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Adyeeri 🙂 retweeted
I hosted an event that raised a modest $3.5 BILLION in 90 minutes at the UN General Assembly in New York! 🤯
It will fund education in 90 lower-income countries so that no child is left behind. My mom was a teacher in rural Kenya so this historic “harambee” is personal to me
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@X will move on to another controversy, another argument and another target, but when the phones are put down and the cameras have moved away, the Batooro will still have to live with one another.
That, ultimately, is what matters. When this dispute is over, the Batooro will still speak the same beautiful language, belong to the same clans, marry one another, celebrate together, mourn together and bury one another, and their children will inherit whatever this generation leaves behind.
Let those children inherit a Kingdom, not a quarrel. The throne is important, but Tooro is greater than its throne, and no King wins if his Kingdom loses, no Queen Mother wins if her family is broken, and no faction truly wins if its victory leaves bitterness that lasts for generations.
Government, too, carries a responsibility at this moment. I appeal to President @KagutaMuseveni and Government to continue facilitating dialogue with sensitivity, impartiality and respect for Tooro’s traditions, because involvement should mean helping the Batooro find peace, not choosing for them the answer they must reach. Current efforts at mediation should therefore continue until every reasonable avenue for an agreed settlement has been exhausted.
I appeal to the elders to rise above factions and to the Royal Family to remember blood before bitterness. I appeal to Prince Edward to make reconciliation the foundation of whatever comes next, to the Queen Mother to make room for dialogue, and to Andrew and all of us commenting publicly to lower the temperature sufficiently for those directly concerned to hear one another.
King Oyo was a gentle King, and there would be something terribly sad about honouring a gentle King with a bitter succession. Let his final gift to Tooro be the peace that his people choose because they loved him, and let historians one day record that when grief and disagreement threatened to divide them in 2026, the Batooro remembered who they were and chose wisdom over anger.
History is watching, Uganda is watching and, most importantly, our children are watching what we do with this moment. Beyond all of us stand our ancestors, from whom these institutions came and to whom, one day, every King, every elder and every citizen must return, so let wisdom prevail, let dignity prevail and, above all, let family prevail.
Hon. Dr. Elly Karuhanga Ateenyi
@KagutaMuseveni @FrankTumwebazek @Thomas_Tayebwa @AndrewMwenda @BalaamBarugahar @Tumukunde_ @elisonk
Adyeeri 🙂 retweeted
@SheilahGashumba ,Rwabugiri is truly lucky to have you as his big sis. The love, effort and thought you put into making his birthday so special touched my heart. You created beautiful memories for him and for all of us. We love you sooo much and appreciate you more than words can say. May the Almighty God richly reward your beautiful heart🙏
@FrankGashumba
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Kati gwe otandisse okugwa eddalu.
These are the signs.
LEAVE THE WOMAN ALONE.
Again this post is addressed to those well meaning people who have been duped to sympathize with Best Kemigisa as she tries to desecrate our cultural heritage. Many of you have said this is not the right moment to attack the former queen mother because she is grieving the loss of her son, late King Oyo. Here is my reply on timing.
Best Kemigisa has not been grieving her son, she has been scheming to usurp power in our kingdom. Which mother in the midst of grief would have the audacity to invent a non existent child to succeed the throne? Which grieving mother would be calling and lying to the president of the country??
It is now more than two weeks since Oyo died. If he left a son, can she produce the son or at least a photo of him? Even in her own funeral speech at the church service, she made no reference to the existence of that son. Does anyone know of a person who died and the family did not show, or even mention, the existence of their only child? Please!!!
On September 9, 2025, Best Kemigisa hosted a baptism party for her grandson, the child of her daughter Ruth Komuntale. She gave a public speech where she said she has one grand child and asked Oyo to find a queen and give him another grand child. One year later, Oyo had produced a 3 year old boy. I attach a story in Daily Monitor of September 11, 2025 referring to this event on this tweet.
Where does a grieving mother find the wherewithal to engage in such fraud? And we are asked to give her time to “grieve” when she is using “grief” to hoist her grand nephew onto our throne. We are asked to exercise restraint, to be understanding, to be tolerant, to be quiet, to be respectful as she takes over our kingdom!! NOOOO!
When all these schemes were foiled, she refused to release the body from the palace to church. The army intervened to release it. Then she tried to pull another stunt at the royal burial grounds and literally delayed the burial by more than two hours beyond what custom demands. Again it took the army to wrestle the body from her, and this after the president had personally called and pleaded with her to be reasonable. Again we are asked to ignore this, to allow her to “grieve”!
