World’s youngest ruling monarch becomes of age
KABAROLE. April 17. KAZINFORM At three and half years, Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV ascended to the throne succeeding his father to become the 12th ruler of the over 180 year old Kingdom of Toro, in western Uganda; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
His ascending to the throne in 1995 made him the youngest ruling monarch and went down in the Guinness Book of records taking the place of King Mswati of Swaziland who was crowned at 18 years of age.
After turning 18 on Friday, Ugandan law stipulates that King Oyo qualifies to be an adult and is capable of making independent decisions without necessarily depending on his regents.
James Murungi, his minister for protocol told Xinhua in an interview that from now onwards the teenage king would decide on cases brought before him by his subjects who total to about two million people; Kazinform cites Xinhua.
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