King Oyo loses an uncle

Tooro kingdom is mourning of its princes, Prince Jimmy Mugenyi, a paternal uncle to King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV.
According to Tooro Youth Minister, Vincent Mugume, Mugenyi, was the fourth son of the late King Sir George Rukidi III and a young brother to Rukidi’s successor, Patrick David Matthew Olimi Kaboyo.
Quoting Mugume, he says the deceased’s sister Princess Damalie Komukyeya,Prince Mugenyi succumbed to Hypertension at the age of 69 ,He is survived by four children
Price Mugenyi was key in the upbringing and nurturing of King Oyo when he had just been crowned King at the age of three years, following the death of his father Patrick Olimi Kaboyo in 1995.
“According to Tooro customs, if Kaboyo had not fathered a boy, it was Prince Mugenyi who would have been crowned King”