A former television news anchor \u200bwas crowned king of Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom on Tuesday, becoming the 13th monarch of the Batooro people in a ritual-laden \u200ccoronation that ended a succession dispute.<\/p>\n
Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma succeeded King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, whose death last month from cancer at age 34 triggered a feud, with his mother saying a previously undisclosed son was entitled to the throne.<\/p>\n
Uganda is a constitutional republic governed by an elected president, but four pre-colonial kingdoms remain \u200bas influential symbols of identity and heritage despite not having any political power.<\/p>\n
A 21-member committee from the royal Babiito clan selected \u200bKijanangoma, 56, who is Oyo Nyimba’s cousin.<\/p>\n
A source with knowledge of the succession dispute told Reuters that Uganda’s central \u2060government pushed through that decision over the mother’s objections.<\/p>\n
Kijanangoma took the new royal name Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I in a traditional ceremony that \u200bincluded the slaughter of a bull and sprinkling of a hen’s blood in Tooro’s capital Fort Portal.<\/p>\n
Nyabongo I walked to Karuziika Palace between \u200bmidnight and 3 a.m. before taking part in a mock battle for the crown.<\/p>\n
At Karuziika, young men dressed in tunics, orange shawls and skins held sticks and spears, some prostrating before the king.<\/p>\n
Traditional dancers and drummers, some wearing calabashes, entertained guests who included President Yoweri Museveni.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Charles Kayondo Kamurasi, the Omusuuga or head of the \u200bBabiito clan who had been wielding power since Oyo Nyimba’s death, handed over authority to the new king in a church service at \u200bSt. John’s cathedral.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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