Uganda: Tooro PM Urges Calm and Unity Ahead of King Oyo's Burial

Uganda holding last-ditch talks over king's succession to allow him to be buried

KAMPALA, Sept 11 - Uganda's government is racing to help resolve a bitter royal succession dispute in the Tooro Kingdom after the death of monarch Oyo Nyimba aged 34, so he can be buried on Saturday, a spokesperson for the kingdom said on Friday. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Uganda: Tooro PM Urges Calm and Unity Ahead of King Oyo's Burial

Tooro Kingdom Prime Minister Calvin Armstrong Rwomiire has appealed for calm and unity as a dispute over the succession to the late King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV continues to unfold ahead of his burial.

Govt calls for calm as Tooro succession dispute deepens

Minister Witonze said the government and the kingdom should wait for guidance from President Museveni, whom he described as the "Chief Elder"

Tooro Succession Crisis Deepens As Royal Family Rejects New Omukama » The Black Examiner

Two rival heirs, a secret will, soldiers at the palace — the Tooro Kingdom's succession crisis is becoming Uganda's biggest institutional controversy since King Oyo died on August 27.

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Tooro Kingdom Split Over Succession as King Oyo’s Burial Nears

FORT PORTAL / KAMPALA — A bitter succession dispute has erupted in Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom just two days before the burial of Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, pitting the late king’s immediate family against Babiito clan elders who have named a television news presenter as his successor. King Oyo, who became the world’s