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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. 36 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

Notable women who have attended Trinity College Nabbingo include the following: * Namirembe Bitamazire – former

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in Uganda, 2005–2011 *

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– former Minister of Gender and Social Issues in Uganda, 2011–2012 * Dominica Dipio – religious sister, filmmaker, author; professor of Literature and Film at

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* Joanita Kawalya – composer and vocalist with the Afrigo Band * Laeticia Kikonyogo – deputy chief justice of Uganda, 2003–2010 *

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– educator and politician; wife of former

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; chairperson of the

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Women's League * Maria Musoke – information scientist and academic; first Ugandan woman to earn a PhD in Information Science; deputy vice chancellor in charge of Academic and Affairs at

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, 2018–2023 * Hope Mwesigye – former Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries in Uganda, 2009–2011 * Margaret Nakatudde Nsereko – educator and administrator; first Ugandan layperson to become headmistress at the school; served 1971–1987 * Mary Karoro Okurut – Cabinet Minister for General Duties in the Office of the Prime Minister, beginning in 2016; elected Woman Member of Parliament for

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, 2005–2021 * Bernadette Olowo – first woman accepted as ambassador to the

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in over 900 years at her appointment in 1975 * Judith Tukahirwa – environmental scientist, water and sanitation consultant, and management executive; deputy executive director of the

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