Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma yimitswe nk’Umwami mushya w’Abatooro muri Uganda, aba Umwami wa 13 w’ubu bwami, asimbura nyakwigendera Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV witabye Imana muri Kanama 2026.
Kuri uyu wa Kabiri tariki ya 29 Nzeri 2026, i Fort Portal mu Burengerazuba bwa Uganda, habereye imihango yo kwimika Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma nk’Umwami mushya w’Abatooro, aho yahise ahabwa izina ry’ubwami rya Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I.
Nyabongo I asimbuye Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, wari Umwami wa 12 w’Abatooro, akaba yaritabye Imana ku wa 27 Kanama 2026 afite imyaka 34. Oyo yari yarimitswe akiri umwana w’imyaka itatu mu 1995, nyuma y’urupfu rwa se, Patrick Matthew Kaboyo Olimi III.
Mbere y’uko ashyirwa ku mugaragaro, Kijanangoma yanyuze mu mihango gakondo ijyanye n’iyimikwa ry’Umwami w’Abatooro, yabereye kuri Karuziika Palace, ingoro y’Abami b’Abatooro iri i Fort Portal. Iyo mihango yarimo n’ibikorwa by’ikigereranyo bigaragaza gutangira ubutegetsi bushya bw’umwami.
Kijanangoma, mbere yo kwimikwa, yari azwi nk’umunyamakuru wakoraga kuri Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC). Kuba yarahoze mu itangazamakuru bituma iyimikwa rye riba igikorwa cyihariye mu mateka ya vuba y’Ubwami bw’Abatooro.
Iyimikwa rye rije nyuma y’impaka zari zimaze iminsi ku muntu wagombaga gusimbura Oyo Nyimba. Hari abagize umuryango wa nyakwigendera Umwami Oyo bavuze ko yasize umwana w’umuhungu wari ushobora kuba afite uburenganzira bwo kuzungura ingoma, mu gihe Babiito Royal Clan, umuryango gakondo ugira uruhare mu kugena Umwami w’Abatooro, wemeje Kijanangoma nk’umusimbura.
Nyabongo I ubu ayoboye Ubwami bw’Abatooro mu gihe ubwami gakondo muri Uganda budafite ububasha bwa politiki nk’ubwa Leta, ariko bugifite uruhare mu kubungabunga umuco, amateka n’indangagaciro by’Abatooro.
Iyimikwa rya Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I risobanuye gutangira igice gishya mu mateka y’Ubwami bw’Abatooro, nyuma y’imyaka isaga 30 Oyo Nyimba yari amaze ku ngoma kuva yimikwa akiri umwana.
