Background
He is the son of Professor Wilson Gabula Nadiope II, onetime Minister of Tourism in the Ugandan Cabinet, who died in 1991 and Josephine Nadiope, who died in 1993.
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He is the fourth Kyabazinga of Busoga. He was in born in Kamuli, on 9 September 1988. Nadiope III was also the first Vice President of Uganda, from 1962 until 1966.
Gabula Nadiope was unanimously elected by the ten Busoga Royal Chiefs who convened at Bugembe on Saturday 23 August 2014, for the purpose of electing a new Kyabazinga.
Prince Edward Columbus Wambuzi, the eleventh Busoga Royal Chief, who was also contesting for the throne, did not attend the meeting. Gabula was unanimously approved by the Busoga Lukiko (Parliament) on Monday 25 September 2014.
Following an unsuccessful last-minute court challenge, Prince William Gabula was crowned as the 4th Kyabazinga of Busoga at Bugembe on Saturday, 13 September 2014. President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda attended the coronation.
Gabula will serve a five-year renewable term.
He attended Mwiri Primary School from 1995 until 2001. In 2002, he entered Busoga College Mwiri for his O-Level studies until 2005. He continued with his A-Level education, at Kyambogo College School, graduating in 2007.
He was admitted to Kyambogo University, graduating in 2011, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Economics.
At the time of his coronation, he was employed as an Economist in the Uganda Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. He has since gone for further studies in the United Kingdom.
Kyabazinga William Gabula Nadiope IV is single. He is of the Anglican faith.
Prior to his election as Kyabzazinga he was the hereditary Chief of Bugabula, which includes the modern-day districts of Buyende and Kamuli.