So please, don’t falsely accuse Best Kemigisa of grieving. If she did, it was not necessarily grief of losing a son. That was secondary. Her primary grief was loss of power. That is what matters most to her. And it is the reason she has spent most of the time since King Oyo’s death manipulating public opinion by feigning grief to win sympathy and then use this to desecrate our most valued customs and traditions.
Batooro have been very accommodating, tolerant, respectful and forgiving of her many transgressions over the years. This is what gave her license to walk over the Royal clan; to exercise impunity, and to disregard our culture. Not anymore!
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A MESSAGE OF GRATITUDE, REFLECTION AND HEALING
People of Tooro, friends of Tooro, and all those who stood with us,
As we come to the end of one of the most painful chapters in the recent history of our Kingdom, I wish, on behalf of the Tooro Kingdom administration and on my own behalf, to express our profound gratitude to everyone who stood with us and supported the final journey and dignified send-off of our beloved King, His Majesty Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV.
Our responsibility during these difficult days was clear: whatever else was happening around us, we had to see this journey through with the dignity, respect and honour befitting our King. We had to put aside our differences, manage our grief and work together to ensure that His Majesty was laid to rest in a manner worthy of the Crown he carried and the people he served.
In a special way, I wish to recognise and thank Prince Jonathan Bala, His Majesty’s Principal Private Secretary, for his loyalty, dedication and service to our King. Throughout this extraordinarily difficult period, his commitment to His Majesty remained steadfast. He carried an enormous personal and official responsibility, often under very difficult circumstances, and continued to serve with dedication until the very end. He deserves our sincere acknowledgement and gratitude.
I thank His Excellency the President, General Muhoozi, the Royal Family, the Government of Uganda, religious and cultural leaders, the organising committees, the media, our Kingdom leadership, clans and Masaza, volunteers, businesses and partners, the people of Tooro, Ugandans across the country, the diaspora and friends from beyond our borders. Whether you contributed your time, resources, professional expertise, food, transport, prayers, presence or simply stood with us in solidarity, you became part of His Majesty’s final journey. We are deeply grateful.
We recognise that everything may not have been done perfectly. This was an unprecedented moment for our generation. We were mourning our King while simultaneously carrying the enormous responsibility of organising his final journey. Emotions were understandably high, decisions sometimes had to be made under extraordinary pressure, and grief affected us all in different ways.
Where we fell short of expectations, where communication could have been better, or where anyone felt disappointed by our actions or omissions, I offer my sincere apologies. These shortcomings should never be mistaken for a lack of respect or commitment. We were a people grieving an immense loss while doing everything within our ability to honour our King.
Now that we have laid His Majesty to rest, another journey begins.
This must be a period of learning, refocusing, rebuilding and healing.
We must learn from what these difficult weeks revealed about our institutions and ourselves. We must strengthen what worked, honestly address what did not, rebuild trust where it has been strained and allow ourselves, individually and collectively, the space to heal.
There will be difficult conversations ahead. There will be institutional questions that require wisdom and clarity. There may be different opinions about the way forward. But our differences must never become greater than the Kingdom we all belong to.
This is not the time for winners and losers. It is the time for responsible leadership, humility and reconciliation.
His Majesty’s passing should remind us that positions are temporary, but Tooro remains. Personal ambitions pass, disagreements pass and generations pass, but the responsibility of preserving this Kingdom for those who come after us endures.
Our guiding principle in the days ahead must therefore remain simple:
Tooro comes first.
Above personalities. Above positions. Above disagreements. Above individual interests.
May we find the wisdom to learn, the humility to reconcile, the courage to rebuild and the strength to move forward together.
@ObukamaBwaTooro
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PRINCE JONATHAN BAGUMA BBALA
Jonathan, today I want to speak to you as my friend.
Throughout these painful days, I have thought about you and prayed for you so many times. I know how much the King meant to you, and because I know you personally, I know there are parts of this loss that no photograph, headline or public tribute could ever explain.
I have seen your loyalty. I have seen how you stood with him. And I know that behind the titles and responsibilities was a relationship that meant so much more.
So today, I simply want to say thank you, my friend.
Thank you for everything you did for our King. Thank you for the years you stood beside him, served him, protected him and remained present. Thank you for being one of those people he could count on.
And now that our King has been laid to rest, my prayer turns especially to you.
Father God, please carry Jonathan. Give him strength for the days when everyone else has returned to normal but his heart is still grieving. Protect him, give him wisdom, guard his peace and surround him with genuine love.
Lord, You saw every sacrifice that nobody else saw. You know every memory, every conversation and every moment these two shared. May those memories eventually bring more comfort than pain.
Jonathan, you have spent so much time being strong and being there for others. Please know that you don’t have to carry this season alone.
I will continue praying for you.
May God preserve you, strengthen you and guide every step that comes next.
