Busoga College Mwiri, commonly known as Busoga College Mwiri, is a boarding

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located in the eastern region of

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, specifically Jinja.

Location

Busoga College Mwiri is located on Mwiri Hill in Wairaka Parish, Kakira Town Council-

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of Uganda, adjacent and to the immediate west of the town of

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. Mwiri is approximately by road, north-east of Jinja, the second largest city in the

. The coordinates of Busoga College are 0°29'55.0"N, 33°15'48.0"E (Latitude0.498611; Longitude:33.263333).

Overview

The all-boys boarding school was founded by the

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, who later turned it over to the

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. 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

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, attended Busoga College Mwiri.

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

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. 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. Between 1930 and 1933, the school temporarily relocated to

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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

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. The following year, however, the Busoga College Old Boys Association rejected the proposal and the idea was abandoned.

Prominent alumni

The prominent men who have attended Busoga College Mwiri include the following: *

: The first

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(1962 to 1966). President of Uganda (1966 to 1971) and (1980 to 1985). Deposed twice from power via

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, by

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in 1971 and by

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in 1985. *

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: Physician, academic, microbiologist, politician, and diplomat. Professor of microbiology at

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from 1978 until 1986. Was

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from 1986 until 1990. Was Uganda's high commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2003. Chairman of the Uganda Health Services Commission from 2005 until 2012. *

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: Physician, politician, and diplomat. Prime minister of Uganda from 2014 to 2021. Was

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in Uganda from May 2013 until September 2014. Minister of

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from 2011 until 2003. Uganda's permanent representative at the United Nations from January 2009 until May 2011. *

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: Journalist *

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: Lawyer, politician and diplomat, who served as the Foreign Minister between January 1971 and January 1973 * Ernest Kiiza: Politician *

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: Zoologist and politician. Second deputy prime minister and minister of east African community affairs since 6 June 2016. * Nandala Mafabi: Accountant, lawyer, and politician *

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: Politician *

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: Journalist and community activist. He is the owner and editor of

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, a weekly Ugandan

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. * 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. *

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: Architect, academic and current vice chancellor of Makerere University *

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: Cricketer *

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: Former

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and one time speaker of the

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. *

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: Ugandan roots reggae musician * John Walugembe: Business executive, economist, author, entrepreneur and scientist * Wilber Kakaire: Youth social worker, activist and champion of

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in Uganda. He was the only youth delegate from Uganda at the launch of Global Goals at the UNGA in 2015 * John Mikloth Magoola Luwuliza-Kirunda: Physician and Ugandan political figure, serving as the secretary general of the

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and as the

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and

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* Ernest Obitre Gama: Lieutenant colonel in the

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and the

under

* James Zikusoka: Civil engineer, who served as the cabinet minister of works and transport from 1971 until 1972

References

External links

Website of Busoga College Mwiri

Busoga College Mwiri: The School That Was
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