Greetings from Tooro kingdom and Uganda. As you well know, last year on 17th November 2012, our beloved Princess Ruth Nsemere was joined in Holy Matrimony to Christopher Thomas, an African American young man from St. Louis, Missouri.
This was a great moment for us as a kingdom to celebrate the coming of age of our Princess and the beginning of a new life for her making steps towards building her own family. As the kingdom Prime Minister I have come to learn of the rather unsettling news of the pain that her marriage has caused her and the decision to give the marriage a break.
I therefore would like to make three simple remarks in regard to the issues that have arisen in the past few days as a result of Princess Ruth’s marriage to Thomas.
First I would like to request Ugandans at large, kingdom subjects, the media and our Princess to remain calm in this trying time and ask everyone to pray for God’s guidance and wisdom.
On our part as the Kingdom we pledge our total support to our Princess more than ever before during this wearisome time. We assure the Princess that she is very much loved and respected by all the people and friends of Tooro.
We will continue to support her work through the Batebe Foundation where she has been working so hard to improve the situation of women and girl children in Tooro Kingdom.
I also would like to appeal to members of the press to give Thomas and Princess Ruth some privacy to recover from this rather unnerving experience.
I also emphatically request Thomas Christopher to desist from using social networks to discuss his marriage affairs. Let him accord respect to both families and keep matters to himself.
Going to social media to discuss private family matters does not only injure and cause further pain to themselves as individuals but also to their respective families. My prayer to Thomas is to put a stop to the social media and am sure the good Lord will comfort him and life continues. “To my Princess Ruth take heart, am sure God has another plan for you.
As a kingdom we love you, we respect you and we support you in all you are doing”. Finally allow me to take this opportunity to thank the people of Uganda and the kingdom of Tooro, our friends and well wishers for having stood steadfastly by the kingdom of Tooro and the royal family in the face of all these tough times. Your support has only served to increase our resolve to serve you more diligently.
We invite the whole world to join us on Thursday evening to welcome and congratulate His Majesty King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV for having successfully graduated from the University of Winchester with an honors Bachelors degree in Business Administration.
With the knowledge and skills gained we are very sure and confident that the kingdom of Tooro will benefit more from his guidance and fatherly watch that will be the primer of Tooro’s social and economic transformation. Omukama ahangirize!
“[katogoaward]”
