William Wilberforce Kadhumbula Nadiope III was never vice president of Uganda, and William Wilberforce Kadhumbula Gabula Nadiope IV, his grandson, was unanimously elected by the ten Busoga Royal Chiefs who convened at Bugembe, a city in Jinja District in the Eastern Region of Uganda, on 23 August.
His paternal grandfather is William Wilberforce Kadhumbula Nadiope III, who ruled as Kyabazinga from 1949 until 1955 and from 1962 until 1966. Nadiope III was also the first vice president of Uganda, from 1962 until 1966. 
