Who was Patrick Olimi Kaboyo?
Apr 16, 2010
PATRICK David Matthew Rwamuhokya Olimi III Kaboyo II was born on September 9, 1945 to the then king of Toro, Sir George David Matthew Kamurasi Rukidi III. His mother was Lady Byanjeru Kezia Bonabaana.
PATRICK David Matthew Rwamuhokya Olimi III Kaboyo II was born on September 9, 1945 to the then king of Toro, Â Sir George David Matthew Kamurasi Rukidi III. His mother was Lady Byanjeru Kezia Bonabaana.
He was the fourth son and had five brothers and four sisters, of whom Princess Elizabeth Bagaya was the eldest.
He went to school at Budo, Nyakasura School in Fort Portal, Sherborne School, Dorset, and Makerere University, Kampala.
Kaboyo ascended to the throne upon the death of his father, on December 21, 1965, becoming the 12th Omukama of Toro.
He reigned briefly before monarchies were abolished on September 22, 1967.
After a period of exile in Kenya, he came back and served as a minister-counsellor at Uganda’s Embassy in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, between 1987 and 1990.
In 1987, he married Best Kemigisa, daughter of Prince Mujungu, of the Batuku clan, of Rwebisengo, Bundibugyo district.
He was Uganda’s Ambassador to Cuba, from 1990 to 1993.
In 1993, he returned to take up his throne after the Government restored monarchies and traditional rulers.
He died on August 26, 1995 at the age of 50, leaving the throne to his three year-old son, Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV.
His two daughters are Princess Ruth Nsemere Komuntale, 20, and Princess Celia Komukyeya, who died in 1997 at the age of four.
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He was the fourth son and had five brothers and four sisters, of whom Princess Elizabeth Bagaya was the eldest.
He went to school at Budo, Nyakasura School in Fort Portal, Sherborne School, Dorset, and Makerere University, Kampala.
Kaboyo ascended to the throne upon the death of his father, on December 21, 1965, becoming the 12th Omukama of Toro.
He reigned briefly before monarchies were abolished on September 22, 1967.
After a period of exile in Kenya, he came back and served as a minister-counsellor at Uganda’s Embassy in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, between 1987 and 1990.
In 1987, he married Best Kemigisa, daughter of Prince Mujungu, of the Batuku clan, of Rwebisengo, Bundibugyo district.
He was Uganda’s Ambassador to Cuba, from 1990 to 1993.
In 1993, he returned to take up his throne after the Government restored monarchies and traditional rulers.
He died on August 26, 1995 at the age of 50, leaving the throne to his three year-old son, Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV.
His two daughters are Princess Ruth Nsemere Komuntale, 20, and Princess Celia Komukyeya, who died in 1997 at the age of four.
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