Toro people

The Toro people, Tooro people or Batooro are a Bantu ethnic group, native to the Tooro Kingdom, a subnational constitutional monarchy within Uganda. Their language is called Rutooro. It closely resembles Runyoro, spoken in the neighboring kingdom of Bunyoro. A combined language is called Runyoro/Rutooro.[1]

PeopleBatooro
LanguageRutooro

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.

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. https://ich.unesco.org/en/USL/empaako-tradition-of-the-batooro-banyoro-batuku-batagwenda-and-banyabindi-of-western-uganda-00904
  4. https://ich.unesco.org/en/USL/koogere-oral-tradition-of-the-basongora-banyabindi-and-batooro-peoples-00911
  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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