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King Oyo of Uganda’s constitutionally recognised institution of traditional or cultural leader, ‘Tooro Kingdom’, dies

The prime minister of Uganda’s constitutionally recognised institution of traditional or cultural leader, ‘Tooro Kingdom’, announced that King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV died at around 10 p.m. on 27 August (around 7 p.m. UTC on the same day), aged 34. Oyo ascended the throne at the age of three and reigned for 31 years. The prime minister also said that the identity of the heir to the throne would be revealed in accordance with tradition. Guinness World Records certified him last year as the ‘world’s youngest reigning monarch’.

Source: Central News Agency (Taiwan); Radio France Internationale; Tooro Kingdom