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Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma, a 56-year-old former journalist, has been crowned the new king of Uganda's Tooro kingdom, succeeding the late King Oyo who died at 34. The coronation, attended by President Museveni, follows a bitter dispute where the royal clan bypassed a will naming an unpublicized son in favor of Kijanangoma, a cousin from the ruling Babiito lineage.
A Tooro Kingdom selection committee named Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma, a longtime Uganda Broadcasting Corporation news anchor and editor, as crown prince to succeed the late infant-king Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, who died of cancer at 34. Kijanangoma is expected to be crowned soon in a ceremony that will mark a continuation of Tooro’s royal lineage, though the decision could spark controversy or legal challenges among supporters who favored a different successor. Uganda’s traditional kingdoms are recognized but hold no formal political sovereignty.