Body of world's youngest traditional king returns home to Uganda amid succession row

He said the monarch had hoped to return home for this year's Empango - the annual celebration of his coronation - on 12 September."He was confident in his recovery," Akiiki said. His death has triggered uncertainty over the future of the monarchy as Oyo was not officially married.But Akiiki has said the king had a young son, whose identity would be revealed later in accordance with Tooro customs.President Museveni also said the king's mother, Queen Best Kemigisa, had told him that her son had left an heir.But Charles Kamurasi, who is head of the Babiito royal clan from which Tooro's kings are chosen, said he knew nothing about the reported child, prompting an unusual public disagreement among senior figures in the kingdom.Others within the royal clan have questioned why they were apparently unaware of the child."The prime minister is not supposed to talk about the king's heir. It is a cultural process," one royal clan member was quoted as saying by Uganda's state-owned New Vision newspaper.