Tag: Tooro Royal Family

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...

‘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...

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...

Tooro Puts Babiito Clan at Heart of King Oyo Funeral and Succession

Cultures Sarah Kamanyire -
The Kingdom has unveiled strict traditional protocols governing the late King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV’s funeral, nine-day...

Museveni Grants King Oyo Official Burial, Orders Three-Day Half-Mast Mourning

Cultures Sarah Okello -
President Yoweri Museveni has directed that the late Omukama of Tooro, King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, be...