Queen Best Kemigisa Biography
Queen Best Kemigisa was born in 1967 is the Queen Mother of the Toro Kingdom, based in Fort Portal, Uganda. She is mother to Rukirabasaija Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, the reigning Omukama of Toro.
Queen Best Kemigisa Age
Queen Best Kemigisa was born in 1967, She is 52 years as of 2019
Queen Best Kemigisa Husband
Queen Best Kemigisa was married to Omukama Patrick Olimi Kaboyo III. Justice J.B.
Queen Best Kemigisa Children
They were blessed with two Children who are Princess Ruth Komuntale and Rukidi IV of Toro
Queen Best Kemigisa Family and Early life
She is the daughter of Prince Mujunju, of the Batuku clan, of Rwebisengo, Bundibugyo District. She was educated at Kahinju Primary School, Mpanga Senior Secondary School and Kyebambe Girls School, all in the Kingdom of Toro. She is the Founder and Patron of the Toro Women’s Development Association and a co-founder of the African Queens and Women Cultural Leaders Network.
Queen Best Kemigisa widowed
Queen Best was widowed in 1995 when King Patrick Olimi Kaboyo II died suddenly. She was one of the guardians of her son, the new King and one of a team of regents who helped rule Toro until he reached his majority in 2010.
Her daughter, Princess Ruth Komuntale, is married to African-American businessman Christopher Thomas.
Queen Best Kemigisa Controversies
Queen Best took part in the controversial Kings and Sultans of Africa Forum set up by the then Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi.
She allegedly evicted 60-year-old John Businge from disputed land with the support of armed members of the King’s security force.
Queen Best brought charges of fraud against a man accused of stealing around $60,000 US from her, money supposed to be used to register her Toro Women’s Organisation with the United Nations. Moses Kyeyune was convicted in May 2013 and sentenced to five years in prison.
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King Oyo meets Museveni over Tooro assets
The Observer-1 Feb 2019
The king of Tooro kingdom Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV has met President Museveni over the return of the kingdom assets. The meeting took place yesterday, Thursday at State House Nakasero.
Oyo was accompanied by the Queen Mother Best Kemigisa and members of the Tooro kingdom negotiating team led by the kingdom prime minister Bernard Tungwako.
Tungwako says that visit was meant to remind the president about his pledge that he made in 2013 that the government would return the kingdom’s assets.
The assets including land, county and sub-county headquarters among others which were forcefully taken from kingdoms by the central government in 1966 when the then President Milton Obote abolished traditional institutions and made Uganda a republic.
The assets are located in Kabarole, Kamwenge, Kyenjojo and Kyegegwa districts. The kingdom also has assets in Kasese and Bundibugyo, which were formerly under Tooro Kingdom.
According to Tungwako, Oyo told the president that the delay by the government to return the properties has affected the kingdom financially. He said that if the assets are returned, the kingdom can rent them out and get income to sustain its activities and improve its financial base.
King Oyo also reportedly told Museveni that the kingdom and the government negotiating team are yet to agree whether the kingdom should be given royalties from Kilembe mines, Queen Elizabeth national park and Katwe salt lake in Kasese district, which are now under the Rwenzururu kingdom.
According to Tungwako, another meeting with the president has been scheduled in two months time. In 2014, youth from the kingdom walked more than 300 kilometres to Kampala protesting against the delay by the government to return the kingdom’s assets.
The youths under their umbrella group, Amacumu ne Bitara later delivered the petition to the speaker of parliament, Rebecca Kadaga.
Kadaga pledged to work with members of parliament from Tooro to present a motion that will create a resolution for government and Tooro officials to start negotiations.