WORLD’S YOUNGEST REIGNING MONARCH , KING OYO, DIES AT 34.(PHOTO).
World’s Youngest Reigning Monarch , King Oyo, Dies at 34 King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, the traditional ruler of Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom who became the world’s youngest reigning monarch after ascending the throne at three, has died at the age of 34. The monarch reportedly died on Thursday, with the Prime Minister of the Tooro Kingdom, Calvin Armstrong Rwomiire Akiiki, announcing his death on Friday. The cause of death was not immediately disclosed. However, Ugandan media reports quoted a government minister as saying that King Oyo had been critically ill and was receiving medical treatment in the United States. Reacting to the development, Akiiki described the monarch’s death as a major loss to the royal family and the people of Tooro. He urged members of the kingdom to remain united and calm while mourning the traditional ruler. King Oyo ascended the Tooro throne in 1995 following the death of his father, King Patrick Matthew Kaboyo Rukidi III. He was only three years ol...
The upper sharia court in Bauchi has sentenced a 30 year old man,Umar Mohammed Kandahar to death by stoning,for impregnating his younger sister,from the same father.the suspect is married with three wives,but forcefully had sex with his younger sister.the younger sister was brought to his house by their father to help with take her to school but instead he forced her and had sexual intercourse with her,when she was 16 years old.the act resulted in pregnancy and she has already delivered a baby,which is contrary to section 136{1} of the Bauchi state penal code law 2001.the accused pleaded guilty but disagreed that he forced her to have sexual intercourse,instead he maintained that his sister accepted to have sex with him.the shariah court judge Musa Barde sentenced him to death by stoning.the accused has filled an Appeal against the judgement before the Bauchi state sharia court of Appeal,arguing that he did not agree with the judgment .the presiding judge,justice Aliyu Baba Usman has fixed monday,november 25,2013,for mentioning of the appeal.
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