Thank you for standing with our King until the end. We will never forget it. 🫂😭♥️
Omukama Atulize.
Adyeeri 🙂 retweeted
The two Princes in history who remained loyal to their King and did not betray him.
May the Heavens receive you in honor our King Oyo.
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I want to take a moment to appreciate this gentleman, who was barely mentioned in almost all the speeches, except in the final send-off speech by the Queen Mother, Best Kemigisha. Jonathan Baguma, the Personal Assistant to King Oyo.
I honestly cannot remember many moments when I saw King Oyo without Jonathan somewhere close by.
Jonathan, thank you for serving His Highness with such dedication. Some people may not have mentioned your name from the podium, but those who watched closely saw you.
May God bless you and reward you for your service to the King. 🙏🏾
Adyeeri 🙂 retweeted
This part of her speech broke me🥹🥹🥹💔ooh God this lady is in too much pain😭😭omwana womukazi banange
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I don’t know Queen Mother Best Kemigisa personally. I’m not from Toro either. But I think I now understand why watching her grief has affected me this deeply.
In 2020, she graced the official launch of @HolicPads as my guest of honor. And honestly, I couldn’t believe that she would actually come. Me, a girl who jokingly calls herself a queen , inviting a real Queen Mother and she showed up.
That meant so much to me. It showed me something about the kind of human being she is beyond the title. I have carried that respect for her ever since.
Maybe that’s why this hurts me. Maybe it’s because I’m a mother too. Maybe it’s both.
I’ve cried seeing her break down because, before the Queen Mother, before the kingdom, before the titles and positions, I see a mother who has lost her child. A woman who has lost her husband. A mother who has lost her princess. And now she has to grieve while the whole world watches.
And somehow, even in that pain, people are still debating her worth, her position, what she deserves and what she doesn’t deserve.
I don’t know the politics of Toro. I don’t know what her position should be. And honestly, I don’t want to speak on things I don’t understand.
I just know what I see: a woman hurting.
And I wish we could sometimes see the human being before the title.
Today, I see the mother before the Queen.
May God hold Queen Mother Kemigisa gently through this season. May He give her strength, peace and protection🙏🏾
Some pain doesn’t need opinions.
Some pain simply needs compassion.
Rest in peace, King Oyo. May your legacy live forever🙏🏾
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Before I respond to the substance, my brother, please also try putting your rebuttal through AI checkers and ask whether it was AI-generated. The irony is that your response reads so much like AI that even the AI might recognise its own handwriting. 😂
But jokes aside, let me respond to the substance.
At the heart of this debate is a very simple question: what is the established custom and procedure for succession to the Tooro throne? Not what we think the custom should be, not what is convenient at this particular moment, but what is actually established and has historically been followed. Nobody disputes that the Babiito are the royal clan and custodians of the Tooro throne. But being a Mubiito does not automatically mean that any gathering of 100 or 21 Babiito becomes the final authority on succession. The question is: where is the custom, rule or established procedure that says that once 100 people, 21 people, or any particular number of Babiito have spoken, their decision is final and binding on the entire Kingdom?
If such a rule exists, let us see it. Let us know how that body is constituted, what powers it has and when those powers can be exercised. This is not disrespect for the Babiito. Quite the opposite. If we are genuinely defending Tooro custom, then we must be honest enough to subject every decision to the customs we claim to uphold. Calling a group a “supreme customary authority” does not, by itself, make it one.
About the alleged "prince" every one here knows you dont want to ever hear the existence of this young boy. Your interviews prove this. This is too important to dismiss simply by saying that he was never publicly introduced. If somebody claims to be the biological son of the late Omukama, the fundamental question is not whether he has a photograph with the King or whether he was previously presented to the Kingdom. The fundamental question is: is he the son or is he not? If the claim is false, establish that. If there is genuine doubt, investigate it. If necessary, DNA can settle the question. ( that is when you would hold respect as you want to be called "old man of the clan"). We should be very careful about creating a precedent where a legitimate claimant can be dismissed merely because his claim comes at an inconvenient time. Succession should establish the truth first, then make the decision, not make the decision first and find reasons why the truth no longer matters.
The same applies to the Queen Mother's representation. The problem is that your have publicly down played her importance to the extent of saying she is less privileged compared to you. But again,the fact that she sent her brother to a meeting does not automatically mean that she gave him unlimited authority to consent to every decision that meeting might make. A representative can attend, listen, consult and report back. Representation is not necessarily the same as consent.
If the committee required the Queen Mother's formal approval, then that approval should be clear and unequivocal. We should not infer consent after the fact simply because a representative attended.
