Journalist ascends to throne in Uganda kingdom after succession dispute

A journalist has been crowned king of Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom, becoming the 13th monarch of the Batooro people in a ceremony marking the ⁠end of a succession dispute . Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma succeeded King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, whose death last month from cancer at age 34 triggered a feud after his mother said a previously undisclosed son was entitled to the throne. Uganda is a ⁠constitutional republic governed by an elected president, but four pre-colonial kingdoms remain influential symbols of identity and heritage despite not having political power. A 21-member committee from the royal Babiito clan selected Kijanangoma, 56, who is Oyo Nyimba’s cousin.