Queen Best Kemigisa Olimi of Uganda has alleged that Gen. Kayanja Muhanga placed her under house arrest, claiming royal guards were replaced with UPDF troops. According to Mbu, the accusations come amid a succession crisis following the death of King Oyo. The queen has appealed for freedom and the dignity to mourn, raising tensions between the royal household and the Ugandan military during a sensitive transitional period for the kingdom.

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.

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.

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.

Uganda Update News reports that the remains of Tooro’s Omukama, King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, are to be received by President Museveni at Entebbe International Airport tomorrow morning, with a nine-day mourning period to follow. The outlet says repatriation arrangements are under way, but the provided blurb is truncated and the claim is attributed solely to the source.

General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, has demanded that all Turkish nationals leave Uganda, according to Tuko. He also announced plans for a protest at the Turkish embassy and warned that any Turkish agents who attempt to block the process will be arrested. The reported order marks a significant escalation in rhetoric targeting Turkey's presence in the East African nation, though the reasons behind the demand were not detailed in the report.