Olimi III of Toro

Rukirabasaija Patrick David Matthew Koboyo Olimi III was Omukama of the Kingdom of Toro, from 1965 until 1995. He was the 12th Omukama of Toro.

Claim to the throne

He was the fourth (4th) son of Rukirabasaija Sir George David Matthew Kamurasi Rukidi III, Omukama of Toro, who reigned from 1928 until 1965. His mother was Lady Byanjeru Kezia Bonabana. He was born at the Royal Palace at Kabarole, on September 9, 1945. He attended Budo Primary School, Nyakasura School in Fort Portal, Sherborne School, Dorset, and Makerere University, Kampala. He ascended to the throne upon the death of his father, on December 21, 1965. He was crowned at St John's Cathedral, Kabarole, on March 2, 1966.

Married life

On January 10, 1987, he married Best Kemigisha, daughter of Prince Mujunju, of the Batuku clan, of Rwebisengo, Bundibugyo District. She was born in 1967, educated at Kahinju Primary School, Mpanga Senior Secondary School and Kyebambe Girls School, all in the Kingdom of Toro. She is the Founder and Patron Toro Women's Development Association.

Offspring

Omukama Kaboyo Olimi III fathered three (3) children; one (1) son and two (2) daughters: ^[1]

1. Rukirabasaija Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, who is the current reigning Omukama of Toro.
2. Princess (Omubiitokati) Ruth Nsemere Komuntale. She was born in 1989. She was educated at Aga Khan Primary School in Kampala and at the International School in Tripoli, Libya. She was installed as the Batebi to her brother, Oyo Nyimba Iguru Rukidi IV, on September 12, 1996.
3. Princess (Omubiitokati) Celia Komukyeya. She was born in 1994. She died from leukaemia, at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London, in October 1997.

His reign

Omukama Kaboyo Olimi III was deposed on the abolition of the Kingdoms by the Obote government, on September 8, 1967. He entered the Ugandan Foreign Service in 1986. He served as a Minister-Counselor at the Ugandan Embassy in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, between 1987 and 1990. He was Uganda's Ambassador to Cuba, from 1990 until 1993. On July 24, 1993, he was proclaimed, upon the restoration of the Uganda Kingdoms by the government of Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. He died on August 26, 1995 in Kampala, aged 50.

References

1. ^ The offspring of Omukama Kaboyo Olimi III

External links

• Genealogy of the Abakama of Toro

Preceded by Sir George Kamurasi Rukidi III

Omukama of Toro 1965 - 1995

Succeeded by Oyo Nyimba Iguru Rukidi IV

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Name	Olimi Iii Of Toro
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Date of birth	1945
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Date of death	1995
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