Religious and Cultural Leaders Pledge to Strengthen Peacebuilding in Rwenzori Region
Religious and cultural leaders in the Rwenzori sub-region have pledged to strengthen their efforts in promoting peace, reconciliation and peaceful coexistence among communities. The commitment was made today during a Regional Transitional Justice Convention that yesterday brought together religious and cultural leaders, civil society organisations and other transitional justice actors at New Fort View Hotel […]
Continue ReadingFort Portal City Education Authorities are set to Train Teachers to Improve Candidates’ Performance
Alice As schools across the country begin the third term, Fort Portal City education authorities have organized a special training for teachers handling candidate classes as one of the measures to improve learners’ performance in the forthcoming final examinations. The training is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday next week and will bring together teachers and […]
Continue ReadingBunyangabu: Police Recovers Stolen Sign Posts
Lucky Patrick The territorial police for Bunyangabu district are investigating the incident of theft that involved the cutting of sign posts in Nkimbiri cell in Kibiito town council Bunyangabu district along fortPortal-Kasese. According to the community liaison officer for Bunyangabu district , Head Constable Dancan Magezi said that, the incident occurred at round midnight where […]
Continue ReadingPut Tooro First- Kabaka Mutebi Urges Unity
The Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, has called upon the people of Tooro to remain calm and united as they bid farewell to the late Rukirabasaija Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru IV. The Kabaka’s condolence message was read by his younger brother, Prince David Wasajja, who represented the Kingdom of Buganda at King Oyo’s […]
Continue ReadingQueen Mother Best Kemigisa Mourns Oyo, a Peacemaker Who Left Tooro Development Agenda Unfinished
The Queen Mother Best Kemigisa has described her son, the late Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, as a peacemaker whose ambitious development agenda for Tooro Kingdom remained unfinished at the time of his death, in a speech read on her behalf at his burial by Tooro Head of Protocol Guma Komwiswa. The Queen […]
Continue ReadingArchbishop Kazimba Mugalu Urges Tooro to Honor Oyo Legacy through Tourism, Culture.
Archbishop Stephen Mugalu of the Church of Uganda has urged Tooro to honor the late King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV by advancing the causes he championed, including tourism, poverty eradication, culture, environmental conservation and sports. Mugalu said tourism was central to Oyo’s vision for Tooro, urging the kingdom to build on its natural […]
Continue ReadingThousands Converge at Karambi Royal Cemetery For the Final Send Off of Ikingura Oyo Nyimba
By Sylvia Thousands of mourners from several denominations yesterday turned up in Karambi royal cemetery for the final send off of the late king Oyo Nyimba Rukidi IV. The mourners came from as far as Kampala, Busoga, Kasese and outside countries like Kenya, Congo USA among others. The body of the king was first taken […]
Continue ReadingTooro Names Prince Kiijanangoma as Successor to Late King Oyo
Editorial The Chief Prince of Tooro Kingdom, Charles Kamurasi Kayondo Mpuga has announced that the kingdom has a new King following the death of Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV. Addressing mourners yesterday at St. John’s Cathedral as Tooro bids farewell to King Oyo, Musuuga Kamurasi said the kingdom’s supreme council of the Babiito […]
Continue ReadingMuseveni Pledges to Work with Oyo’s Successor as Tooro Succession is Resolved
Editorial President Yoweri Museveni has assured Tooro Kingdom that the government is ready to work with the successor to the late Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV once the succession process is concluded. The President made the remarks in a message delivered by the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, during the final send-off […]
Continue ReadingKing Oyo’s Final Farewell Blends Christian Burial Rites with Ancient Babiito Traditions
By Christine Akankunda Fort Portal City was yesterday gripped by grief as thousands of mourners lined the streets to witness the final journey of the late Omukama of Tooro, King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV. Security was tight in the city, with heavy deployment both along the streets and at St John’s Cathedral, where […]
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