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Tooro Kingdom
The Tooro Kingdom is a Bantu peoples, Bantu kingdom located within the borders of Uganda. The current Omukama of Tooro is King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV of Tooro, Rukidi IV. King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV of Tooro, Rukidi IV took to the throne of Tooro kingdom in 1995 at the age of just three years, after the death of his father Olimi III of Tooro, Omukama Patrick David Matthew Kaboyo Rwamuhokya Olimi III on August 26, 1995, at the age of 50. The people native to the kingdom are the Tooro people, Batooro, and their language is likewise called Rutooro. The Batooro and Banyoro speak closely related languages, Rutooro and Runyoro, and share many other similar cultural traits. The Batooro live on Uganda's western border, south of Lake Albert. History The Tooro Kingdom evolved out of a breakaway segment of Bunyoro sometime before the nineteenth century. It was founded in 1830 when Omukama of Tooro, Omukama Olimi I of Tooro, Kaboyo Olimi I, the eldest son of Om ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tooro Language
Tooro may refer to: * Tooro Kingdom, a traditional kingdom of Uganda * Tooro language, or Rutooro, a Bantu language of Uganda * Tooro people, or Batooro, a Bantu ethnic group, native to the Tooro Kingdom See also * Futa Tooro, a region in western Africa {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telephone Numbers In Uganda
Telephone numbers in Uganda are regulated by the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) under the Uganda Communications Act of 2013, adhering to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) E.164 standard. The country code is +256, followed by a 9-digit national significant number (N(S)N) for mobile, fixed-line, and special services. Uganda operates a closed numbering plan, requiring the full number for domestic calls. History Before British colonization, communication in Uganda relied on oral and drum-based systems among ethnic groups. Colonial authorities introduced fixed-line telephony in the early 20th century for administrative purposes. Until 1999, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania shared a regional numbering plan, allowing calls using only trunk and area codes within the East African Community. Tanzania’s adoption of a new plan in 1999 ended this arrangement, introducing regional prefixes like 006 for Uganda from Kenya/Tanzania, though modern dialing uses +256. Post-in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tooro Palace , a region in western Africa
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Tooro may refer to: * Tooro Kingdom, a traditional kingdom of Uganda * Tooro language, or Rutooro, a Bantu language of Uganda * Tooro people, or Batooro, a Bantu ethnic group, native to the Tooro Kingdom See also * Futa Tooro Futa Toro ( Wolof and , , ; ), often simply the Futa, is a semidesert region around the middle run of the Senegal River. This region, along the border of Senegal and Mauritania, is historically significant as the center of several Fulani states, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busoga
Busoga (Soga language, Lusoga: Obwakyabazinga bwa Busoga) is a kingdom and one of four constitutional monarchies in present-day Uganda. The kingdom is a cultural institution which promotes popular participation and unity among the people of the region through development programs to improve their standard of living. Busoga means "Land of the Soga", and is the monarchy, kingdom of the 11 principalities of the Basoga or Soga (singular ''Musoga'') people. Its capital is Bugembe, near Jinja, Uganda, Jinja (Uganda's second-largest city, after Kampala). Busoga comprises eleven Districts of Uganda, districts: Kamuli District, Kamuli, Iganga District, Iganga, Bugiri District, Bugiri, Mayuge District, Mayuge, Jinja District, Jinja, Luuka District, Luuka and the new districts of Bugweri District, Bugweri, Buyende District, Buyende, Kaliro District, Kaliro, Namutumba District, Namutumba and Namayingo District, Namayingo. Each district is headed by an elected chairperson or a Local Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buganda
Buganda is a Bantu peoples, Bantu kingdom within Uganda. The kingdom of the Baganda, Baganda people, Buganda is the largest of the List of current non-sovereign African monarchs, traditional kingdoms in present-day East Africa, consisting of Uganda's Districts of Uganda, Central Region, including the Ugandan capital Kampala. The 14 million ''Baganda'' (singular ''Muganda''; often referred to simply by the root word and adjective, Ganda) make up the largest Ugandan region, representing approximately 16% of Demographics of Uganda, Uganda's population. History of Buganda, Buganda's history includes unification during the 13th century by the first king, Kato Kintu, the founder of Buganda's Kintu dynasty, Buganda grew to become one of the largest and most powerful states in East Africa during the 18th and the 19th centuries. During the Scramble for Africa, and following unsuccessful attempts to retain its independence against British Empire, British imperialism, Buganda became the ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyamutukura Kyebambe III Of Bunyoro
