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Type
  
Secondary School

Established
  
1906

Address
  
Motto
  
Gakyali Mabaga

Number of students
  
1,600

Religious affiliation(s)
  
Anglican

Headmaster
  
Patrick Bakka Male

Phone
  
+256 754 535340

Founded
  
1906

King's College Budo

Founder
  
Henry Walter Weatherhead

Houses
  
7 for boys, 2 for girls

Similar
  
Internatio School Of Uganda, Lubiri Secondary School, St Mary's Kitende, Mengo Senior School, Kitende Secondary School

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King’s College Budo is a mixed, residential, secondary school in Central Uganda.

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Location

The school is located on Budo Hill, in southern Wakiso District, off the Kampala-Masaka Road. This location lies approximately 14 kilometres (8.7 mi), by road, southwest of the central business district of Kampala, 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 is one of the oldest schools in Africa.

Notable alumni

Alumni of Budo are known as Old Budonians. Old Budonians have distinguished themselves in service to Uganda and Buganda Kingdom.

Royals

  • 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 of Busoga
  • Muwenda Mutebi II - 36th Kabaka of Buganda
  • Yosia Nadiope - Gabula of Bugabula, Busoga
  • Politics

  • Abu Mayanja - Attorney general and third deputy prime minister 1986-1994
  • Aggrey Awori - Minister for ICT 2009-2011
  • Apolo Nsibambi - Prime minister of Uganda 1999-2011
  • Beti Kamya-Turwomwe - Founding president of the Uganda Federal Alliance, presidential candidate in 2011
  • Charles Njonjo - Attorney general of Kenya 1963-1979
  • Crispus Kiyonga - Minister of Defence since 2006, member of the Ugandan parliament representing Bukonjo West
  • Godfrey Binaisa - Fifth president of Uganda
  • Ignatius K. Musaazi - Founder of the first political party in Uganda, the Uganda National Congress
  • James Wapakhabulo - Speaker of the Ugandan parliament 1993-1996
  • John Ssebaana Kizito - Mayor of Kampala 1996-2006
  • Olara Otunnu - UPC president, under secretary of the United Nations
  • Sam Kutesa - Member of the Ugandan parliament and Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2004
  • Samson Kisekka - Vice president of Uganda 1991-1994, prime minister of Uganda 1986-1991
  • Yusuf Lule - Fourth president of Uganda
  • Law

  • Benjamin Joseph Odoki - Chief Justice of the Republic of Uganda
  • James Munange Ogoola - Principal Judge and Head of the Commercial Court of Uganda
  • Julia Sebutinde - Judge at the International Court of Justice, the Hague, Netherlands
  • Diplomats and civil service

  • Amanya Mushega - secretary general of the East African Community
  • Jennifer Musisi - Lawyer and administrator, first executive director of the Kampala Capital City Authority since 2011
  • Academia

  • Frederick Kayanja - Vice chancellor Mbarara University of Science & Technology, 1989-2014
  • Peter Mugyenyi - HIV/AIDS researcher, co-founder and director of the Joint Clinical Research Centre, chancellor of the Mbarara University of Science and Technology, since 2009
  • Senteza Kajubi - Vice chancellor Makerere University 1977-1979, 1990-1993
  • Writers

  • Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow - poet
  • David Rubadiri - poet and first Malawian ambassador to the United Nations
  • Elvania Namukwaya Zirimu - poet, dramatist
  • Okot p'Bitek - poet
  • Timothy Wangusa - author, poet, and literature scholar
  • References

    King's College Budo Wikipedia