Writing on X, external<\/a> he said: “I appeal to all Ugandans to remain patient and allow the Omusuuga and the committee to perform their duties in accordance with our cultural traditions for enthroning a new Omukama. <\/p>\n“Let us focus entirely on mourning my cousin, His Majesty King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV.”<\/p>\n
King Oyo was the world’s youngest serving monarch, having ascended the throne at the age of three.<\/p>\n
The vacant throne for the Tooro Kingdom of Uganda has courted much intrigue and speculation.<\/p>\n
The Royal Select Committee, which is tasked with confirming a new king, must first create a shortlist that not only includes lineage through bloodlines but also relatives of the deceased monarch.<\/p>\n
As is tradition, King Oyo’s casket will be escorted to the royal burial grounds with his successor and a few close relatives.<\/p>\n
The ceremony will also see the new king throw nine coffee beans into the ground where King Oyo is buried.<\/p>\n
Before heading to the palace, where he will have a special meal cooked by someone selected specially to prepare it, he is also expected to ‘battle’ with someone for the throne.<\/p>\n
In the past, all rulers of the region have lived in the area – and in the history of the Tooro Kingdom no-one has ever refused to take the throne.<\/p>\n
Although, if that were to be the case, the Royal Select Committee would gather again to choose the next suitable candidate until a successor accepts.<\/p>\n
Additional reporting by Bella Twine, from BBC World Service’s Focus on Africa programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s a far cry from Bexleyheath in south east London, where Kamurasi has been a key member of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":884741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-884740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=884740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/884741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=884740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=884740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}