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[kiberu @kiberu19]

The Prince of Wales is launching a scheme that aims to use sport to help prevent suicides, with supporters including Harry Kane, Kelly Holmes and Alan Shearer.

Read more: https://t.co/7dLhUpmHGv

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Royal family rift after popular TV news presenter chosen to succeed Ugandan king https://t.co/uzYSrMm3SF

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@OfficialFPL @LFC Signs when a player is about to blank

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Today is the 3rd national court open day at kololo, don't miss

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Today is 3rd national court open day
Don't miss

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@SamsonMKasumba But he didn't choose himself and life is full of challenges despite any road you take

[CNN @CNN]

Yemen's Houthi rebels, Iran's most powerful regional proxy, have begun an offensive that could land them control of Perim island – and with it the ability to prevent ships passing through this narrow gateway from the Red Sea. https://t.co/e7XL2s6Rsz

[UNICEF @UNICEF]

“Education is a lifeline for children in conflict and crisis. We must do everything we can to protect it.” - UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Sir David Beckham.

This #ProtectEducationFromAttack Day, join us and Sir David Beckham in championing the right to education in safety #ForEveryChild.

[kiberu @kiberu19]

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[Times Of Scar @timesofscar]

@komuntalenseme Bad Pr

It's like u're addressing Americans, u can't even use your people's language when laying claim to their throne

U don't, live or marry among them, dress like them, etc but u claim u know better than omusuuga who looks, dresses & talks like them and lives among them

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@luisfanpag Congs

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Five people died and more than 80 are missing after a ferry caught fire off Palawan island in the western Philippines on Wednesday night, the Philippine Coast Guard said. https://t.co/K3B7k7imfk

[kiberu @kiberu19]

Captain
Respect

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🔴⚪️⭐️ Martin Ødegaard, UEFA Man of the Match for Napoli-Arsenal.

[kiberu @kiberu19]

Worth noting

[Kakwenza Rukirabashaija @KakwenzaRukira]

How Tooro kingship is supposed to pass

The first rule is that if the king dies and leaves a known, accepted son that son is the heir. The clan does not hold an open election for a new family. They confirm the son, bury the late king, then install the boy after the mourning rites.

That is how Oyo himself became king in 1995. His father died, Oyo was the recognized son. He was three, so adults ran the kingdom for him, but nobody needed a vote to invent a new line. The line was already there.

What happens when there is no accepted son

If the king leaves no son the clan has seen and accepted, the throne does not sit empty forever and it does not automatically go to whoever a private will names. The Babiito, the royal clan, take charge. Their head (the Omusuuga) and a committee of elders identify another prince from the same royal house.

That decision is treated as binding inside the kingdom because, by custom, the clan owns the bloodline. They are the ones who say this man is one of us and may sit on the drum/Ngoma. After they name him, the other clans are informed and the installation rites follow burial.

So the vote you keep hearing about is not like a presidential election. It is the royal family settling who, among eligible princes, should take the vacant throne.

Why the alleged child has not been announced

Two different stories are running at once.

The prime minister and the queen mother said Oyo left a young son and that he would be introduced at the right time. Nincompoop Museveni repeated what the queen mother told him.

The royal clan head said the opposite: we were never shown this child. As far as the family knows, the king had no son.

In Tooro custom that gap matters. A hidden child does not become crown prince by press statement. Someone must bring him to the Babiito elders. They look at who the mother is, whether the late king acknowledged the boy, and whether the child can be presented for the rites. Until that happens, the clan can rightly say there is no heir we can install.

That is why the alleged boy has not been named in the succession announcement. Naming him would mean the clan has accepted him but they have not.

Why they picked an adult instead of waiting

Oyo was a child king for years. Many in the family do not want another long regency if the child’s status is still disputed. So the committee named an adult prince from the grandfather’s line Edward Kijanangoma so there is a king after the burial.

If the boy later appears and is verified, that would create a new fight. Right now custom is being applied as no accepted son equals clan chooses the next Mubiito

So, Komuntale’s presented Wills and Andrew Mwenda’s rumours don’t crown a king. A son only inherits if the royal clan accepts him. Oyo’s claimed son has never been presented to that clan, so they treated the direct line as empty and chose another prince. That clan choice is what the kingdom treats as binding.

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[kiberu @kiberu19]

A private hospital's failure to provide preventative medication contributed to the death of Lady Joan Branson, an inquest has concluded.

Read more: https://t.co/6VeQJA6x4d

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

“You just said that 10% doesn’t seem an unreasonable estimate that AI could kill all humans”

“Yes”

“Wow… oh my God.”

@vicderbyshire speaks to Nobel Prize Winner and so-called ‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton about predictions by an Anthropic researcher that there’s a more than 10% chance AI could kill all humans within a decade.

#Newsnight

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Drag Race UK is leaving the BBC after eight series, the broadcaster has confirmed.

Read more: https://t.co/SBNJu9l90u

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Masajja A

[Sudhir Byaruhanga @Sudhirntv]

For anyone experiencing challenges with National Water supplies, please comment and share your area and district. @nwscug wants a list. Please retweet, and we will have these problems sorted.

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@AABIMANYA @ObukamaBwaTooro I call them double standards