Ugandan kingdom gripped by succession battle after monarch’s death
Related video| Uganda’s King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rikidi IV passes away: NEWS ANCHOR NAMED NEW KING The royal clan’s succession committee announced on Wednesday that it had chosen Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma, a news anchor and editor at the state-run broadcaster UBC, as the new king.
The traditional Ugandan kingdom of Tooro was plunged into a bitter succession battle on Thursday after the family of the late king, Oyo Nyimba, rejected clan members’ choice of a television news anchor to succeed him.
The kingdom’s prime minister, Calvin Armstrong Rwomiire Akiiki, revealed the son’s existence in a social media post on August 27 announcing Oyo’s death.
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