Yabezi Kiiza (20 January 1938 – 1 August 2016) was a Ugandan politician and

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. He served as the 13th

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Bunyoro Bunyoro or Bunyoro-Kitara is a Bantu kingdom in Western Uganda. It was one of the most powerful kingdoms in Central and East Africa from the 13th century to the 19th century. It is ruled by the King (''Omukama'') of Bunyoro-Kitara. The current ...

, one of Uganda's traditional kingdoms, under

Omukama {{Unreferenced, date=December 2009 Omukama: often translated as "king of kings", (O)Mukama means in Bantu languages, Bantu (Banyoro-, Batoro- and other languages) something like "superior milkman/milkbringer". The title "Omukama" is used in the regi ...

Solomon Iguru I Omukama Rukirabasaija Agutamba Solomon Gafabusa Iguru I (born 1948) is the 27th Omukama of Bunyoro from 1994 to present. The King's traditional alternative name used by family (known as ''empaako'') is Amooti. Solomon Iguru I rose to the throne i ...

from 2009 to 2012. Kiiza was a civil engineer. He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Bunyoro in 2007. He became the kingdom's Prime Minister in March 2009 following the firing of predecessor, Prime Minister Emmanuel Aliba Kiiza. Kiiza stepped down as Bunyoro's Prime Minister in January 2012, citing declining health, including diabetes and high blood pressure. Kiiza submitted his

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on 5 January 2012, and retired from office by the end of January. Yabezi Kiiza died from complications of

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and

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at Masindi Kitara Medical Centre in

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on 1 August 2016, at the age of 78.

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1938 births 2016 deaths Ugandan politicians Bunyoro Ugandan engineers {{Uganda-politician-stub