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'''Rukirabasaija Kaboyo Omuhundwa Kasusunkwanzi Olimi I''' was [[Omukama of Tooro|Omukama]] of the [[Tooro Kingdom]], from around 1830 until around 1861. He was the first Omukama of Tooro.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Low |first=D. A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AfeOgQlJhJAC |title=Fabrication of Empire: The British and the Uganda Kingdoms, 1890-1902 |date=2009-04-09 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-84351-5 |pages=151–158 |language=en}}</ref>
==Claim to the throne==
He was the eldest son of [[Nyamutukura Kyebambe III of Bunyoro|Rukirabasaija Agutamba Nyamutukura Kyebambe III]], Omukama of [[Bunyoro-Kitara]] at that time. His mother was a lady of the Ababwiju clan. He rebelled against his father and established his own kingdom at Kaboyo during his father's lifetime, beginning in 1822. He spurned the succession to Bunyoro-Kitara on his father's death.
==Married life==
Not much is known about the married life of Omukama Olimi I.
==Offspring==
The offspring of Omukama Olimi I of Tooro included the following:
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# Prince (Omubiito) whose name is not known. This prince fathered a son, one Prince (Omubiito) Kabuzi, a nephew of Nyaika, assisted his uncle Mushaga I in his campaign to seize the throne. He was defeated and killed at Kanyanyange, together with a number of other princes in 1870. Prince Kabuzi fathered a son; Prince (Omubiito) Isansa.
# Prince (Omubiito) Barongo.
# [[Ruhaga of Toro|Rukirabasaija Kazana Ruhaga]], Omukama of Tooro, from 1862 until 1866.
# [[Nyaika of Toro|Rukirabasaija Kasunga Kyebambe Nyaika]], Omukama of Tooro, from 1866 until 1870 and from 1871 until 1872.<ref name=":0" />
# [[Rukidi I of Toro|Rukirabasaija Kato Rukidi I]], Omukama of Tooro, from 1871 until 1871
# Prince (Omubiito), whose name is also unknown. This unnamed prince II, fathered a son, [[Rukirabasaija Kakende Nyanuyonjo]], Omukama of Tooro, who reigned from 1876 until 1876.
# Prince (Omubiito) Kato.
# Prince (Omubiito) Ndahura Mushaga. He rebelled against his brother [[Nyaika of Toro|Omukama Nyaika]], but was defeated and killed, together with his nephew, Bulemu, in 1869.
# Princess (Omubiitokati) Komuntale, Chiefess of Bulera.
# Princess (Omubiitokati) Kibundabunda, Chiefess of Butanda.
# Princess (Omubiitokati) Bayanjeru.
==The final days==
Omukama Olimi I died around 1865
==See also==
* [[Omukama of Tooro]]
==References==
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[[Category:19th-century monarchs in Africa]]
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