King Oyo Buried in Uganda as News Anchor Prepares to Take Throne Amid Succession Dispute
Royal guards carried the casket of Uganda's King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV through the streets of Fort Portal, as the Tooro kingdom sought to move past a contested succession battle.
Uganda's King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, who was long recognized as the world's youngest monarch when he ascended the throne as a child, has been buried among the tombs of his royal forebears, according to The Guardian.
Royal guards carried his casket through the streets of Fort Portal in western Uganda before the burial at the Karambi Royal Tombs, the report said.
The funeral comes as the Tooro kingdom looks to put behind it a bitter succession battle over who would take the throne next, according to the report.
King Oyo's appointed successor, news anchor Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma, cast nine coffee berries into the grave during the ceremony, an act described in the report as marking the formal handover of power in the kingdom.
The Guardian's report noted that the appointment of Kijanangoma as successor has been the subject of dispute, though details of the row were not fully specified in the available material.
Tooro is one of several traditional kingdoms in Uganda that retain cultural and ceremonial significance, though they hold no formal governing power under the country's constitution.
Sources
- Burial of King Oyo takes place in Uganda as news anchor prepares for throne — The Guardian — World
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