Omukama Nyamutukura Kyebambe III ruled Bunyoro (part of modern-day Uganda) from 1786 to 1835. In 1822, his eldest son rebelled and established his own independent kingdom, the Tooro Kingdom The Tooro Kingdom is a Bantu peoples, Bantu kingdom located within the borders of Uganda. The current Omukama of Tooro is King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV of Tooro, Rukidi IV. King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV of Tooro, Rukidi .... References Tooro Kingdom Bunyoro Ugandan traditional rulers and monarchs {{Africa-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omukama Of Bunyoro
Omukama wa Bunyoro (translates to the King of Bunyoro) is the title given to rulers of the East African kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara. The kingdom lasted as an independent state from the 16th to the 19th century. The Omukama of Bunyoro remains an important figure in Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...n politics, especially among the Banyoro people of whom he is the titular head. He is closely related to the Omukama of Tooro Kingdom. The Royal Palace, called ''Ekikaali Karuziika'' (Karuziika Palace), is located in Hoima. The current Omukama is Rukirabasaija Solomon Iguru I Gafabusa Amooti and his wife is Omugo (the Queen) Margaret Karunga Adyeri. As a cultural head, the King is assisted by his Principal Private Secretary, a Cabinet of 21 Ministers and ''Oruk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olimi I Of Tooro
Rukirabasaija Kaboyo Omuhundwa Kasusunkwanzi Olimi I was Omukama of the Tooro Kingdom, from around 1830 until around 1861. He was the first Omukama of Tooro. Claim to the throne He was the eldest son of Rukirabasaija Agutamba Nyamutukura Kyebambe III, Omukama of Bunyoro-Kitara at that time. His mother was a lady of the Ababwiju clan. He rebelled against his father and established his own kingdom at Kaboyo during his father's lifetime, beginning in 1822. He spurned the succession to Bunyoro-Kitara on his father's death. Married life Not much is known about the married life of Omukama Olimi I. Offspring The offspring of Omukama Olimi I of Tooro included the following: # Prince (Omubiito) whose name is not known. This prince fathered a son, one Prince (Omubiito) Kabuzi, a nephew of Nyaika, assisted his uncle Mushaga I in his campaign to seize the throne. He was defeated and killed at Kanyanyange, together with a number of other princes in 1870. Prince Kabuzi fathered a son; Prince ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olimi III Of Tooro
Rukirabasaija Patrick David Matthew Kaboyo (Rwamuhokya) Olimi III (9 September 1945 – 26 August 1995) was the 11th Omukama of the Tooro Kingdom and reigned from 1965 until his death in 1995. Claim to the throne He was son of Rukirabasaija Sir George David Matthew Kamurasi Rukidi III, Omukama of Tooro, who reigned from 1928 until 1965. His mother was Lady Byanjeru Kezia Bonabana. He was born at the Royal Palace at Kabarole, on 9 September 1945 with Princess Elizabeth Bagaya as his eldest sister. He attended Budo Primary School, Nyakasura School in Fort Portal, Sherborne School, Dorset, and Makerere University, Kampala. He ascended to the throne upon the death of his father, on 21 December 1965. He was crowned at St John's Cathedral, Kabarole, on 2 March 1966. Married life On 10 January 1987, he married Best Kemigisa, daughter of Prince (Omubiito) Mujungu, of the Batuku clan, of Rwebisengo, Bundibugyo District, (Ntoroko District since 2017). She was born in 1967, edu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rukidi IV Of Tooro
Rukirabasaija Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV (), commonly known as King Oyo, is the reigning Omukama of Tooro, in Uganda. He was born on 16 April 1992 to King Patrick David Mathew Kaboyo Olimi III and Queen Best Kemigisa Kaboyo. Three and a half years later in 1995, Oyo ascended the throne and succeeded his father to become the 12th ruler of the 180-year-old Kingdom of Tooro. Background In pre-colonial times, what is now Uganda was composed of sovereign kingdoms and societies headed by chiefs and kings, whereas most societies in Uganda such as communities in its north and northeastern were loosely set up systems led by clan leaders, others like Bunyoro, Buganda, Ankole and Tooro were organised kingdoms. In 1966, the political powers of the traditional leaders were abolished by the nationalist movement led by Milton Obote, who opposed the kings because of their collaboration with British colonial authorities alongside their potential to be divisive forces and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bantu Peoples
The Bantu peoples are an Indigenous peoples of Africa, indigenous ethnolinguistic grouping of approximately 400 distinct native Demographics of Africa, African List of ethnic groups of Africa, ethnic groups who speak Bantu languages. The languages are native to countries spread over a vast area from West Africa, to Central Africa, Southeast Africa and into Southern Africa. Bantu people also inhabit southern areas of Northeast African states. There are several hundred Bantu languages. Depending on the definition of Dialect#Dialect or language, "language" or "dialect", it is estimated that there are between 440 and 680 distinct languages. The total number of speakers is in the hundreds of millions, ranging at roughly 350 million in the mid-2010s (roughly 30% of the demographics of Africa, population of Africa, or roughly 5% of world population, the total world population). About 90 million speakers (2015), divided into some 400 ethnic or tribal groups, are found in the Democratic Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
