Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom prepared on Saturday (September 12, 2026) to bury its late king, Oyo Nyimba, long the world’s youngest monarch, following days of a bitter succession battle within the royal family.
Oyo’s cousin, Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma, a news anchor and editor at state broadcaster UBC, as king. But Mr. Mr.
A committee consisting of members of the royal clan announced on Wednesday (September 9, 2026) that it had chosen Mr. Oyo never married and was not known to have any children until the kingdom’s prime minister said he had a son in the August 27 statement announcing his death. Kijanangoma’s succession on Friday (September 11, 2026).
Oyo’s immediate family said his hitherto unknown son should succeed him, as called for in the late king’s will. A source with knowledge of crisis talks over the matter said Ugandan authorities had successfully pushed through Mr.
His casket, draped in the blue-and-yellow Tooro flag, was driven from the royal palace to St. John’s Cathedral in the western city of Fort Portal for a ceremony before hundreds of mourners, including senior Ugandan government officials. A government spokesperson could not be reached for comment. “It took me a very long time to actually know that he was a prince. Besides the throne, the new king will inherit a considerable royal estate including swathes of land and sizeable cash payouts from the central government.
The Ugandan military said it had beefed up security in the area to prevent any trouble. “Someone you don’t get to find in scandals, someone that is so quiet,” Mary Tumwikirize, a colleague of Mr. Kijanangoma at UBC, said in a television interview.
