Trinity College Nabbingo (TRICONA), is an all-girls boarding school covering grades 8–13 in
Central Uganda.
Location
The school is located on a hill in the village of
Nabbingo, in
Wakiso District
Wakiso District is a district in the Central Region of Uganda that partly encircles Kampala, Uganda's capital city. The town of Wakiso is the site of the district headquarters.
Kira, the country's second largest city and suburb of Kampala, is i ...
, approximately , by road, south-west of
Kampala
Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...
, Uganda's capital and largest city, off of the
Kampala-Masaka Road.
History
TRICONA was founded in 1942 by the
White Fathers
The White Fathers (french: Pères Blancs), officially the Missionaries of Africa ( la, Missionarii Africae) abbreviated MAfr), are a Catholic Church, Roman Catholic society of apostolic life of Pontifical Right (for Men) Founded in 1868 by then Ar ...
, who are affiliated with the
Roman Catholic Church
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. Thirty six years earlier, the same religious congregation had founded
St. Mary's College Kisubi, a boys-only residential middle and high school along the
Kampala
Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...
-
Entebbe
Entebbe is a city in Central Uganda. Located on a Lake Victoria peninsula, approximately southwest of the Ugandan capital city, Kampala. Entebbe was once the seat of government for the Protectorate of Uganda prior to independence, in 1962. T ...
Road. TRICONA was established, having realized that the secondary education of Catholic girls needed to be addressed as well. The objectives were to produce educated women who are "morally upright", "academically sound", "socially and physically capable" of serving God and their country. In the beginning, the school's administration was overseen by the
Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa
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(White Sisters), who later, in 1960 handed it over to the Canonesses Sisters of St. Augustine.
Notable alumni
Some of the notable women who have attended Trinity College Nabbingo include the following:
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Dominica Dipio
Dominica or Dominic Dipio (professionally referred to as Professor Sister Dominic Dipio) is a Ugandan religious sister, a filmmaker, author and a professor of Literature and Film at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. As a sister, she belongs ...
- Religious sister, filmmaker, author and a professor of Literature and Film at
Makerere University
Makerere University, Kampala (; Mak) is Uganda's largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922. It became an independent national university in 1970. Today, Makerere University is composed of n ...
.
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Hope Mwesigye – A former Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries in Uganda, 2009 -2011.
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Jacqueline Mbabazi
Jacqueline Susan Ruhindi Mbabazi (born 18 August 1954) is a Ugandan educator, politician and businesswoman. She is the wife of the former prime minister of Uganda, Amama Mbabazi. She also serves as the Chairperson of the Women's League in the Nat ...
– Educator and politician. Wife of former
prime minister
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Amama Mbabazi
John Patrick Amama Mbabazi, SC (simply known as Amama Mbabazi, born 16 January 1949) is a Ugandan politician who served as the ninth Prime Minister of Uganda from 24 May 2011 to 19 September 2014. He played an instrumental role in Uganda's pro ...
and chairperson of the
National Resistance Movement
The National Resistance Movement ( sw, Harakati za Upinzani za Kitaifa; abbr. NRM) has been the ruling party in Uganda since 1986.
History
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) was founded as a liberation movement that waged a guerrilla ...
Women's League.
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Joanita Kawalya – A composer and vocalist with the
Afrigo Band
The Afrigo Band is a musical band in Uganda. It is the longest-lasting musical group in the history of Uganda, having existed for 44 years by August 2019.
History
The band was formed by a group of eight musicians led by their band leader, vocalis ...
.
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Judith Tukahirwa – Environmental scientist, water and sanitation consultant, and management executive. As of December 2012, she was the deputy executive director of the
Kampala Capital City Authority
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) is the legal entity, established by the Ugandan Parliament, that is responsible for the operations of the capital city of Kampala in Uganda. It replaced the Kampala City Council (KCC).
Location
The headqu ...
.
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Laeticia Kikonyogo
Laetitia Eulalia Mary Mukasa Kikonyogo (2 September 1940 – 23 November 2017), was a Ugandan lawyer and judge. Prior to her retirement from the bench, she was a member of the Court of Appeal of Uganda, which also doubles as Uganda's Constitutio ...
– Deputy chief justice of Uganda, 2003 – 2010.
* Margaret Nakatudde Nsereko – Educator and administrator. First Ugandan lay person to become headmistress at the school. Served in that capacity from 1971 until 1987.
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Bernadette Olowo – first woman accepted as ambassador to the
Holy See
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in over 900 years at her appointment in 1975.
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Mary Karoro Okurut – Cabinet Minister for General Duties in the Office of the Prime Minister, beginning in 2016. She also serves as the elected Woman Member of Parliament for
Bushenyi District
Bushenyi District is a district in Western Uganda. Like many other Ugandan districts, it is named after its chief town, Bushenyi, where the district headquarters are located.
Location
Bushenyi District is bordered by Rubirizi District to the n ...
, 2005 – 2021
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Namirembe Bitamazire – A former
Minister of Education in Uganda, 2005 – 2011.
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Syda Bbumba – A former Minister of Gender and Social Issues in Uganda, 2011 – 2012.
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Maria Musoke - an Information Scientist and academic. First Uganda female to acquire a PhD in
Information Science
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. Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge of Academic and Affairs at
Kyambogo University
Kyambogo University (KYU) is a public university in Uganda. It is one of the eight public universities and degree-awarding institutions in the country with the motto, "Knowledge and Skills for Service."
History
Kyambogo University was establishe ...
, May 2018 - May 2023.
See also
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Education in Uganda
The system of education in Uganda has a structure of 7 years of primary education, 6 years of secondary education (divided into 4 years of lower secondary and 2 years of upper secondary school), and 3 to 5 years of post-secondary education. Educat ...
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Cyprian Kizito Lwanga
Cyprian Kizito Lwanga (19 January 1953 – 3 April 2021) was a Ugandan Roman Catholic Prelate who served as Archbishop of Kampala from 2006 to his death. From 1996 to 2006, he served as Bishop of Kasana–Luweero.
Background and education ...
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala
The Archdiocese of Kampala is the Metropolitan See for the Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical province of Kampala in Uganda.
History
The present Kampala Archdiocese is the result of territorial changes:
* Victoria Nyanza Vicariate (1883). It was ...
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Roman Catholicism in Uganda
The Catholic Church in Uganda is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are an estimated 34.1 million Catholics in the country, comprising around 39.3% of the total population in 2014.
The ...
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St. Mary's College Kisubi
References
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