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Barigye graduated in economics from Cambridge University in England in 1962 and has subsequently been ambassador in West Germany and the Vatican.
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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. His coronation took place on November 20, 1993 and was subsequently nullified by the NRM government He is 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.
At the moment John Patrick Barigye (the King"s Christian name) is living a rather quiet life in his palace in Mbarara, Ankole, Western Uganda. He is the patron of the Nkore Trust Foundation, an organisation that is trying to restore the kingship in Ankole.
The case was before the Nakawa Chief Magistrate’s court. However, the court had advised the couple to amicably settle the dispute out of court to avoid exposing their affairs in public.
