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Mourners brave the hot sunshine to bid farewell to King Oyo

From The Independent Uganda · () English

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  • Hundreds of mourners and Tooro Kingdom loyalists gathered along the Fort Portal-Kampala Highway to pay their respects.
  • The body of Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV was being transported to Fort Portal ahead of his burial.
  • The monarch died in Dallas the previous Thursday.

Hundreds of mourners and Tooro Kingdom loyalists braved the hot sunshine on Thursday to line the Fort Portal-Kampala Highway and pay their last respects to the late King Oyo.

The body of Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV was being transported to Fort Portal ahead of his burial. The revered monarch died in Dallas the previous Thursday.

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