Oyo’s Will Names Son As First Heir, Sets Out Fallback Succession Plan For Tooro Throne

What the report says

Nile Post reports that the late Tooro monarch, Omukama Rukirabasaija Oyo Nyimba Kabamba-Iguru Rukiidi IV, left a signed will in 2022 that sets out how succession to the Tooro throne should work. The document, presented in Fort Portal by his longtime lawyer Michael Akampurira, names Oyo’s son as the first heir, although the son’s identity was not made public in the material provided.

According to the will, if the son dies before taking the throne, becomes permanently incapacitated or is otherwise unable to assume the responsibilities of the crown, the succession would move to Prince Yoweri Komwiswa. The fallback line continues with Prince Solomon Nyaika and then Omusuga Charles Kamurasi, who is described as the late king’s paternal uncle and head of the royal Babiito clan. The article says the plan is intended to be carried out peacefully and in line with Tooro customs where they do not conflict with the written instructions.

The publication says the document matters because it clarifies a succession dispute that had been complicated by competing announcements in recent days. It also appears to override earlier claims that other princes had been chosen, including a separate announcement linked to Andrew Mwenda and the Patriotic League of Uganda. Those claims were rejected by the kingdom’s caretaker leadership, according to the report.

The will was shown to members of the royal family and government officials in attendance, including Princess Ruth Komuntale, Queen Mother Best Kemigisa and Gen Henry Tumukunde, who represented President Yoweri Museveni. King Oyo died on August 27, 2026, aged 34, leaving the kingdom to manage the transition under a succession plan he had set down years earlier.