20+ hour, 4+ min ago   (351+ words) The new King of Tooro, Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I has promised to restore Tooro Kingdom to its former glory. In his first recorded address to his subjects on Sunday, Nyabongo laid out his early priorities as the kingdom’s new monarch....

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1027+ words) FORT PORTAL: Attorney General Sam Mayanja has advised President Yoweri Museveni that the late King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV’s will should guide the succession to the Tooro throne, raising fresh legal questions over the recent enthronement of Edward…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (361+ words) OPINION: I have been in great pain since the loss of my son, my Friend, my King. Keeping quiet is not helping me. I feel like screaming out the pain in my heart—perhaps that is the only way I…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (816+ words) FORT PORTAL, Uganda: Tooro Kingdom Prime Minister Calvin Rwomiire has urged the royal family, Babiito clan leaders and other actors involved in the succession dispute to suspend the contest over the late King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV until…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (305+ words) Only four people will eulogize the late King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV during the funeral service on Saturday, the Chairperson of the Local Organising Committee for the burial has announced. Dr Richard Rwabuhinga, addressing reporters in Fort Portal…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (502+ words) FORT PORTAL, Uganda — Tooro’s royal succession process culminated on Wednesday with the Babiito royal clan announcing journalist Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma as the successor to the late King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV. The decision was announced at the Karuzika,…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (697+ words) Retired Ugandan military officer and former intelligence chief David Sejusa has urged Tooro Kingdom to undertake traditional spiritual cleansing rites, saying the deaths of two young kings in succession have left a “shadow of death” over the royal family. “Here,…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (366+ words) Kenya’s Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has held talks with United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Frank Garcia, as the two countries look to deepen economic and security cooperation ahead of a major bilateral dialogue later this…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (269+ words) To the thinkers, poets, and statesmen and stateswomen throughout history, the shared coffee brew has always been more than a beverage; it has been the elixir of clarity, an intellectual catalyst, and a silent ambassador of human connection. Voltaire reportedly…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (317+ words) Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye and Kenyan President William Ruto on Monday expressed condolences to Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan following the death of her husband, Hafidh Ameir Hassan. The death was announced earlier on Monday by Tanzanian Vice President Deogratius…...