Former UBC journalist Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma has been installed as the new Omukama of Tooro, taking the regnal name Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I, in traditional rituals at Karuziika Palace. President Museveni presided over the coronation ceremony.
Business activity has surged around Karuziika Palace and across Fort Portal City as large numbers of mourners arrive for the burial of the late King Oyo.
Tooro Queen Mother Best Kemigisa has claimed that the royal family is under house arrest at Karuziika Palace after royal guards were removed and troops deployed, just days before the burial of King Oyo.
The body of the late Omukama of Tooro, King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, arrived at Entebbe International Airport on 4 September 2026 and was received by President Yoweri Museveni before being transported to Karuziika Palace, marking the start of the official nine-day mourning period.
