Definition & Meaning | English word BUNYORO

Definitions of BUNYORO

1. a subnational kingdom in Western Uganda; it was one of the most powerful kingdoms in Central and East Africa from the 13th century to the 19th century

Examples of Using BUNYORO in a Sentence

• 15th century, Kitara would collapse, and from the ashes rose various Biito kingdoms such as Bunyoro alongside Buganda.
• For example, Milton Obote's strength lay among his Langi kin in northern Uganda; George Magezi represented the local interests of his Bunyoro compatriots; Grace S.
• It had a close belt of Runyoro associated dialects running east from Bunyoro, across the northern region of Buganda, across northern Busoga and through Bugwere, which is east of Busoga.
• Because of Bunyoro's resistance to the British, a portion of the Bunyoro kingdom's territory was given to Buganda and Tooro.
• During the collapse of the empire, the throne was usurped by the Bunyoro and Wamara was forced to flee to Ntusi where he formed his new capital with a group of Bahima followers.
• As with Buganda, Bunyoro, and Busoga, Tooro's monarchy was abolished in 1967 by the Government of Uganda, but was reinstated in 1993.
• The administration of the Lost Counties as well as Bunyoro itself was modelled on the Buganda political system and under the leadership of Baganda chiefs.
• The following year, 1967, the nation's constitution was abrogated and replaced with a new one which abolished the country's ancient monarchies—the kingdoms of Buganda, Bunyoro, Ankole, Toro, and the Principality of Busoga, turning Uganda into a republic and making Milton Obote president with unlimited executive powers.
• Raised in Ibanda-Kazo area of western Uganda, he had his early primary education at Kyamate Primary School in western Uganda and attended O-level secondary education at Kabalega Secondary School in Masindi, Bunyoro Western Uganda.
• The kingship in Ankole is still not restored, contrary to the other kingdoms in Uganda viz Toro, Buganda and Bunyoro.
• The FUFA Drum which is an inter-provinces (Kampala, Buganda, Ankole, Kigezi, Teso, Tooro, Bunyoro, Rwenzori, West Nile, Busoga, Sebei, Bugisu, Karamoja, Lango, Acholi and Bukedi) tournament is also run and organised by FUFA.
• Ritual Subordination to Bunyoro: Unlike the highland chiefs, many lowland Alur chiefs continued to recognise the ritual supremacy of the Bunyoro Bito kings, even travelling to Bunyoro for confirmation of their titles after their accession to chiefship.
• In pre-colonial times, what is now Uganda was composed of sovereign kingdoms and societies headed by chiefs and kings, whereas most societies in Uganda such as communities in its north and northeastern were loosely set up systems led by clan leaders, others like Bunyoro, Buganda, Ankole and Tooro were organised kingdoms.
• It provided for a complex system of devolution within Uganda: the Kingdom of Buganda gained particularly strong powers of self-government; the Kingdoms of Bunyoro, Acoli, Tooro and Ankole, and the Territory of Busoga also gained the status of "federal states" and were permitted to retain their own legislatures; while the remaining districts and the territory of Mbale were controlled directly by the central government.
• Predators that feed on the Bunyoro rabbit probably include hawks, owls, servals (Leptailurus serval), cape genets (Genetta tigrina) and servaline genets (Genetta servalina).
• Kingdom of Bunyoro (D) (14th century–1899/present AD) (NSM in Uganda) (Omukama of Bunyoro) (not to be confused with Empire of Kitara).
• The kabaka opposed the planned referendum and sent 300 Baganda veterans to Bunyoro to intimidate voters.
• The sub-regions include, but are not necessarily limited to: Acholi, Ankole, Buganda, Bugisu, Bukedi, Bunyoro, Busoga, Elgon, Karamoja, Kigezi, Lango, Rwenzori, Sebei, Teso, Toro, and West Nile.
• According to ancient sources, the endingidi is not a traditional Ankole instrument but was introduced from Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom Bunyoro around 1910 while it was still the conglomerate kingdom holding most or all of the Bantu speaking tribes of East Africa.
• In 1894, however, the company relinquished its rights to the territory to the British government, which expanded its control to the neighboring kingdoms of Toro, Ankole, Busoga, Bunyoro and tribal territories in establishing the Uganda Protectorate, which was maintained until independence was granted in 1961.
• Once belonging to Bunyoro, as Rugonjwa Sub-county, Nsambya Sub-county in the northwest was won by the Buganda Kingdom in the battles in the 1890s under Kabaka Mwanga II's rule.
• Many of the rulers of states of Rwanda, Mpororo, Bunyoro, Toro and Nkore chose their wives from among the Songora.
• Examples of such Bantu states include: the Kingdom of Kongo, Anziku Kingdom, Kingdom of Ndongo, the Kingdom of Matamba the Kuba Kingdom, the Lunda Empire, the Luba Empire, Barotse Empire, Kazembe Kingdom, Mbunda Kingdom, Yeke Kingdom, Kasanje Kingdom, Empire of Kitara, Butooro, Bunyoro, Buganda, Busoga, Rwanda, Burundi, Ankole, the Kingdom of Mpororo, the Kingdom of Igara, the Kingdom of Kooki, the Kingdom of Karagwe, Swahili city states, the Mutapa Empire, the Zulu Kingdom, the Ndebele Kingdom, Mthethwa Empire, Tswana city states, Mapungubwe, Kingdom of Eswatini, the Kingdom of Butua, Maravi, Danamombe, Khami, Naletale, Kingdom of Zimbabwe and the Rozwi Empire.
• Other parts of what is now Uganda were added to the British Protectorate two years later in 1896; these were: Bunyoro, Toro, Ankole and Busoga.
• In that role, he had special responsibility for the areas of Bunyoro, Tooro, Ankole and Kigezi; he served until his retirement in 1960, aged 83.

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