The Toro people, Tooro people or Batooro are a Bantu ethnic group, native to the

Tooro Kingdom Tooro is a Bantu kingdom located within the borders of Uganda. The current Omukama of Toro is King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV. King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV took to the throne of Tooro kingdom in 1995 at the age of just thr ...

, a subnational constitutional monarchy within Uganda.

Population

the following administrative districts constitute the Tooro Kingdom: (a) Kabarole District (b) Kamwenge District (c) Kyegegwa District and (d) Kyenjojo District. Those four districts had a combined total population of about 1 million people, according to the 2002 national population census.

Culture

Since Fort Portal Tourism city is the headquarter of Tooro Kingdom, the area has two inscribed elements of Empaako and Koogere oral traditions on UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.

Prominent people

The following individuals are some of the prominent Batooro: # Elizabeth Bagaya - She is a lawyer, politician, diplomat, model and actress. She was the first female East African to be admitted to the English Bar. She is a

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of the current

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of Toro, Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV. # Edward Bitanywaine Rugumayo - He is a politician, diplomat, author, academic and environmentalist. Current

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of Kampala University and of

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# Brigadier Nobel Mayombo (1965–2007) - He was military officer in the UPDF and a Member of Parliament (MP). # Andrew Mwenda - Journalist and entrepreneur. Founder and owner of

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, a current affairs newsmagazine. # Brigadier Kayanja Muhanga - He is an

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and

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. He is the current

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, a private university, located in

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, Western Uganda. # Dr. Godfrey Bahiigwa - Economist and entrepreneur. Director of Agriculture and Rural Development at the African Union Commission in

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* {{authority control Ethnic groups in Uganda

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