{"id":56092,"date":"2025-10-28T14:01:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/the-last-surviving-daughter-of-king-musinga-dies\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T14:03:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:03:35","slug":"the-last-surviving-daughter-of-king-musinga-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/the-last-surviving-daughter-of-king-musinga-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"The last surviving daughter of late Rwanda’s King Musinga dies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Albert Rudatsimburwa, a relative of Mukabayojo, confirmed her death, revealing that she passed away in Nairobi, Kenya. <\/p>\n

“She passed away yesterday evening in Nairobi, and I learned of it then. We often spoke on the phone. She last came to Rwanda for the burial of her brother, King Kigeli,” he shared.<\/p>\n

Rudatsimburwa explained that Mukabayojo was a close relative because ” my grandmother was the sister of Musinga.”<\/p>\n

Mukabayojo was among the children who fled with King Musinga when he was exiled to Moba in Za\u00efre, (now the Democratic Republic of Congo). <\/p>\n

King Musinga\u2019s reign was marked by significant challenges in Rwanda\u2019s history, as the foundational structures of the country were severely impacted during his time in power. <\/p>\n

He was deposed by the Belgians, who stripped him of his authority, leaving him powerless unless sanctioned by them.<\/p>\n

On November 12, 1931, Charles Voisin, the Governor of Ruanda-Urundi, went to see King Musinga in Nyanza, giving him 48 hours to leave the country. <\/p>\n

The King was ordered to surrender national symbols, including Kalinga and other marks of the nation, to the Belgians who had been entrusted with Rwanda by the League of Nations.<\/p>\n

On October 14, 1931, Musinga departed from Nyanza, along with his five wives, nine children, his mother Kanjogera, and other family members. <\/p>\n

They were taken to a house prepared for them in Gihundwe, near Kamembe Airport. This marked the end of his 36-year reign.<\/p>\n

Rudatsimburwa’s son, Mutijima Bryon, who was well acquainted with Mukabayojo, added, “Musinga\u2019s daughters crossed with their great grandfather. They returned to Rwanda after Rudahigwa ascended the throne.”<\/p>\n

Mukabayojo married Bideri in a wedding held in Nyanza. Together, they had six children, including Bideri Dieudonne, who passed away last year.<\/p>\n

During the \u20181959 Revolution,\u2019 marked by killings targeting Tutsis, Mukabayojo and her family fled to Kenya, where they lived until her last breath. <\/p>\n

Mukabayojo’s last visit to Rwanda occurred as she came to bury her brother, King Kigeli V Ndahindurwa, who was laid to rest in Mwima, near the place of his coronation in 1959, close to the final resting place of their older brother, King Mutara III Rudahigwa.<\/p>\n

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Speciose Mukabayojo, the last surviving daughter of late Rwanda’s King Yuhi Musinga, has passed away at the age of 93.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000096879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-56092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000096879,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/yuh.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/yuh.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/yuh.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/yuh.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/yuh.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/yuh.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000096879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56092"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=56092"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=56092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}