# Royal family rift after TV news presenter chosen to succeed Ugandan king

https://mins.news/en/item/52731

- BBC News, 2026-09-10 09:52 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8jdpj4ydm2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> A succession dispute has broken out in Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom ahead of King Oyo’s burial. Clan elders selected UBC TV presenter Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma as monarch, but Oyo’s family says a 2022 will named his undisclosed young son as heir. The queen mother also says the family is being effectively confined at the palace.

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