Uganda: Traditional kingdom plunged into succession crisis

A royal succession committee and the family of late King Oyo Nyimba of Toroo have put forward competing candidates. Questions have been raised as to whether the late monarch indeed had a son as his family claims.

Family of late King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV reject committee’s choice of cousin and TV presenter as new monarch A traditional Ugandan kingdom has become engulfed in a bitter succession dispute after the family of a king who recently died rejected the selection of a…

Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV will be buried on Saturday in a funeral expected to be attended by tens of thousands of mourners