The Tooro Kingdom succession dispute has intensified after Queen Mother Kemigisa alleged that members of the royal family are under house arrest, according to Eastleigh Voice. She appealed to UPDF Commander of Land Forces Lieutenant General Kayanja Muhanga, the wider UPDF leadership and President Yoweri Museveni to intervene and allow the family to mourn and bury Oyo in peace. The reported standoff adds pressure around the kingdom’s unresolved succession tensions.

Tooro Queen Mother Best Kemigisa has claimed that her family is effectively under house arrest at the royal palace in Fort Portal, Uganda, following the death of her son, King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV. According to a statement reported by BigEye, Kemigisa said security personnel had been deployed around the palace and that family members could neither leave nor receive visitors freely.

Uganda’s Independent profiles Queen Mother Best Kemigisa, 59, as a figure shaped by royal bereavement: first widowed in 1995 when her husband, Omukama Patrick, died, and now mourning her son, King Oyo. The cover story recalls her role as mother and guardian to a boy whose childhood unfolded under the kingdom’s gaze, framing her life through duty, loss and public mourning.

Ugandan outlet BigEye published a photo-style retrospective highlighting six public appearances it says captured warmth and togetherness between Tooro monarch King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV and his mother, Queen Mother Best Kemigisha. According to BigEye, the kingdom is mourning the monarch, and the piece frames the remembered moments as evidence of a close mother-son bond.

A succession dispute has emerged in Uganda's Tooro Kingdom following the death of Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV. According to Mbu, the naming of Prince Edward Kijanangoma Rukidi as the new Omukama has been opposed by Queen Mother Best Kemigisa and Tooro Kingdom authorities, throwing the installation process into uncertainty. The disagreement has raised fresh questions about the kingdom's succession process and who will rightfully assume the throne.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has directed Gender, Labour and Social Development Minister Lt Gen (Rtd) Henry Tumukunde to help resolve disagreements over the succession of the late Tooro King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV ahead of his burial on September 12. According to Eagle Online, Tumukunde disclosed the directive on Monday after arriving at Karuziika Royal Palace in Fort Portal, where discussions on the kingdom's succession dispute are expected to take place.