Rukidi III of Toro

Rukirabasaija Sir George David Matthew Kamurasi Rukidi III was Omukama of the Kingdom of Toro from 1928 until 1965. He was the eleventh (11th) Omukama of Toro.

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Claim to the throne

He was the eldest son of Rukirabasaija Daudi Kasagama Kyebambe III, the tenth Omukama of Toro, who reigned between 1891 and 1928. He was born at the Royal Palace, Kabarole, on March 6, 1904. His mother was Adyeri Damali Tibaitwa. He was educated at Nyakasura School, Kabarole, Mengo High School and King's College, Budo. He served as Inspector in the Uganda Police Force in 1926. He ascended to the throne upon the death of his father on December 31, 1928. He was crowned at St John's Cathedral, Kabarole, on January 29, 1929.

Married life

He is reported to have married five (5) wives, including:

Offspring

The children of Omukama Kamurasi Rukidi III included: [1]

  1. Prince (Omubiito) Stephen Edgar Paul Karamagi. He was born in 1934. Attended Nyakasura School, Kabarole, King's College, Budo, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (LLB), and Columbia University, New York, USA. He worked as a diplomat, for the Uganda Government in the 1960s. In 1963, he married Margaret Semugeshi, daughter of Chief Semugeshi, of Bufundu, in Butare, Rwanda.
  2. Prince (Omubiito) Ruyonga, whose mother was Abwooli Omugo. He was born at the Royal Palace, Kabarole, on March 27, 1935.
  3. Prince (Omubiito) Emanuel Erasmus Ishagara, whose mother was Abwooli Omugo. Born at the Royal Palace at Kabarole on March 27, 1935. Attended St. Peter's School and St. Luke's College, Virika. On December 21, 1966, he married, at St. Paul's Cathedral, Namirembe, Catherine Rosette, daughter of Erieza Sebabi, sometime Ssabalamuzi (Chief Justice) of Buganda, by his wife, Mary Nanfuka. Prince Emmanuel Ishagara fathered three sons and one daughter:(a) Prince (Omubiito) David Kamurasi Ishagara. He was born at Nsambya Hospital, Kampala, on February 11, 1967. He attended Namilyango College and ITT Technical Institute, London (BSc). In October 1997, he married Irene N. Kasozi-Batende, at Camden, London. Together, they a daughter; Princess (Omubiitokati) Joanita Kakyo Komubaizi (b) Prince (Omubiito) Solomon Michael Okwiri Adyeri Ishagara. He was born at Mulago Hospital, Kampala, on June 11, 1973. He was educated at Busoga College, Mwiri, Baruch College and TCI College for Technology, New York, USA (c) Prince (Omubiito) Emmanuel Ishagara Jr. He was born at Mulago Hospital on September 9, 1977. He attended Busoga College, Mwiri, Baruch College, New York and Park University, Kansas City, Missouri, USA (BSc) and (d) Princess (Omubiitokati) Sandra Ishagara. She was born at Nsambya Hospital, Kampala, on December 29, 1969. She attended King's College, Buddo, South Thames College (BA Fin.). She is the mother of a son and a daughter: (i) Josh Kasozi, born on April 27, 2004 and (ii) Chauntel Grace S. Ishagara Kendall, born on May 18, 1996..
  4. Rukirabasaija Patrick David Matthew Koboyo Olimi III, Omukama of Toro, from 1965 until 1995, the twelfth (12th) Omukama of Toro, whose mother was Kezia Bonabana.
  5. Prince (Omubiito) Nyaika. He fathered two sons: (a) Prince (Omubiito) Charles Happy Kijanangoma, who was born in 1956. Prince Kijanangoma was killed by an associate of the Katikiro of Toro, in a public bar in Fort Portal, on March 25, 1999 and (b) Lieutenant Prince (Omubiito) Ronald Rubale, a member of the UPDF.
  6. Prince (Omubiito) James Mugenyi Muzimanuki. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Uganda Army. He was dismissed from the army by Idi Amin in 1972. He became a Regent for his nephew, Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, on August 26, 1994.
  7. Prince (Omubiito) Muhangura.
  8. Princess (Omubiitokati) Gertrude.
  9. Princess (Omubiitokati) Elizabeth Christobel Edith Bagaaya, whose mother was Kezia. She was born at Fort Portal, on February 9, 1936. She attended Kyebambe Girl's School, Toro, Gayaza High School, Wakiso District, Sherborne School, Dorset, Girton College, Cambridge (LLB in 1962), and Lincoln's Inn, London (Barrister-at-Law in 1965). She became the first East African woman to be admitted to the English Bar. She was installed as Batebe to her brother Patrick David Matthew Koboyo Olimi III, on March 2, 1966. She served as Uganda' Ambassador-at-Large between 1971 and 1973, Uganda's Ambassador to Egypt and Ethiopia from 1973 until 1974, and Uganda's Permanent Representative at the United Nations in New York in 1974. She was Uganda's Minister for Foreign Affairs between February 1974 and November 1974. She served as Spokesperson for the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in Europe, between 1980 and 1986. She was Uganda's Ambassador to the United States of America from 1986 until 1988, and to Germany and the Vatican between 2006 and 2008. She serves as Uganda's High Commissioner to Nigeria since 2008. She is the author of African Princess (1983) and Elizabeth of Toro: the Odyssey of an African Princess (1989)
  10. Princess (Omubiitokati) Mabel Komuntale. Member of the Regency Council to King Oyo Rukidi IV from 1995 until 1997.
  11. Princess (Omubiitokati) Joy.
  12. Princess (Omubiitokati) Rachel.
  13. Princess (Omubiitokati) Rosemary Kijumba Balinda.
  14. Princess (Omubiitokati) Damali Komukyeya, whose mother was Kezia.
  15. Princess (Omubiitokati) Kijumba Kabaramagi, whose mother was Kezia.
  16. Princess (Omubiitokati) Kanyomozi, whose mother was Kezia.
  17. Princess (Omubiitokati) Mpanja, whose mother was Kezia…

His reign

Omukama Kamurasi Rukidi III attended the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London in 1953. He was made an Honorary Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion (based in Uganda), of the King's African Rifles, from 1928 until 1930. He founded and was the Sovereign Grand Master of the Order of the Lion, Crown and Shield of Toro. He was knighted on June 2, 1962 and received several medals and commendations from the British government, Ugandan government and from the Government of Buganda.

The final years

He died at the Royal Palace, Kabarole, on December 21, 1965. He was buried at Karambi Gasani, Toro. [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ The Offspring of Sir George David Matthew Kamurasi Rukidi III
  2. ^ Omukama Kamurasi Rukidi III Died on December 21, 1965

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Preceded by
Kasagama Kyebambe III		 Omukama of Toro
1928 - 1965		 Succeeded by
Kaboyo Olimi III