal dispute over his successor threatens to...

Prince Kijanangoma Named Tooro’s Next King After Oyo’s Death

Cultures Darmasco Kaggwa -
The Tooro Kingdom has chosen a new custodian of its throne, with Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma named the next...