# King Oyo buried in Uganda as news anchor prepares to take throne

https://mins.news/en/item/55965

- The Guardian, 2026-09-12 15:09 UTC
- Culture
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/12/burial-king-oyo-uganda

> Uganda’s Tooro King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV has been buried at the Karambi Royal Tombs in Fort Portal. His appointed successor, news anchor Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma, cast nine coffee berries into the grave to mark the transfer of power, amid a dispute over whether Oyo’s previously unknown son should inherit the throne.

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