King’s College Budo is a mixed, residential, secondary school in Central Uganda (Buganda).

Location

The school is located on Naggalabi Hill, in southern

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, off the

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Road. This location lies approximately , by road, southwest of the

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, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country.

History

The school was officially opened on 29 March 1906 with 21 boys. It was founded by His Majesty's Acting Commissioner of the Uganda Protectorate, George Wilson and the ''

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''. It is one of the oldest schools in Uganda. The land on which it was built on was donated by the

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of Buganda. The school was originally started a boys only school for the sons of chiefs and kings. In 1934 girls were also admitted making it a

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school. The school has benefited from the support of

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in England. During the service of thanksgiving for Monkton Combe School's centenary held at

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in London in May 1968, the money donated during the collection was used to found several Monkton Combe scholarships at King's College. In late March 1979, the college staff evacuated the students and the remaining civilian population of Budo hill due to the

Uganda–Tanzania War The Uganda–Tanzania War, known in Tanzania as the Kagera War (Kiswahili: ''Vita vya Kagera'') and in Uganda as the 1979 Liberation War, was fought between Uganda and Tanzania from October 1978 until June 1979 and led to the overthrow of Uganda ...

. The

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, allied with the Uganda Army at the time, subsequently set up camp at the facility. Soon after, the

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(TPDF) and Ugandan rebels attacked and overran the camp as part of

Operation Dada Idi Operation Dada Idi was a military offensive conducted by Tanzania against the Ugandan government of Idi Amin and its Libyan as well as Palestinian allies in March and April 1979 during the Uganda–Tanzania War. The attack took place amid the dis ...

. About two dozen Libyans were killed and buried at a nearby mass grave. The TPDF consequently used the King's College Budo as base, and when it was reopened in June 1979, the students coexisted with the Tanzanian soldiers until the latter withdrew from Uganda.

Notable alumni

Alumni of Budo are known as Old Budonians. Old Budonians have distinguished themselves in service to Uganda and Buganda Kingdom.

Royals

* Edward Mutesa II - 35th Kabaka of Buganda and first President of Uganda * Ezekiel Tenywa Wako - Zibondo of Bulamogi *George David Matthew Kamurasi Rukidi III of Toro - Omukama of Toro *

Henry Wako Muloki Kyabazinga Henry Wako Muloki OBE (February 18, 1921 – September 1, 2008) was a Ugandan Kyabazinga of Busoga, the title given to the ruler of the Kingdom of Busoga, a traditional kingdom within Uganda. Muloki first became Kyabazinga of Busoga i ...

- Kyabazinga of Busoga *

Muwenda Mutebi II Ronald Edward Frederick Kimera Muwenda Mutebi II (born 13 April 1955) is the reigning Kabaka (also known as king) of the Kingdom of Buganda, a constitutional kingdom in modern-day Uganda. He is the 36th ''Kabaka'' of Buganda. He was appointed a ...

- 36th Kabaka of Buganda * Yosia Nadiope - Gabula of Bugabula, Busoga

Politics

* Abu Mayanja - Attorney general and third deputy prime minister 1986-1994 * Aggrey Awori - Minister for ICT 2009-2011 *

Apolo Nsibambi Apolo Robin Nsibambi (25 October 1940 – 28 May 2019) was a Ugandan academic and politician who served as the 8th Prime Minister of Uganda from 5 April 1999 until 24 May 2011, when Amama Mbabazi succeeded him. Early life and education Apolo Ro ...

- Prime minister of Uganda 1999-2011 *

Beti Kamya-Turwomwe Beti Olive Namisango Kamya-Turomwe, also known as Betty Kamya and Beti Kamya, is a businesswoman and politician in Uganda, the third-largest economy in the East African Community. She is the Inspector General of Government in Uganda, since 16 J ...

- Founding president of the Uganda Federal Alliance, presidential candidate in 2011 *

Charles Njonjo Charles Mugane Njonjo (23 January 1920 – 2 January 2022) was a Kenyan lawyer who served as Attorney General of Kenya from 1963 to 1979, and Minister of Constitutional Affairs and the member of Parliament for Kikuyu Constituency from 1980 to 1 ...

- Attorney general of Kenya 1963-1979 * Bertha Kingori - member of the Legislative Council of Tanganyika *

Crispus Kiyonga Crispus Walter Kiyonga (born 1 January 1952), whose first name is sometimes spelled Chrispus, is a Ugandan physician, politician and diplomat, who serves as Uganda's Ambassador to China, based in Beijing. He previously served as the Minister of ...

- Minister of Defence since 2006, member of the Ugandan parliament representing Bukonjo West *

Godfrey Binaisa Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa QC (30 May 1920 – 5 August 2010) was a Ugandan lawyer who was Attorney General of Uganda from 1962 to 1968 and later served as the fifth president of Uganda from June 1979 to May 1980. At his death he was Uganda's onl ...

- Fifth president of Uganda *

Jehoash Mayanja Nkangi Jehoash Ssibakyalyawo Mayanja Nkangi or Joash Mayanja Nkangi (22 August 1932 – 6 March 2017) was a Ugandan lawyer, civil servant and politician. At the time of his death, he was the immediate past chairman of the Uganda Land Commission. He ...

- Justice minister (1998–2008), finance minister (1989–1998), and

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(1964–1966, 1993–1994) * Ignatius K. Musaazi - Founder of the first political party in Uganda, the Uganda National Congress *

James Wapakhabulo James Francis Wambogo Wapakhabulo (23 March 1945 – 27 March 2004) was a Ugandan politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uganda from 2001 to 2004. Background Wapakhabulo began his career studying law at the University of Ea ...

