Toro people

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The Toro people, Tooro people or Batooro are a Bantu ethnic group, native to the Tooro Kingdom, a subnational constitutional monarchy within Uganda.[1]

Toro people
Batooro
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Total population
1,111,000
Regions with significant populations
Uganda
Languages
Rutooro
Religion
Christianity and Tooro Religion
Related ethnic groups
Banyoro, Banyankole, Bakiga, Bahema, Bahaya, Baruuli
Tooro
PersonOmuTooro
PeopleAbaTooro
LanguageOruTooro
CountryBuTooro

Population[]

As of December 2014 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.[2]

Culture[]

Since Fort Portal Tourism city is the headquarter of Tooro Kingdom, the area has two inscribed elements of Empaako[3] and Koogere oral traditions[4] on UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.

Prominent people[]

The following individuals are some of the prominent Batooro:

  1. 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 paternal aunt of the current King of Toro, Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV.
  2. Edward Bitanywaine Rugumayo - He is a politician, diplomat, author, academic and environmentalist. Current University Chancellor of Kampala University and of Mountains of the Moon University
  3. Brigadier Nobel Mayombo (1965–2007) - He was military officer in the UPDF and a Member of Parliament (MP).
  4. Andrew Mwenda - Journalist and entrepreneur. Founder and owner of The Independent, a current affairs newsmagazine.
  5. Brigadier Kayanja Muhanga - He is an army officer. He currently serves as the Commander of the UPDF Contingent in South Sudan. He was appointed to that position in January 2014 by General Yoweri Museveni, the Commander in Chief of the UPDF and the President of Uganda.[5]
  6. Professor John Ntambirweki - A lawyer, academic and academic administrator. He is the current Vice Chancellor of Uganda Pentecostal University, a private university, located in Fort Portal, Western Uganda.
  7. - Economist and entrepreneur. Director of Agriculture and Rural Development at the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Toro Kingdom, . "The People of Toro". Torokingdom.org. Retrieved 9 December 2014.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ UBOS, . (August 2013). "2013 Statistical Abstract. Includes Corrected 2002 Census Data By District" (PDF). Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). Retrieved 9 December 2014.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "UNESCO - Empaako tradition of the Batooro, Banyoro, Batuku, Batagwenda and Banyabindi of western Uganda".
  4. ^ "UNESCO - Koogere oral tradition of the Basongora, Banyabindi and Batooro peoples".
  5. ^ Administrator, . (10 February 2014). "Colonel Kayanja Promoted to Rank of Brigadier". The Independent (Uganda). Retrieved 9 December 2014.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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