A non-league goalkeeper could soon swap the pitch for a throne in one of Africa’s kingdoms.
George Desmond Kamurasi, captain and goalkeeper for SE Dons, a non-league club based in Crayford, has been chosen by the Tooro royal succession committee in Uganda to become the next omukama.
The omukama is the king of the Tooro people.
According to LBC, Mr Kamurasi, 36, has been named successor following the sudden death of his cousin, King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, who died in the United States aged 34.
King Oyo had reigned since 1995, when he ascended the throne at just three years old.
The royal committee selected Mr Kamurasi on Friday, with 15 of 18 members voting in his favour, according to Ugandan media.
He is widely known as "Big G".
Mr Kamurasi has yet to comment publicly on the news.
Local reports have suggested he would be reluctant to leave London for the role, despite the cultural significance.
In Tooro tradition, declining the throne is considered an abomination.
The Tooro kingdom is one of four traditional monarchies in Uganda.
Although they lost political power in 1967, they were reinstated as cultural institutions in 1993.
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