Omukama of Tooro

{{Infobox monarchy

| royal_title = Omukama

| native_name = Omukama wa Tooro

| realm = Tooro

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| incumbent = Rukidi IV

| incumbentsince = 12 September 1995

| his/her = His

| heir_apparent = Prince James Mugenyi

| appointer =

| residence = New Tooro Kingdom Palace, Fort Portal

| first_monarch = Olimi I

| date = 1830

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File:Omukama of Toro with Sir Frederick Crawford, Kabarole, Toro, Uganda.jpg (centre) and the British governor of Uganda, Sir Frederick Crawford (right) at the signing of an agreement in Kabarole, Tooro Kingdom, Uganda, late 1950s.]]

Omukama wa Tooro (translates to the King of Tooro) is the official title given to the king of Tooro in Uganda.

The kingdom was founded in 1830 by Rukirabasaija Omukama Kaboyo Olimi l Amooti who was the son of Rukirabasaija Kyebambe lll Nyamutukura Amooti, the king of Bunyoro.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} In the 1950s, the Uganda National Congress supported the Omukama as he resisted the Central Government's efforts to "rule" Tooro as a district.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/ugandadilemmaofn0000unse/page/236/mode/2up?q=isbn |title=Uganda: The dilemma of nationhood |date=1982 |publisher=NOK Publishers International |isbn=0-88357-038-6 |editor-last=Uzoigwe |editor-first=G. N. |location=New York |pages=237 |lccn=74-81845}}

Tooro existed as an independent kingdom until 1967 when President Apollo Milton Obote banned all kingdoms in Uganda. The kingdoms were reinstated as cultural institutions in 1993.

Today, the Omukama of Tooro and the other kings play a vital role in Ugandan politics as cultural leaders and agents of peace and stability in their respective kingdoms. Tooro and Bunyoro kingdoms enjoy a close relationship.

List of ''Abakama ba'' (Kings of) Tooro

The following is a list of the Abakama of Tooro, starting around 1800 AD:{{cn|date=August 2020}}

Kaboyo Olimi I, (Kasunsu Nkwanzi), c. 1830–1861
Kazaana Ruhaga I, c. 1861–1862
Nyaika Kasunga Kyebambe I, c. 1862–1863 and c. 1864–1874
Kato Rukidi I, 1863–1864
Mukabirere Olimi II, c. 1874–1876
Mukarusa Kyebambe II, c. 1876–1877
Isingoma Rukidi ll, c. 1877
Rububi Kyebambe III, c. 1878–1879
Kakende Nyamuyonjo, c. 1878 and 1881–1882
Katera Rujwenge, c. 1878–1879
Interregnum, 1880–1891; reverted to Bunyoro
Daudi Kasagama Kyebambe IV, 1891–1928
George David Kamurasi Rukidi III, 1929–1965
Patrick David Matthew Kaboyo Olimi III, 1965–1995{{Cite book |last=Doornbos |first=Martin |title=From chaos to order: The politics of constitution-making in Uganda |last2=Mwesigye |first2=Frederick |date=1994 |publisher=Fountain Publishers |isbn=9970-02-044-7 |editor-last=Hansen |editor-first=Holger Bernt |location=Kampala |pages=61 |chapter=The new politics of kingmaking |editor-last2=Twaddle |editor-first2=Michael |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9970020447/page/60/mode/2up?q=%22omukama+of+toro%22}}
Monarchy discontinued by the Ugandan government, 1967–1993
Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, 1995–present

References

Category:Tooro Kingdom

Omukama of Tooro

List of ''Abakama ba'' (Kings of) Tooro

See also

References