Culture
Uganda buries King Oyo as succession dispute over his replacement persists
September 12, 2026 at 05:27 PM
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3 reports · 1 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 5 hours
BNBBC News
Uganda's King Oyo buried amid calls for unity over his successor
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TGThe Guardian
Burial of King Oyo takes place in Uganda as news anchor prepares for throne
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
اختير ملكا فرفض العرش.. ماذا حدث لحارس مرمى فضّل الدرجة التاسعة على التاج؟
(opens the publisher’s site)King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV was buried Saturday in Fort Portal, days after a dispute erupted over who should succeed him.
- Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma cast nine coffee beans into Oyo's grave, a ritual marking the start of the new reign, during the burial at the Karambi Royal Tombs.
- Oyo's sister, Princess Ruth Komuntale, said the late king's 2022 will names his young son as successor; the boy's identity has not been disclosed.
- Queen Best Kemigisa said royal guards had been withdrawn from the palace and soldiers deployed, restricting the royal family's movement, which she described as "house arrest."
- Archbishop Stephen Kazimba Mugalu urged unity, saying "words spoken in grief can cause pain, division and conflict," while President Yoweri Museveni called for the matter to be resolved "to favour unity over division."
- Goalkeeper George Desmond Kamurasi, captain of English ninth-tier club CE Dons, has declined the Tooro throne after the succession committee chose him as the leading candidate.
- The committee has selected Prince Edward Rukidi Kijjanangoma as the new king, confirmed on September 12.
- King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV died in the United States on August 27 aged 34.