Ntare VI of Ankole

Ntare VI (January 10, 1940 – October 14, 2011) was the Omugabe of Nkore or Ankole and the 27th of the Bahinda dynasty, although he did not rule over Ankole.^[1]

Ntare VI was born as John Patrick Barigye in January 1940 to Omugabe (King) Charles Godfrey Gasyonga II of Ankole /Nkore kingdom, Uganda and Queen Constance Ndyomwishiki. Barigye graduated in economics from Cambridge University in England in 1962 and has subsequently been ambassador in West Germany and the Vatican. Idi Amin, then president of Uganda, gave Barigye a job as an ambassador after Barigye and Barigye's father publicly asked Amin not to restore the monarchy.^[2]

He died in October 2011 at the age of 71 and wS succeeded by his son current titular King Charles Rwebishengye ^[3]

Coronation and kingship

Main article: Omugabe § Restoration of the Ankole kingship

His coronation took place on November 20, 1993 and was subsequently nullified by the NRM government. He was the first king after the kingship had been abolished 1967. The kingship in Ankole is still not restored, contrary to the other kingdoms in Uganda viz Toro, Buganda and Bunyoro. President Museveni himself nullified the coronation in 1993, saying the people of Ankole had to decide.

References

1. Mubangizi, Michael (17 January 2010). "Barigye declared king of Ankole". The Observer. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
2. Mwakikagile, Godfrey (2009). Uganda : the land and its people (1st ed.). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: New Africa Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-9987-9308-9-0.
3. ANKOLE