Reports that Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma has rejected the Tooro throne are circulating, but no verified public statement from the UBC news anchor has emerged as the succession crisis intensifies one day before King Oyo’s burial.
The Babiito royal clan has selected Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma, a news anchor and editor with Uganda Broadcasting Corporation, as the new Omukama of Tooro following the death of King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV
The family of the late Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV has rejected the announcement of Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma as the new King of Tooro, insisting the late monarch left a will identifying his son as the rightful heir.
Tooro Kingdom has constituted a 21-member committee of Babiito clan elders to identify and formally announce the successor to the late Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV.
