Uganda: Tooro Clarifies Start of Nine-Day Mourning for King Oyo

[Independent (Kampala)] Fort Portal, Uganda -- The official nine-day mourning period for the late Tooro King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV will begin only after his body arrives at Karuzika Palace, the Tooro Kingdom has clarified.

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