Sunday, April 18, 2010

King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV

King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, points after his crowning ceremony in Fort Portal on April 17, 2010. The young king had officially succeeded to the throne at the age of three when his father died of a heart attack in 1995, but coronation takes place only upon reaching adulthood. Despite Oyo�s apparent ambivalence regarding his official duties and the anachronism of a Jay-Z loving, Arsenal-supporting 18-year-old-king banging drums and blessing spears, no one interviewed on Saturday dismissed the importance of his job, or the role of his kingdom in modern Uganda.
King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, points after his crowning ceremony in Fort Portal on April 17, 2010. The young king had officially succeeded to the throne at the age of three when his father died of a heart attack in 1995, but coronation takes place only upon reaching adulthood. Despite Oyo�s apparent ambivalence regarding his official duties and the anachronism of a Jay-Z loving, Arsenal-supporting 18-year-old-king banging drums and blessing spears, no one interviewed on Saturday dismissed the importance of his job, or the role of his kingdom in modern Uganda.


Raja termuda di dunia mulakan tugas
19/04/2010 2:40am
RORT PORTAL,
Uganda 19 April - Kerajaan Toro Uganda secara rasminya telah menyerahkan kuasa kepada raja termuda di dunia sebagai ketua negara mereka.
Raja Oyo Nyimba secara resmi telah memulakan tugasnya hari ini.
Ratusan ribu rakyat di barat bandar Fort Portal, Uganda berhimpun untuk meraikan serta menyaksikan pertabalan Nyimba, 18, sebagai Raja Kerajaan Toro.
Sebagai ketua kerajaan, Raja Nyimba akan mengepalai semua perkara di empat daerah di Uganda Barat.
Nyimba secara rasmi telah ditabal sebagai raja pada tahun 1995 ketika berusia tiga tahun apabila ayahandanya meninggal dunia akibat serangan jantung, tetapi hanya layak berkuasa setelah mencapai usia 18 tahun.
Pada tahun 1993, Presiden Yoweri Museveni telah mengembalikan Uganda kepada kerajaan tradisional setelah ia diharamkan pada tahun 1967.
Museveni bagaimanapun telah keluar dari politik apabila raja menghalang tugas-tugasnya. - AP

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