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Photograph: ReutersOn Wednesday, the royal clan\u2019s succession committee announced it had chosen Oyo\u2019s cousin Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma, a news anchor and editor at the public broadcaster UBC, as crown prince.However, at a press conference held later the same day, Oyo\u2019s sister, Princess Ruth Nsemere Komuntale, said that according to her brother\u2019s will, a son whose existence had not been publicly known until his death should succeed him.Princess Ruth Komuntale waiting to receive the body of her brother, the late King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, at Entebbe International airport last week. Photograph: Hajarah Nalwadda/Getty ImagesThe kingdom\u2019s \u200cspokesperson shared a section of the document, which says: \u201cI hereby declare and direct that if, at the date of my death, I am survived by a son lawfully recognised as my biological son, I appoint him as my heir to the throne of the kingdom of Tooro.\u201dIn a statement on Thursday, Oyo\u2019s mother, Queen Mother Best Kemigisa Akiiki, denounced a \u201cself-appointed group of clan members\u201d who had selected a new king despite having had the will read to them hours earlier.She also claimed that the royal family had been put under house arrest. Troops had \u201cremoved the royal guards without notice, and ... were deployed around the palace,\u201d she said. \u201cWe cannot leave or receive people freely.\u201dA portrait of the late king on the red carpet at Entebbe International airport. Photograph: Hajarah Nalwadda/Getty ImagesOyo was unmarried and was not known to have any children. The Tooro kingdom\u2019s prime minister, Calvin Armstrong Rwomiire Akiiki, revealed the existence of a son in a social media post on 27 August when announcing Oyo\u2019s death.\u201cHis majesty leaves behind a prince as his heir, whose identity will be formally revealed at the appropriate time, in accordance with the traditions and customs of Tooro kingdom,\u201d he said.Another contender had been Prince George Desmond-Kamurasi, who plays for the London amateur football club South East Dons. According to the committee, the goalkeeper had declined the offer of the throne because of his other responsibilities.The Tooro king is selected by a succession committee appointed by the royal clan. A committee member told the local NTV station that a royal child must be officially introduced to elders in order to be considered for leadership.Queen Mother Best Kemigisa Akiiki waiting to receive the body of her son at Entebbe International airport. Photograph: Hajarah Nalwadda/Getty ImagesAndrew Mwenda, \u2060a prominent Ugandan journalist and relative of the royal family, wrote on X on Thursday that Oyo\u2019s \u200bfamily had not been able to produce a photo \u200bof the purported son, and declined to disclose \u200bdetails about the family of the boy\u2019s mother. He added that, in Tooro, a king\u2019s son could only succeed \u200bhim if he were born to \u200ca queen officially married \u200bto the king.The prime minister \u200bcalled for restraint on Thursday. \u201cThere will be time to examine the will, to hear those advancing a different position, and to consider our customs, the applicable law and the proper institutions through which succession should be determined,\u201d he said in a social media post.\u201cThat process should take place calmly and credibly, not through competing announcements, confrontation, or attempts to establish facts on the ground while our king still awaits burial.\u201dUganda\u2019s president, Yoweri Museveni, lays a wreath on the casket of the king at Entebbe International airport. Photograph: Hajarah Nalwadda/Getty ImagesEdward, a popular TV news presenter, is the son of Prince Christopher Paul Kijanangoma and a grandson of the former king George David Rukidi III.Oyo, who was crowned after his father\u2019s death, will be buried on Saturday at the Karambi royal tombs in the kingdom\u2019s capital of Fort Portal in western Uganda.Uganda has several ancient kingdoms that lack formal sovereignty, but whose leaders are revered as symbols of tradition and wield vast social influence. Tooro is one of five that are recognised by the government. Their monarchs have no political authority and are legally barred from engaging in partisan politics.In 1967 Uganda\u2019s then president, Milton Obote, abolished the kingdoms, saying he wanted to unify the country. They were restored by the current president, Yoweri Museveni, in 1993.The casket of the late king arrives at Entebbe International airport. Photograph: Hajarah Nalwadda/Getty ImagesThe Tooro are the latest African royal family to become mired in a succession dispute. 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