Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
WHY KING OYO WAS CALLED OYO - THE LUO SECRET OF TOORO AND BUNYORO
If you are a Mutooro or a Munyoro, your King has a Luo name. Oyo, Olimi, Rukidi, Winyi, Kaboyo, Duhaga. How? Long ago, we had no Babiito, we had the Bachwezi. The Kitara Empire was powerful, with its capital at Bigo bya Mugenyi, but then things fell apart. King Wamara's cows started producing blood instead of milk, Mugenyi's sacred cow Bihogo died at a salt lick, and rebellions broke out everywhere. Wamara called his diviners, who brought a fattened calf, rinsed their mouths with milk and slaughtered it to read the future, but when they cut it open there were no entrails inside.
No one could explain it until a Luo diviner named Nyakoka from across the Nile came forward. He hit the head and the legs of the calf and the entrails fell out, covered in black soot from the fire. He interpreted the omen: an empty stomach means the reign of the Bachwezi is over, entrails in the head and legs mean the Bachwezi will survive only as spirits in the Mbandwa shrines, and the black soot means Kitara will be taken by dark strangers from another land. The Bachwezi tried to kill him for this prophecy, but he escaped north across the Nile back to Bukidi, today's Lango and Acholi.
Who was waiting in Bukidi? Years before, a Chwezi Prince called Isimbwa had gone hunting in Luo land and left his son Kyomya behind. Kyomya married a Lango woman, Nyatworo, daughter of Labongo of the Mukwonga clan, and their child was of mixed blood. They called him Isingoma Mpuga Rukidi - Isingoma meaning father of drums, the Bantu name his subjects gave him, Mpuga from empuuga, the black-and-white cow symbolizing his mixed ancestry, Rukidi from his birthplace, and Labongo from his Luo grandfather. He and his brothers were hunters, loved by the Luo people. Nyakoka found him resting under a Bito tree, which is why they are called Babiito, and told him: "Kitara has no king. Go and take it."
So a small group of Biito-Luo crossed the Nile - legend says they had to sacrifice a child to cross - and when they arrived at the empty Chwezi capital, the Banyoro viewed them with suspicion because they were half Bantu and half Luo. Rukidi asked Wamara's wives, Bunono and Iremera, "Where did the Bachwezi go?" They answered, "They disappeared towards Lake Victoria, they will never return." He took the drum, and that was the start of Bunyoro-Kitara. The new kings lost their Luo language and spoke Runyoro, but they kept Luo names as throne names. That is why the first Bunyoro kings are Rukidi, Ocaki, Oyo Nyiba, Winyi I, Olimi I, Chwa, Nyabongo and others, because when you become Omukama you drop your childhood name and pick an ancestor name to prove you are a true Mubiito.
That is why the founder of Tooro in 1830, Prince Kaboyo who rebelled against his father Kyebambe III of Bunyoro, called himself Kaboyo Olimi I on the throne, taking a Luo ancestor name, and why Oyo's father named him Oyo Nyimba before going to Cuba as ambassador, with elders later adding Rukidi IV after his grandfather. They even brought Empaako, the word pako itself is Luo meaning to praise someone, and names like Amooti, Akiiki, Abwooli and Ateenyi are Luo pet names with direct meaning in Luo language. The Babiito are also the only clan in Bunyoro that does not marry outside; they marry within to keep that royal blood. Even in Buganda, Rukidi's twin brother is Kato Kimera, the third King of Buganda. So we are Bantu people, but our kings are sons of the Luo. That is why the Tooro anthem says, "We are children of Bachwezi, grandchildren of Batembuzi, but sons of Rukidi Mpuga." Oyo was not just a name. It was 800 years of history. Rest well, Rukidi IV.
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I’m in love with this sentence:
“Every pattern in your life repeats until you learn the lesson. The moment you choose differently, the loop ends and growth begins.”
An Indian youth asked President Museveni for life advice. His response?
❣️Value your life.
❣️Stay away from alcohol abuse.
❣️Don’t womanize or “manize.”
❣️Get an education.
❣️Learn a skill and work hard.
❣️Build a family.
❣️Live a disciplined life.
❣️Believe in God.
❣️Fulfill your purpose.
You will live a good life.