Who is the king of Tooro?
Tooro is a Bantu kingdom located within the borders of Uganda. The current Omukama of Toro is King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV.
Who is King Oyo?
Rukirabasaija Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, King Oyo, is the reigning Omukama of Toro, in Uganda. He was born on 16 April 1992 to King Patrick David Mathew Kaboyo Olimi III and Queen Best Kemigisa Kaboyo.
Who is the youngest king in Uganda?
OYO NYIMBA KABAMBA IGURU RUKIDI OF
YOUNGEST AFRICAN KING: OYO NYIMBA KABAMBA IGURU RUKIDI OF UGANDA. King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi is the youngest ruling monarch in the world. At 3 and-a-half-year-old he ascended the royal dais to become the undisputed titular head of the 180-year Toro Kingdom. He is the youngest ruling monarch worldwide.
How old is Tooro?
[1] The kingdom of Toro, the mother of Toro sub region is said to have been formed around 1822 when the first son of Omukama (King) Kyebambe Nyamutukura of Bunyoro called Olimi Kaboyo split the southern part of his father’s kingdom and formed his own which came to be known as Toro.
Who is the Prince of Uganda?
King Oyo, who is now reigning as the 12th ruler (Omukama) of the 180 year old Kingdom of Toro, in Uganda was born on 16 April 1992 to King Patrick David Mathew Kaboyo Olimi III and Queen Best Kemigisa Kaboyo. His title Oyo Nyimba is referred to as the “Omukama” which means King and ‘Rukirabasaija,” the greatest of men.
Who are the Batooro in Uganda?
The Toro people, Tooro people or Batooro are a Bantu ethnic group, native to the Tooro Kingdom, a subnational constitutional monarchy within Uganda.
Who founded Buganda kingdom?
Buganda has a long and extensive history. Unified in the 13th century (1300AD) under the first king Kato Kintu, the founder of Buganda’s Kintu Dynasty, Buganda grew to become one of the largest and most powerful states in East Africa during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Who founded Tooro Kingdom?
Omukama Kaboyo Olimi l
The Omukama of Tooro is the name given to the king of Tooro, one of the East African kingdom of Tooro. The kingdom was founded in 1830 by Omukama Kaboyo Olimi l who was the son of Kyebambe lll Nyamutukura, the king of Bunyoro.
Who is the King of Bunyoro?
Solomon Iguru I
It was one of the most powerful kingdoms in Central and East Africa from the 13th century to the 19th century. It is ruled by the King (Omukama) of Bunyoro-Kitara. The current ruler is Solomon Iguru I, the 27th Omukama.