TV journalist is topped king of Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom

A TV journalist on Tuesday was topped king of Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom. 

What do we all know up to now?

Edward Rukidi Kiganangoma has ascended to the thrown after his predecessor, King Oyo Kyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, died unexpectedly final month.

King Oyo was solely 34 and had lost his cancer battle whereas receiving therapy within the US. Oyo had turned king at solely three years of age.   

Oyo’s loss of life sparked a succession battle in Uganda, with Oyo’s mom pushing for the late king’s undisclosed son to be the subsequent monarch.

However, the royal Babito clan selected Kiganangoma, now Nyabongo I, because the inheritor to the throne out of a bunch of eligible princes.  

Kiganangoma took half in a coronation ceremony within the distant city of Fort Portal in western Uganda to ascend to the throne.

Coronation rituals included a mock battle and animal sacrifices. The ceremony in Fort Portal was televised and attended by hundreds of individuals.  

Kiganangoma, who’s 56 years previous, had labored as a journalist and editor for Ugandan public broadcaster UBC.

Tooro’s new king vows to ‘shield our tradition, our traditions and customs’ 

“We have an enormous job to guard our tradition, our traditions and customs and good conduct amongst our folks,” the brand new king mentioned in his maiden speech. He had additionally advised the New Vision newspaper: “My household by no means let me deal with royal descent as an entitlement.”  

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni was current for the coronation ceremony of the brand new king. 

While expressing disappointment over King Oyo’s passing, Museveni additionally mentioned he congratulates “his Highness Nyabongo. I’ve been watching him on the information and he is an effective newsreader. I’m positive he’ll do a great job.”   

Uganda is a constitutional republic with a president voted in democratically.

However, the nation’s 4 main precolonial kingdoms nonetheless maintain cultural affect over the East African nation, regardless of not wielding any political energy. The kings are concerned in sustaining social order and safeguarding the heritage of their respective kingdoms. 

Edited by: Dmytro Hubenko 

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