# Ex-TV anchor crowned Uganda’s Tooro king amid succession feud

https://mins.news/en/video/79801

- Reuters, 2026-09-30 06:33 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atBsv0BUNRI

> Former television anchor Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma was crowned the 13th king of Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom in Fort Portal, ending a succession dispute that followed King Oyo Nyimba’s death from cancer at age 34.

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