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| Ugandan king given state funeral | Ugandan king given state funeral |
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| Uganda is holding a public holiday for the burial of one of the country's traditional kings, who died last week of throat cancer aged 87. | Uganda is holding a public holiday for the burial of one of the country's traditional kings, who died last week of throat cancer aged 87. |
| Henry Wako Muloki ruled over Busoga, one of Uganda's five kingdoms. | Henry Wako Muloki ruled over Busoga, one of Uganda's five kingdoms. |
| Journalist Robert Ilukol told the BBC that people in the Ugandan town of Jinja were in a sombre mood ahead of the late king's state funeral. | Journalist Robert Ilukol told the BBC that people in the Ugandan town of Jinja were in a sombre mood ahead of the late king's state funeral. |
| Locals described the king as a man who talked to young and old, and the most unifying factor in the region, he said. | Locals described the king as a man who talked to young and old, and the most unifying factor in the region, he said. |
| Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni was among those attending the state funeral near Busoga's main town, Jinja. | Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni was among those attending the state funeral near Busoga's main town, Jinja. |
| His government has agreed to meet all the costs of the funeral.Correspondents say the Busoga region has generally supported Mr Museveni in recent elections. | |
| In the 1980s, the king helped mobilise his people to block fighters loyal to rebel priestess Alice Lakwena from marching on the capital, Kampala. | |
| On Sunday, a five-hour requiem service was held for the deceased king in Jinja, the New Vision newspaper reported. | On Sunday, a five-hour requiem service was held for the deceased king in Jinja, the New Vision newspaper reported. |