{"id":46803,"date":"2026-09-29T15:14:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=46803"},"modified":"2026-09-29T15:17:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:17:49","slug":"ugandas-tooro-kingdom-crowns-nyabongo-the-first-following-death-of-king","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/ugandas-tooro-kingdom-crowns-nyabongo-the-first-following-death-of-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda\u2019s Tooro kingdom crowns Nyabongo the first following death of King \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former television news anchor Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma has been crowned as Edward Rukidi Nyabongo the First, becoming the 13th king of Uganda\u2019s Tooro Kingdom during a ritual-filled ceremony at Karuziika Palace in Fort Portal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 56-year-old monarch, a cousin of the late ruler, was selected by the 21-member royal Babiito clan to succeed King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi the Fourth, who died from cancer at age 34 last month.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Traditional coronation rites, including a ceremonial mock battle, the slaughter of a bull, and the ceremonial sprinkling of hen\u2019s blood, proceeded despite a fierce succession battle.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Queen Mother Best Kemigisa and Princess Ruth Komuntale challenged the coronation, alleging that the late king left a young son and a written will naming him as the rightful heir. While Uganda\u2019s traditional monarchies hold no formal political authority under the constitution, they exert significant cultural influence across the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":46808,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-46803","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Uganda\u2019s royal Babiito clan elects Edward Rukidi Nyabongo as new Tooro king ","published_date":"2026-09-29 15:14:09","news_description":"Uganda\u2019s royal Babiito clan elects Edward Rukidi Nyabongo as new Tooro king ","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46805,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46803\/revisions\/46805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=46803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}