# Uganda’s traditional Tooro kingdom plunged into succession crisis

https://mins.news/en/item/53136

- DW, 2026-09-10 13:51 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/uganda-traditional-kingdom-plunged-into-succession-crisis/a-79214786?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> A succession dispute has engulfed Uganda’s Tooro kingdom after the late King Oyo Nyimba’s family rejected a royal committee’s choice of Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma as successor. The family says Oyo left a will naming his son, whose identity has not been publicly confirmed, while the kingdom’s prime minister urged both sides to remain calm.

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