- Speaker of the Ugandan parliament 1993-1996 *

John Ssebaana Kizito John Ssebaana Kizito (12 September 1934 - 3 July 2017) was a Ugandan businessman, economist and politician. He was the president of the Democratic Party (DP) in Uganda from 2005 to 2010. Kizito was a member of the University Council of Ndejje ...

- Mayor of Kampala 1996-2006 *

Olara Otunnu Olara A. Otunnu (born 6 September 1950) is a Ugandan politician, diplomat, and lawyer. He was President of the Uganda People's Congress (UPC), a political party, from 2010 to 2015 and stood as the party's candidate in the 2011 presidential elect ...

- UPC president, under secretary of the United Nations *

Sam Kutesa Sam Kahamba Kutesa (born 1 February 1949) is a Ugandan politician, businessman and lawyer involved in several corruption cases. By the marriage of his daughter Charlotte Kutesa Muhoozi with Muhoozi he is part of the inner circle of president Mu ...

- Former Member of the Ugandan parliament and Former Minister for Foreign Affairs *

Samson Kisekka Samson Babi Mululu Kisekka (23 June 1912 – 25 October 1999) was a Ugandan politician who was Prime Minister of Uganda from 1986 to 1991 and the fifth Vice President of Uganda from 1991 to 1994. He also worked as a medical doctor and diplomat. ...

- Vice president of Uganda 1991-1994, prime minister of Uganda 1986-1991 *

Yusuf Lule Yusuf Kironde Lule (10 April 1912 – 21 January 1985) was a Ugandan professor and civil servant who served as the fourth president of Uganda between 13 April and 20 June 1979. Early life Yusuf Lule was born on 10 April 1912 in Kampala."Lule, ...

- Fourth president of Uganda *

Apollo Kironde Apollo Kironde (1915 – 21 April 2007) was a Ugandan lawyer and diplomat who served as the first ambassador to the United Nations (UN) from Uganda. He was the scion of an ancient aristocratic family of the Nsenene (grasshopper clan). His grandfa ...

- Uganda's first representative to the U.N

Law

* Benjamin Joseph Odoki - Chief Justice of the Republic of Uganda (2001-2013) *

Alfonse Owiny-Dollo Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo is a Ugandan lawyer and judge. He has been the Chief Justice of Uganda since 20 August 2020. He served as the Acting Chief Justice of Uganda from 22 June 2020 and was a deputy Chief Justice from 30 September 2017. H ...

- Chief Justice of the Republic of Uganda since September 2020 and Deputy Chief Justice of the Republic of Uganda, 2017-2020 * James Munange Ogoola - former Principal Judge and former Head of the Commercial Court of Uganda *

Julia Sebutinde Julia Sebutinde is a Ugandan judge serving her second term on the International Court of Justice following her re-election on November 12, 2020. She also is the current chancellor of Muteesa I Royal University a university owned by Buganda ki ...

- Judge at the International Court of Justice,

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* Michael Chibita- Justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda *

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- former Attorney General of the Republic of Uganda * Kiryowa Kiwanuka-Attorney General of the Republic of Uganda since May 2021

Diplomats and civil service

Amanya Mushega Nuwe Amanya Mushega, commonly known as Amanya Mushega, is a Ugandan lawyer, politician, diplomat, and civil servant. He served as the secretary general of the East African Community (EAC) from 2001 until 2006. Background He was born on 27 June 19 ...

- former secretary general of the East African Community (2001-2006) *

Jennifer Musisi Jennifer Semakula Musisi is a Ugandan lawyer and public administrator. She is the first ''City Leader in Residence'' at Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative at the Ash Center of the Harvard Kennedy School, in Cambridge, Massachusetts ...

- lawyer and administrator, former

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of the Kampala Capital City Authority (2011-2018)

Academia

Frederick Kayanja Frederick Ian Bantubano Kayanja (born 4 August 1938) is a Ugandan veterinarian, academic, and academic administrator. He has been the chancellor of Gulu University, a public institution of higher education, since October 2014, replacing Marti ...

- vice chancellor Mbarara University of Science & Technology, 1989-2014 * Peter Mugyenyi -

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researcher, co-founder and director of the Joint Clinical Research Centre, chancellor of the

Mbarara University of Science and Technology Mbarara University of Science & Technology (MUST), commonly known as Mbarara University, is a public university in Uganda. Mbarara University commenced student intake and instruction in 1989. It is one of the ten public universities and degree ...

, since 2009 * Senteza Kajubi - vice chancellor Makerere University 1977-1979, 1990-1993 * David Justin Bakibinga – professor of commercial law since 1998 and deputy vice chancellor (finance and administration), 2004-2009, Makerere University

Writers

Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow (1 May 1929 – 20 August 2006)David Rubadiri James David Rubadiri lukin Hendricks (19 July 1930 – 15 September 2018) was a Malawian diplomat, academic and poet, playwright and novelist. Rubadiri is ranked as one of Africa's most widely anthologized and celebrated poets to emerge after ind ...

- poet and first Malawian ambassador to the United Nations * Elvania Namukwaya Zirimu - poet, dramatist *

Okot p'Bitek Okot p'Bitek (7 June 1931 – 19 July 1982) was a Ugandan poet, who achieved wide international recognition for '' Song of Lawino'', a long poem dealing with the tribulations of a rural African wife whose husband has taken up urban life and wis ...

- poet *

Timothy Wangusa Timothy Wangusa (born 1942) is a Ugandan poet and novelist. Wangusa was chairman of Uganda Writers Association and founder president of International PEN Uganda Centre. Early life and education Wangusa is an ethnic Mumasaaba, born in Bugisu, in ...

- author, poet, and literature scholar * Phillip Matogo

References

External links

Website of King's College Budo

Location of King's College Budo At Google Maps

Kings College Budo Reviews
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