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Tooro Needs Clarity, Not Uncertainty: A Call to Amend and Operationalise the Kingdom Constitution
Recent events in Tooro have shown what happens when the rules of the kingdom are unclear or left unused. A kingdom is held together by trust, and trust needs certainty. It is time to amend and fully operationalise the Tooro Kingdom Constitution.
What must be done
Amend and operationalise the Constitution. Review it with the Babiito, clan heads, elders, cultural scholars and the people of Tooro. Then put its provisions to work, with institutions that actually sit, decide and answer to the people.
Settle succession in writing. Define who is eligible, how the heir is identified, who verifies him, the timelines, and who acts as regent in the interim. When the rules are clear in advance, speculation and factions have no room.
Establish a Council of Elders. Draw it from the recognised clans of Tooro, chosen for integrity, cultural knowledge and neutrality. It should act as a final arbiter if the Babiito fail to agree on succession or other royal disputes.
Guarantee fairness. Set clear conflict-of-interest rules, a quorum, written reasons for decisions, and a defined appeal process.
Protect the Crown from politics. The kingdom must remain a cultural institution that unites all Batooro, regardless of religion, party or region.
Strengthen transparency. Publish the Constitution in Rutooro and English, and hold public education on it across the kingdom.
Tooro's strength has always been its unity and heritage. Let us put the kingdom's best interest above personal ambition, and leave a system that protects the throne for generations to come.
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Warm Congratulations PM @toorokingdompm and all the very best in serving motherland. Omukama ahangirize.
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Good people good morning, those interested just 5 slots are left. Please book we spare sometime for ourselves during the festival season. A break away from the busy schedules.
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The Princes and princess MUST be the ambassadors of traditions, culture and norms. They shouldn't be mere beneficiaries of the institutions. We can agree or disagree but the fact remains they must act what their parents preach.
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At Tooro Coronation, @KagutaMuseveni emphasized the role of Kingdom's in preserving culture ie languages and handed Runyankole Dictionary to the King. His speeches have always had Runyankole wordings, its intentional. All tribes starting with Royals must speak their languages.
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For other Baganda children not princes and princesses. We've eroded culture and norms.
Ekisakaate remains one of the key empowerment pillars of the Buganda Kingdom.
Take your girls elsewhere and respectfully let Baganda keep taking their children to Nnaabagereka’s Kisakaate.
We won’t be silenced by bullies. Sort your dirty linen without coming after others.
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Baganda are funny people. They supported Komuntale even if she couldn't say her pet name in Rutooro but they're now throwing stones onto Omumbejja for speaking English. Why don't you wish yourself what you wish us? 😉
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Owek @c_mwanguhya gave justice to Mzee @KagutaMuseveni speech. He is a brain that Tooro has and we celebrate you. During the reshuffle mzee can deploy him for us.
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Acceptance from who? People of Tooro who have already embraced him and are celebrating all over of the Njara's of this world who are always seeking likes?
The task ahead for King Rukidi 1 is enormous. Managing dissent must top his agenda. It’s tough being a circumstantial King, not a preferred or automatic King. Acceptance ‘ll take time. Taming egos of entitled royals and the disillusioned subjects is such a job. We pray for him.
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“I am a parent. I gave birth to Muhoozi and my other children, but now that they are grown, I have left them to make their own decisions. If you are a parent and you don’t allow your adult children to be independent and keep being overprotective, then you are a bad parent,” M7.
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How far along is the court ruling you were alleging? Can't an investigative journalist tell the difference between a filed petition and mere draft proceedings that were never filed?
The mock fight is part of the traditional coronation ritual at Tooro's Karuziika Palace. Before the new king can enter the palace through the main gate, a staged battle is performed at the entrance. It symbolizes the king asserting his right to the throne.
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This application is overtaken by events. The coronation stands as planned
Could Tooro's coronation be stopped?
Walezi Wa Katiba, Derick Alitugabira and Juliet Kangume have rushed to the Fort Portal High Court seeking an emergency order to block tomorrow's installation of Prince Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I, saying the late King Oyo left a Will naming his son, or failing that, his cousin, as successor.
They are suing the Omukama of Tooro, Queen Mother Best Kemigisa and the Attorney General, and want the Queen Mother compelled to produce the alleged heir.
The court is yet to hear the application.
The President is expected to be the Chief Guest at the coronation tomorrow.
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Trust me coronation is almost done, no effirrs from the enemies shall prosper.
JUST IN: The planned coronation of Prince Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I as the new King of Tooro hangs in the balance after a last-minute petition was filed in the Fort Portal High Court seeking to halt tomorrow’s installation ceremony.
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This is a mother to the King [Nyina Omukama] not Queen Mother, Queen Mother is a tittle which belongs to the wife of the seating King who gives birth to the next King. First called Queen then QM after producing a King. In Rutooro we call QM Omugo w'Ekitebe. See you all.
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