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Katera of Tooro

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Rukirabasaija Katera was Omukama of the Tooro Kingdom, from 1876 until 1877. He was the ninth Omukama of Tooro.

Claim to the throne

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He was the sixth (6th) son of Kasunga Kyebambe Nyaika, Omukama of Tooro, from 1866 until 1871 and from 1871 until 1872. No mention is made of his mother. He was raised to the throne by the Tooro people, when his elder brother Kakende Nyamuyonjo failed to return from Buganda in 1876.

Married life

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No mention of his married life is made in the available literature.

Offspring

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It is not known how many children were fathered by Omukama Isingoma Rukidi II, or who those children were.

His reign

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Omukama Katera ruled until 1877 when his elder brother, Rububi Kyebambe II returned to the Tooro Kingdom and deposed him in 1877.

The final years

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It is not known where and how Omukama Rukidi II died or what the cause of death was.

Succession table

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Preceded by Omukama of Tooro
1876–1877
Succeeded by

See also

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References

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