14/09/2026
π¨ Attorney General Sam Mayanja says the government will not gazette Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma as the new King of Tooro until the dispute over the late King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IVβs successor is resolved.
Mayanja said the Babiito eldersβ declaration of Kijanangoma does not end the dispute, arguing that the matter should be settled by court.
He also explained that he stopped the customary throwing of nine coffee beans into King Oyoβs grave during the burial because the ritual signifies the confirmation of a new king, yet Kijanangomaβs succession remains contested.
βEven in the case of the late Olimi Kaboyo, a similar contest was there and it was only afterwards that baby Oyo threw in the coffee beans,β he said.