Latest news in Uganda? September 12th, 2026

Burial and Succession in the Tooro Kingdom Uganda’s western kingdom of Tooro is holding funeral ceremonies in Fort Portal for its late monarch, King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, who passed away in late August at age 34. The burial follows days of a tense succession dispute between the immediate royal family and clan elders. Clan elders selected his cousin, UBC news editor Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma, to succeed him, a transition backed by Ugandan authorities to allow the burial rituals at the royal tombs to proceed amid heavy security. eNCA+ 1Government and Diaspora Policy Initiatives The Ministry of Foreign Affairs finalized preparations for the upcoming National Diaspora Conference scheduled for September 16, 2026, alongside a comprehensive Diaspora Policy aimed at streamlining remittances, protecting overseas workers, and facilitating investment. Uganda Media CentreParliamentary Oversight and Inquiries Parliamentary oversight committees have been actively questioning administrative matters, including probes by the Public Accounts Committee into overseas mission travel expenditures and reviews into pending national road and bridge infrastructure projects in regional districts. Parliament of Uganda