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,

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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

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. The

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(TPDF) and Ugandan rebels attacked and overran the camp as part of Operation Dada Idi. 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.

Houses of Residence

King's College Budo has 9 houses of residence.

Notable alumni

Alumni of Budo are known as Old Budonians. The Old Budonians Club (OBC) is the oldest alumni fraternity in Uganda, having been formed in 1914. Old Budonians have distinguished themselves in service to Uganda and Buganda Kingdom. 3 of Uganda's post-colonial Heads of State are educated at King's College Budo

Royals

* Daudi Chwa II - 34th Kabaka of Buganda * 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 in ...

- Kyabazinga of Busoga * Muwenda Mutebi II - 36th Kabaka of Buganda * Yosia Nadiope - Gabula of Bugabula, Busoga * Sir Tito Gafabusa Kabalega Winyi IV - Omukama of Bunyoro Kingdom 1924-1967 * Lady Irene Drusilla Namaganda, queen consort of Kabaka Daudi Chwa II and mother to Edward Mutesa II * Lady Sarah Nalule Kisosonkole, queen consort of Kabaka Edward Mutesa II and mother to Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi * Prince Crispin Junju Suuna, son of Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi * Prince Alfred Kato Kiggala, son of Kabaka Daudi Chwa II and WWII veteran with the King's African Rifles. * Prince Abraham Lincoln Ndawula, son of Kabaka Daudi Chwa II and WWII veteran with the King's African Rifles. * Prince Yusuf Suuna Kiwewa, son of Kabaka

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who served in both WWI and WWII

Politics

* Edward Muteesa II - First President of Uganda *

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- Fourth president of Uganda *

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

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- Prime minister of Uganda 1999-2011 *

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- Founder of the first political party in Uganda, the Uganda National Congress *

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- Designed the Uganda Flag *

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- Secretary General

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party *

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- Attorney general and third deputy prime minister 1986-1994 * Aggrey Awori - Minister for ICT 2009-2011 * Beti Kamya-Turwomwe - Inspector General of Government (IGG) *

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

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

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(1964–1966, 1993–1994) *

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- Speaker of the Ugandan parliament 1993-1996 * Rhoda Kalema - Old girl and Delegate in the 1994 Ugandan Constituent Assembly election * John Ssebaana Kizito - Mayor of Kampala 1996-2006 *

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- UPC president, under secretary of the United Nations *

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- Former Member of the Ugandan parliament and Former Minister for Foreign Affairs * Apollo Kironde - Uganda's first representative to the U.N

Law

* Benjamin Joseph Odoki - Chief Justice of the Republic of Uganda (2001-2013) * Alfonse Owiny-Dollo - Chief Justice of the Republic of Uganda * James Munange Ogoola - former Principal Judge and former Head of the Commercial Court of Uganda * Laeticia Kikonyogo - former Deputy Chief Justice and head of the Court of Appeal of Uganda (2001-2010) * Geoffrey Kiryabwire - Justice of the Court of Appeal * Julia Sebutinde - Judge at the International Court of Justice,

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* Michael Chibita- Justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda * Peter Nyombi- former Attorney General of the Republic of Uganda * Kiryowa Kiwanuka-Attorney General of the Republic of Uganda * Katende Jimmy Rodgers Serunjogi - Senior Partner at Katende Serunjogi & Co. Advocates * Professor David Justin Bakibinga – professor of commercial law since 1998 and deputy vice chancellor (finance and administration), 2004-2009, Makerere University

Diplomats and civil service

* Amanya Mushega - former secretary general of the East African Community (2001-2006) * Jennifer Musisi - lawyer and administrator, former executive director of the Kampala Capital City Authority (2011-2018) *

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- Executive Director

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* Rosemary Semafumu Mukasa - Ambassador at Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Uganda.

Traditional Civil Service

* Dan Muliika - Katikkiro of Buganda Kingdom 2005-2007 * Joash Mayanja Nkangi- Katikkiro of Buganda Kingdom 1964-1993 *

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- Katikkiro of Buganda Kingdom 1955-1964 *

Paulo Kavuma Paulo Neil Kavuma OBE (1901–1989) was a Ugandan politician and administrator. Between 1950 and 1955 he served as '' katikkiro'' (chief minister) to the then Kabaka of Buganda, Mutesa II Sir Edward Frederick William David Walugembe Mutebi ...

- Katikkiro of Buganda Kingdom 1950-1955 *

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- Katikkiro of Buganda Kingdom 1945-1950 * Amos K. Sempa - former Buganda Kingdom Minister of Finance and a former teacher at Budo * Latimer Mpagi - former Buganda Kingdom Minister of Finance * James Kahigiriza - Enganzi (Prime Minister) of Nkore Kingdom

Academia

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- vice chancellor Mbarara University of Science & Technology, 1989-2014
James Habyarimana
- Distinguished Economics Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA. He is also a founding member and former co-Director of Georgetown University’s Initiative on Innovation, Development and Evaluation (gui2de). * Martin Aliker - Founding Chancellor

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* Peter Mugyenyi - Ugandan physician,

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researcher, co-founder and director of the Joint Clinical Research Centre * Senteza Kajubi - vice chancellor Makerere University 1977-1979, 1990-1993 * Gladys Wambuzi – Founder Greenhill Academy * Sarah Nyendwoha Ntiro - first woman university graduate in

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and

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Writers

* Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow - poet * David Rubadiri - poet and first Malawian ambassador to the United Nations * Elvania Namukwaya Zirimu - poet, dramatist *

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- poet * Timothy Wangusa - 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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