In the western Ugandan city of Fort Portal, thousands gathered to bury King Oyo Nyimba, who had worn the crown of the Tooro Kingdom since the age of three and carried it until cancer claimed him at thirty-four. His death has done what death often does to unfinished business — it has made visible a question the living had not yet answered. A succession dispute now divides the royal family from the clan committee, each side claiming to honor the king's true legacy, while the kingdom itself stands at the threshold between tradition and the pressures of a modern state.