Busoga College Mwiri, commonly known as Busoga College, is a boarding secondary school located in the eastern region of Uganda, [1] specifically Jinja.
Location
Busoga College Mwiri is located on Mwiri Hill in Wairaka Parish, Kakira Town Council-Jinja District, Eastern Region of Uganda, adjacent and to the immediate west of the town of Kakira. Mwiri is approximately 14.6 kilometres (9 mi) by road, north-east of Jinja, the second largest city in the Uganda.[2] The coordinates of Busoga College are 0°29'55.0"N, 33°15'48.0"E (Latitude0.498611; Longitude:33.263333).[3]
Overview
The all-boys boarding school was founded by the Church Missionary Society, who later turned it over to the Church of Uganda. The school receives funding from Uganda's Ministry of Education, thus meeting the classification as a public school. It is one of the prominent middle and high schools (Senior Secondary Schools), in Uganda. The country's first Prime Minister, the late Milton Obote, attended Busoga College Mwiri.[1]
History
Busoga College was founded on 25 September 1911, as Balangira High School, to educate the sons of Busoga Chiefs. Initially, the school was housed in Kamuli. Between 1920 and 1930, plans were made to move the school to Mwiri Hill because of more space and newer, better infrastructure. The school also opened to sons of non-chiefs.[1] Between 1930 and 1933, the school temporarily relocated to Kings College Budo in Wakiso District because of the poor accommodations at Kamuli. In 1933, the school permanently relocated to its present premises at Mwiri Hill. In 1967, a proposal was made to merge Busoga College with nearby Wanyange Girls School. The following year, however, the Busoga College Old Boys Association rejected the proposal and the idea was abandoned.[4]
Prominent alumni
The prominent men who have attended Busoga College Mwiri include the following:[5]
Ruhakana Rugunda: Physician, politician, and diplomat. Prime minister of Uganda from 2014 to 2021. Was minister of health in Uganda from May 2013 until September 2014. Minister of information communication technology from 2011 until 2003. Uganda's permanent representative at the United Nations from January 2009 until May 2011.
James Mutende: Ugandan veterinarian, economist, academic, and politician. He was the state minister of industry in the Ugandan cabinet from 27 May 2011 until his death.
Barnabas Nawangwe: Architect, academic and current vice chancellor of Makerere University
John Walugembe: Business executive, economist, author, entrepreneur and scientist
Wilber Kakaire:[7] Youth social worker, activist and champion of Sustainable Development Goals in Uganda. He was the only youth delegate from Uganda at the launch of Global Goals at the UNGA in 2015