29/08/2026
He was just 3 years old, too little to lift the crown, too young to know what a kingdom was.
But on September 12, 1995 in Fort Portal Uganda little Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV was placed on the throne of Tooro.
The drums rolled, elders whispered prayers, cameras flashed.
His father had passed suddenly and in Tooro the throne does not wait.
So a boy in a tiny robe became king.
Regents ruled for him, teachers came to the palace.
He learned maths in the morning and Royal protocol in the afternoon.
For 30years he grew up with two lives one as a student who likes football and the other as Omukaama keeper of culture, language, land and memory for the Tooro people.
He opened schools, he spoke for tradition in modern world but on August 29, 2026 Uganda woke to the news that king Oyo has passed at 34.
That was a child king who became a man who carried the nation’s history on his shoulders.
IMOH’s PEN 🖊️
Imoh Daniel
I remain your preferred Historian.
