# Uganda lays ‘boy king’ Oyo to rest amid succession row

https://mins.news/en/item/55761

- DW, 2026-09-12 11:41 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/uganda-lays-boy-king-oyo-to-rest-amid-succession-row/a-79243428?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Uganda is holding the funeral of Tooro King Oyo Nyimba, who took the throne at age 3 in 1995 and died of cancer at 34. A royal clan committee selected his cousin Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma as successor, but the king’s immediate family says his will named an unidentified son born out of wedlock, fueling a succession dispute.

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