Rwenzori Bishop Kisembo tasks King Oyo

On Monday, Tooro Kingdom celebrated the 27th Coronation Anniversary of their King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV with a splash thanksgiving ceremony.

The colourful event called Empango is celebrated annually on 12th September 2022, as the day of Omukama Oyo’s official coronation.

It was attended by the 30-year-old King’s subjects, family, recently appointed Prime Minister, Council members, among others, at Karuzika Palace in Fort Portal.

Rwenzori Bishop Kisembo tasks King Oyo

King Oyo, took the throne in August 1995 at the age of three following the death of his father Patrick David Mathew Kaboyo Olimi III.

During his speech, Bishop Reuben Kisembo of Rwenzori Diocese asked the Omukama of Tooro to get a suitable helper to assist him in his duties.

The Bishop was preaching on Monday during a Thanksgiving Service to celebrate King Oyo’s 27th coronation anniversary, the Empango, at Karuzika Palace in Fort Portal.    

Bishop Kisembo also appealed for calm and harmony among all the subjects and people of Tooro. He asked the Kingdom subjects to respect the monarch and the institutions of the kingdom.

Rwenzori Bishop Kisembo tasks King Oyo

Bishop Kisembo was responding to a section of clan leaders who boycotted the Empango celebrations and threatened to drag the King to court because of the manner in which he appointed Steven Kiyingi as the Prime Minister.

“When the King makes a decision, we as the subjects are not supposed to discuss it let alone reject it. So, I’m requesting my brothers to be calm, support the new prime minister, and respect the King for the betterment of the Kingdom,” Bishop Kisembo said. 

On 4th September 2022, a section of Tooro clan leaders petitioned the King opposing the manner in which he appointed Kiyingi as Prime Minister, or Omuhikirwa, of Tooro. In their petition, the clan heads claim that the council sitting on 26th August 2022, in which Kiyingi was presented, was irregularly constituted. 

They contend that the council lacked a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker since Eng. Julius Mwirumubi, who chaired the council, was never sworn in as the Speaker. 

Rwenzori Bishop Kisembo tasks King Oyo