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Kigezi High School

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Established
  
1922

Address
  
Kabale, Uganda

Motto
  
I Serve

Website
  
Homepage

Founded
  
1922

Kigezi High School

Type
  
Public Middle School and High School (8-13)

Athletics
  
track, tennis, volleyball, basketball, netball, cricket

Kigezi high school old students sports day


Kigezi High School, is a mixed, boarding, middle and high school in Kabale, Kabale District, Western Uganda.

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Location

The school is located off the Kabale-Kisoro Road, near a place called Lugarama, approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi), by road, northwest of the central business district of the town of Kabale. The coordinates of Kigezi High School are:1°14'25.0"S, 29°58'59.0"E (Latitude:-1.240278; Longitude:29.983056).

History

The school was founded by the Church Missionary Society, in 1922. It affiliated with Kabale Diocese of the Church of Uganda.

Notable alumni

  • Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile - Economist and banker. Governor of the Bank of Uganda (2001 to 2016), Chancellor, International University of East Africa (since 2014).
  • Ruhakana Rugunda - Physician, politician, and diplomat. Current Prime Minister since 2014. Former Minister of Health of Uganda from May 2013 to September 2014. Former Minister of Information Communication Technology from 2011 until 2003. Former Uganda's Permanent Representative at the United Nations, from January 2009 until May 2011.
  • Mildred Barya - Author, poet, and journalist.
  • Kiiza Besigye - Physician, politician, and former military officer in the Uganda People's Defence Force. Former president of the Forum for Democratic Change political party. Contestant in Uganda's 2001, 2006, and 2011 presidential elections. Lost all of them.
  • Augustus Nuwagaba - Social Worker, academic, researcher, and university professor. Associate professor of social work, population studies, and poverty eradication in the Department of Social Work and Social Administration at Makerere University.
  • Abed Bwanika - Veterinarian, politician, and pastor. Two-time former presidential candidate. President of the People's Development Party.
  • Philemon Mateke - Ugandan politician and academic. He has bee the State Minister of Foreign Affairs for Regional Affairs since March 2015.
  • References

    Kigezi High School Wikipedia