TV presenter v secret son: the succession dispute engulfing a Ugandan kingdom
In Uganda’s Bunyoro kingdom, the late King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV’s family has announced a previously unknown son, challenging the royal succession. The family rejects the royal committee’s decision to install the king’s cousin as the next monarch, arguing that the secret son is the rightful heir. The dispute has drawn attention to the kingdom’s traditional succession rules.