kingdom · Horn and East Africa

Kingdom of Toro

1830 CE – 1967 CE (approx.) · capital Fort Portal

A kingdom of western Uganda that broke away from Bunyoro in the 1830s, was restored by the British, and survives as a cultural monarchy.

Origins

Around 1830 Prince Kaboyo Olimi I, a son of the omukama of the Kingdom of Bunyoro, rebelled and set up an independent kingdom in the fertile lands around the Rwenzori Mountains. Bunyoro's king Kabalega reconquered Toro in 1876, but in 1891 Frederick Lugard of the Imperial British East Africa Company restored the Toro dynasty under Kasagama.

Rule and society

The omukama ruled through chiefs over a population of farmers and herders, with royal regalia and rituals taken from Bunyoro. Under Kasagama Kyebambe IV the court adopted Anglicanism, and the Toro Agreement of 1900 defined the kingdom's place in the Uganda Protectorate, with its capital at Fort Portal.

Decline and legacy

The kingdom was abolished with Uganda's other monarchies in 1967 and restored as a cultural institution in 1993. In 1995 Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV was crowned at the age of three.

Lineage

Kingdom of Bunyoro 1500 CE – 1967 CEKingdom of Toro

Connections (1)

Kingdom of Toro was a protectorate of Uganda Protectorate1894 CE – 1962 CE

More states of Horn and East Africa →

Cite this page

APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kingdom of Toro. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/kingdom-of-toro
MLA: “Kingdom of Toro.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/kingdom-of-toro. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Kingdom of Toro.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/kingdom-of-toro.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Kingdom of Toro’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/kingdom-of-toro (Accessed: ).

Last reviewed October 2026Random state ↻