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APP
2002-11-12

INP
2002-11-12

STA
Approved

UPD
2024-11-28

DUT
Toro polity

IND
1

MIS
BR. Kingdom founded in 1822 by the son of the 19th Mukama (King) of Bunyoro. Kingdom reunited with Bunyoro from 1876 to 1891 when the Kingdom of Toro was restored. The Kingdom was abolished, along with the three other Ugandan kingdoms in 1967 by Prime Minister Dr A. Milton Obote and restored in 1993 by President Yoweri Museveni. The capital city is Fort Portal, 300 km from Kampala. Language is Rutooro. The royal rites are called Emapango (Almanach). Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, King (Mukama) of Toro since 13/9/1995 (born 1992, crowned 24/11/1995) under the regency of HE The President of Uganda and of HM The King of Buganda , educ Primary School of Blackheath, London, then International Boy School, Kampala, *1992. PREDECESSORS: Patrick David Matthew Olimi Kaboyo II, King (Mukama) of Toro 2/3/1966-8/9/1967, 27/7/1993-26/8/95, sometime Amb of Uganda to Cuba, *1945, +26/8/1995

PPN
294941274

UDC
340.141.1Toro

SN
1822-1967, 1993- .

MRF
321Toro

BT1
Ugandan polities

UF
Tooro Kingdom
Tooro polity
Toro Kingdom

BSO
09.01.02 NAMED POLITIES

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