Komuntale still much loved and respected - kingdom

By Cecilia Okoth

Tooro Kingdom has called for calm following reports of the dissolution of Princess Ruth Komuntale's marriage to Christopher Thomas.

In a press statement, Steven Kaliba Ateenyi, the Kingdom's Prime Minister asked the public to remain calm and pray for God's guidance and wisdom.

"I would like to request Ugandans at large, kingdom subjects, the media and our Princess to remain calm in this trying time and ask everyone to pray for God's guidance and wisdom. On our part as the Kingdom we pledge our total support to our Princess more than ever before during this wearisome time. We assure the Princess that she is very much loved and respected by all the people and friends of Tooro. I also emphatically request Thomas Christopher to desist from using social networks to discuss his marriage affairs," said Steven Kaliba Ateenyi.

 Komuntale and Thomas wed November 17, 2012 in Fort portal.

Kaliba also stressed that the Kingdom will continue to support the princess through the Batebe Foundation where she has been working hard to improve the situation of women and girl children in Tooro Kingdom.

He appealed to the public to give Thomas and Komuntale privacy to recover from "this rather unnerving experience" saying the duo was very young and inexperienced.