{{unreferenced, date=March 2021 Rujumbura was one of the six independent kingdoms which was established after the fall of the Kingdom of Mpororo in 1752 in present day

Rukungiri Rukungiri is a town in Rukungiri District of the Western Region of Uganda. It is the site of the district headquarters. Location Rukungiri is approximately , by road, north of Kabale, the largest city in the Kigezi sub-region. This is abou ...

, south western

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. It was ruled by an

Omukama {{Unreferenced, date=December 2009 Omukama: often translated as "king of kings", (O)Mukama means in Bantu (Banyoro-, Batoro- and other languages) something like "superior milkman/milkbringer". The title "Omukama" is used in the region of Uganda and ...

from the Beene Kirenzi sub-clan of the Bashambo. It is more associated with Kigezi than Ankole. Efforts to bring it under Bahinda rule of Ankole in the early 1900s remained futile due to the effective resistance of the Rujumbura people under Omukama Makobore of the Bashambo clan. The short-lived Rujumbura kingdom was ruled by the following kings: *Omukama Kirenzi *Omukama Rwebiraro *Omukama Nyinamanyonyi *Omukama Muhoozi *Omukama Makobore *Omukama Karegyesa The British invasion of Rujumbura through their system of indirect rule and the abolition of kingdoms by the Government of Uganda under President

Milton Obote Apollo Milton Obote (28 December 1925 – 10 October 2005) was a Ugandan political leader who led Uganda to independence from British colonial rule in 1962. Following the nation's independence, he served as prime minister of Uganda from 1962 t ...

in 1967 contributed to the collapse of the Kingdom of Rujumbura. Despite efforts to have Rujumbura restored along with other Mpororo states, there have not been any positive results.

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