Oyo Nyimba, a Ugandan king , who became the world’s youngest reigning monarch when he took the crown in 1995, has died aged 34, the prime minister of his kingdom announced.
His youth is not a limitation; it is a strength. It brings energy, fresh perspective, and the courage to imagine a different future for Tooro.” The king died at around 10:00 p.m. local time on Thursday, Akiiki said, without revealing the cause of his death.
“It is with profound sadness and a heavy heart that I announce the passing of His Majesty the Omukama of Tooro, King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV,” the prime minister of the kingdom , Calvin Armstrong Rwomiire Akiiki, said in a post on X late on Thursday. In April, in a message to celebrate the King’s birthday, Tooro’s prime minister had said: “Our King is not distant from the realities of his people; he is part of this generation, part of this ecosystem, growing, learning, and leading…
Balaam Barugahara, a minister in the government of President Yoweri Museveni, said shortly before the announcement of the king’s death that he was receiving treatment in the U.S. “This is an immeasurable loss,” the prime minister said, adding the king, who was unmarried, had left an heir and that “continuity of the Crown is assured.”
“Most devastating news!
May His Majesty the King’s soul rest in eternal peace,” Bobi Wine, Ugandan pop star-turned-politician who is the country’s leading opposition leader, said in a post on X.
