Bunyoro, also known as Bunyoro-Kitara, is a traditional Bantu kingdom in western Uganda that ranked among the most powerful states in Central and East Africa between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is ruled by a monarch bearing the title of Omukama, a line of succession that continues into the present day under Solomon Iguru I, the twenty-seventh Omukama of Bunyoro-Kitara.
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Source Wikipedia: Bunyoro
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1. Wikipedia: Bunyoro
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Bunyoro remains as one of the five constituent kingdoms of Uganda, along with Buganda, Busoga, Rwenzururu, and Tooro.
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The kingdom of Bunyoro was established in the late 16th century by Rukidi-Mpuga
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