You people will drink from old wine bottles like the Basoga did simply because they claim "urgency" for the entrapment rather solve pertinent issues. I agree that a kingdom should not remain without a King indefinitely. But urgency cannot become a substitute for procedure. If there is a customary or constitutional requirement that succession must be completed within a particular period, show us the rule. If there is no such rule, then saying that the throne had to be filled immediately because a vacancy creates an “institutional vacuum” may explain why someone wanted urgency, but it does not by itself establish that the procedure followed was customary. We must be careful not to create new rules simply because they help us reach a particular outcome.
Those who said I should reply the issues raised by @TumukundeTT , here is my answer. I declare in advance it is AI generated. Then there is not debate between me and him, only machines. Is that what we really want?
1. The Customary Authority of the Babiito Clan
The author asks where the 100+ Babiito derived their authority, claiming they are a "self-appointed group." This completely misinterprets the foundational structure of the Tooro Kingdom. The Babiito are the royal clan; they are the literal custodians of the throne and the bloodline. When more than 100 prominent members of the royal family convene at the Karuziika (the royal palace), it is not a random committee meeting—it is the gathering of the clan’s supreme customary authority. Under Tooro tradition, the kingdom belongs to the clan, and a collective consensus of the Babiito at the palace holds ultimate customary legitimacy to resolve structural crises.
2. The Practical Threshold for Royal Claims
The author trivializes the exclusion of the alleged son by focusing narrowly on the "absence of a photograph." This is a deflection. The core issue wasn't just a missing photo; it was a total absence of prima facie evidence, institutional recognition, or prior introduction during the late Omukama's lifetime. The Babiito clan cannot halt an entire kingdom’s succession process based on eleventh-hour, unverified assertions. While a DNA test or thorough investigation is ideal in a stable environment, a kingdom facing an active succession transition cannot remain leaderless and vulnerable while chasing uncorroborated claims that the late King himself never formally presented to the kingdom.
3. The Validity of Institutional Representation
The article argues that the Queen Mother's ("Best") consent cannot be implied simply because her brother, Patrick Kawamara, represented her. However, in Tooro custom and formal diplomacy, sending a high-level family representative constitutes institutional participation. If the Queen Mother disputed the committee's mandate from the outset, the logical step would have been a formal boycott or an immediate public disavowal, rather than sending a direct proxy to participate in the deliberations. One cannot actively participate via a chosen representative and then retroactively claim the entire process was illegitimate because the final outcome did not align with their preferences.
4. The Necessity of Time Mandates
The author questions what rule makes the process "time-barred." The answer is rooted in political stability and customary continuity. A vacant throne creates a dangerous institutional vacuum. Leaving the kingdom without an Omukama invites fraction, legal limbo, and anxiety among the subjects. The urgency was not arbitrary; it was a structural necessity to ensure the seamless continuity of the monarchy. Postponing succession indefinitely to accommodate personal consultations or unverified claims risks the collapse of the institution itself.
5. Preserving the Monarchy over Individual Influence
The text implies that this process is a political ploy to diminish the Queen Mother’s influence. This reframes a constitutional and customary duty into a personal power struggle. The Royal Succession Committee’s mandate is to protect the throne and ensure it is occupied by a legitimate, widely recognized successor according to established customs. The preservation of the Tooro Monarchy as a stable, cross-generational institution must always take precedence over the personal anxieties or political influence of any single individual, regardless of their esteemed cultural position.
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He Googled instead of using Encyclopaedia Brittanica.
Ran a grammar, spellcheck and looked for synonyms on Word…
Instead of using Roget’s Thesaurus or Oxford English Dictionary.
He used a laptop instead of a typewriter..
TP instead of leaves.
The same reason you don’t drive manual cars anymore.
For someone who’s as tech savvy as you are, my beloved Andrew, I find your characterisation of this gentleman odd.
Especially because you are a lifelong advocate of efficiency.
Yesterday two people @TumukundeTT and @brunolukyamuzi4 posted very good responses to my post and I promised to reply to them. But first I checked whether the responses were written by them them as humans or they used AI to generate the responses. These 👇🏾👇🏾are the findings. I prefer to respond to humans, not AI. So I won’t! Please don’t try to fake being intelligent online by using AI. Be yourself.
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Hi Comrade @AndrewMwenda as your friend and also as a friend of our late King oyo I appeal to you to consciously make a decision and keep quiet/ceasefire for now. We owe this to our humble and gentle King. All other issues are secondary plz. Debates can ensue thereafter. Plz 🙏
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Ebisanja Kanaana for you @mkainerugaba
Kwonka tuyambe oturetere Omwana wa Oyo!
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Babiito are very bad people. They're behaving exactly like Ankole's Bahima before Ankole collapsed. Being a ruling clan does not make you superior to other clans. The kingdom must be united for it to develop.
Omusuuga, we're disappointed in you.
#RIPKingOyo