Rugombe

Rugombe lies in the hill country of Mwenge, south of Lake Albert. Mwenge formed part of the kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara, whose authority reached across much of western Uganda. Around 1830 the southern kingdom of Tooro emerged under Kaboyo, a son of the Bunyoro ruler Kyebambe III. One account says that Kaboyo had first been entrusted with collecting tribute in Mwenge, a region that became part of the new kingdom.