Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma yatangajwe ku mugaragaro nka Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I, Umwami mushya w’Ubwami bwa Tooro, mu muhango w’umuco wabereye i Fort Portal, muri Uganda, kuri uyu wa Kabiri.
Uyu muhango wabaye nyuma y’urupfu rw’Umwami Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, witabye Imana ku wa 27 Kanama 2026 afite imyaka 34, nyuma yo kuvurwa kanseri. Yari amaze imyaka myinshi ari ku ngoma kuva mu 1995, ubwo yimikwaga afite imyaka itatu.
Mbere y’umuhango wo kumwimika, Nyabongo I yavuye ku ngoro ya Rwengoma yerekeza ku ngoro ya Karuziika mu ijoro ryo ku wa 28 Nzeri. Yari aherekejwe n’abantu benshi bitwaje imuri, baririmba indirimbo gakondo.
Ku muryango w’ingoro ya Karuziika habaye umukino w’intambara gakondo, wari ugamije kugereranya ihererekanyabubasha hagati y’umwami wari umaze kwitaba Imana n’umwami mushya. Imihango gakondo yakomeje mu ijoro, mbere y’uko gahunda y’iyimikwa ikomereza ku munsi ukurikiyeho.
Kuzamurwa kwa Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I ku ngoma kwakurikiwe n’impaka ku uzasimbura Umwami Oyo. Umuryango w’Umwami wapfuye wavuze ko yari asize umwana w’umuhungu kandi ko hari inyandiko y’ubushake yasize igaragaza ko uwo mwana yagombaga kumusimbura.
Ku rundi ruhande, Babiito Royal Clan, umuryango gakondo ufite uruhare mu gutoranya Umwami wa Tooro, wavuze ko uwo mwana utari waramenyekanye mbere atari uzwi n’akanama k’abagomba gutoranya umwami. Ni yo mpamvu bahisemo Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma, wari mwene wabo wa nyakwigendera Oyo.
Guverinoma ya Uganda na yo yatangaje ko inzira yakoreshejwe mu gutoranya Nyabongo I yubahirije imigenzo n’amategeko agenga abayobozi gakondo, ndetse itangira inzira yo kumwemeza muri Uganda Gazette.
Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I, w’imyaka 56, yari asanzwe azwi nk’umunyamakuru wa televiziyo ndetse akaba yarigeze gukorera Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) nk’umunyamakuru n’umwanditsi w’amakuru.
Abahoze bakorana na we bamugaragaje nk’umuntu wicisha bugufi kandi woroheje mu mibereho ya buri munsi. Kujya ku ngoma kwe byahuriranye n’igihe abaturage ba Tooro bari bashishikajwe no gusigasira no guteza imbere umuco wabo.
Gahunda y’iyimikwa yari iteganyijwe ko yakirwa n’abantu ibihumbi, barimo abayobozi ba Uganda, abayobozi b’amadini, abahagarariye ibihugu ndetse n’abaturage ba Tooro.
Nyabongo I kandi yagombaga guhabwa umugisha muri St John's Cathedral, mbere yo gusubira i Karuziika aho umuhango wo kumwambika ikamba no kumwemeza nk’Umwami wa Tooro wakomereje. Perezida wa Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, yari ateganyijwe nk’umushyitsi mukuru.
Iyimikwa rya Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I rishyize iherezo ku cyiciro cy’ubuyobozi bw’Umwami Oyo Nyimba Rukidi IV, ariko rikaba rinatangiranye n’igihe gishya ku Bwami bwa Tooro, mu gihe impaka zerekeye umurage w’ingoma zikomeje kwitabwaho.
