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Journalist to be crowned king in Uganda after bitter succession dispute
The late King Oyo's mother has expressed her pain over the succession row Kemigisa referred to Kijanangoma's selection as the "announcement of a second king" being "made after the will of King Oyo was read to members of the royal family".
A king must come from the Babiito clan, specifically the lineage of King George David Matthew Kamurasi Rukidi III, according to royal palace sources.
The king gave him the name, which means the "one who comes with the royal drum".
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