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

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, approximately , by road, south-west of

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, Uganda's capital and largest city, off of the Kampala-Masaka Road.

History

TRICONA was founded in 1942 by the

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, who are affiliated with the

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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

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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

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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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- Religious sister, filmmaker, author and a professor of Literature and Film at

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. * Hope Mwesigye – A former Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries in Uganda, 2009 -2011. *

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– Educator and politician. Wife of former

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and chairperson of the

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Women's League. * Joanita Kawalya – A composer and vocalist with the

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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

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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. * Bernadette Olowo – first woman accepted as ambassador to the

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in over 900 years at her appointment in 1975. * 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

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, 2005 – 2021 * Namirembe Bitamazire – A former Minister of Education in Uganda, 2005 – 2011. * Syda Bbumba – A former Minister of Gender and Social Issues in Uganda, 2011 – 2012. * Maria Musoke - an Information Scientist and academic. First Uganda female to acquire a PhD in

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. Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge of Academic and Affairs at

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, May 2018 - May 2023.

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