The Tooro succession battle has taken a dramatic turn after members of the late King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV’s immediate royal family reportedly rushed to court to challenge the selection of Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma as the new Omukama.
Prince Yoweri Komwiswa, Princess Ruth Nsemere Komuntale, Queen Mother Best Kemigisa and Princess Elizabeth Bagaya have filed a case before the High Court in Fort Portal, challenging Kijanangoma’s reported selection.
The case targets Kijanangoma and Omusuuga Charles Kayondo Kamurasi following the Babiito clan selection committee’s September 9 announcement naming Kijanangoma as successor to King Oyo.
The royal family is reportedly arguing that the decision conflicts with Oyo’s written wishes, which provided for his biological son to succeed him before other members of the royal family could be considered.
The court battle has added another layer of uncertainty to Tooro’s succession process, just days before King Oyo’s burial scheduled for Saturday at Karambi Royal Grounds.
The dispute highlights growing divisions between the wider Babiito clan leadership and Oyo’s immediate family over the interpretation of Tooro succession customs and the late king’s reported final wishes.
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