Uganda: Tooro Elders' Meeting Halted By Security
[Independent (Kampala)] Fort Portal -- Personnel from the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UDPF) and the Police have been deployed at the Tooro Kingdom administrative offices at Muchwa in Fort Portal City. The Muchwa also houses the kingdom's parliamentary chambers (Orukurato Orukuru Orwensanju).
Personnel from the Uganda People's Defence Forces and the Police have been stationed at the Tooro Kingdom's administrative offices in Fort Portal. The Muchwa area also houses the kingdom's parliamentary chambers. The deployment occurred after Tooro Kingdom Prime Minister Calvin Armstrong Rwomiire Akiiki announced the postponement of the Supreme Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday morning.
Rwomiire stated the meeting would be delayed until further notice, as he was currently in Kampala coordinating with government officials and other authorities for the return and interment of the late King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV. Despite this, some Supreme Council members, led by Omusuga Prince Charles Kamurasi of the Babiito clan, began gathering at the Muchwa offices to proceed with the sitting.
The Prime Minister claimed he had no authority to stop the Rukurato from sitting, while the Babiito clan insisted they had the right to hold the meeting. After negotiations failed, the members left the premises without holding the session. This situation underscores a succession dispute arising from King Oyo's death, with the Babiito clan forming a 21-member committee to select a new king, a claim Rwomiire rejects.
President Yoweri Museveni also mentioned in his eulogy that Queen Mother Best Kemigisa informed him that the late king had left a son. The King's remains are set to arrive in Uganda on Thursday, and preparations for his burial are ongoing.
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