King’s College Budo is a mixed, residential, secondary school in Central Uganda.
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.
The school was officially opened on 29 March 1906 with 21 boys. It is one of the oldest schools in Africa.
Alumni of Budo are known as Old Budonians. Old Budonians have distinguished themselves in service to Uganda and Buganda Kingdom.
Edward Mutesa II - 35th Kabaka of Buganda and first President of UgandaEzekiel Tenywa Wako - Zibondo of BulamogiGeorge David Matthew Kamurasi Rukidi III of Toro - Omukama of ToroHenry Wako Muloki - Kyabazinga of BusogaMuwenda Mutebi II - 36th Kabaka of BugandaYosia Nadiope - Gabula of Bugabula, BusogaAbu Mayanja - Attorney general and third deputy prime minister 1986-1994Aggrey Awori - Minister for ICT 2009-2011Apolo Nsibambi - Prime minister of Uganda 1999-2011Beti Kamya-Turwomwe - Founding president of the Uganda Federal Alliance, presidential candidate in 2011Charles Njonjo - Attorney general of Kenya 1963-1979Crispus Kiyonga - Minister of Defence since 2006, member of the Ugandan parliament representing Bukonjo WestGodfrey Binaisa - Fifth president of UgandaIgnatius K. Musaazi - Founder of the first political party in Uganda, the Uganda National CongressJames Wapakhabulo - Speaker of the Ugandan parliament 1993-1996John Ssebaana Kizito - Mayor of Kampala 1996-2006Olara Otunnu - UPC president, under secretary of the United NationsSam Kutesa - Member of the Ugandan parliament and Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2004Samson Kisekka - Vice president of Uganda 1991-1994, prime minister of Uganda 1986-1991Yusuf Lule - Fourth president of UgandaBenjamin Joseph Odoki - Chief Justice of the Republic of UgandaJames Munange Ogoola - Principal Judge and Head of the Commercial Court of UgandaJulia Sebutinde - Judge at the International Court of Justice, the Hague, NetherlandsDiplomats and civil service
Amanya Mushega - secretary general of the East African CommunityJennifer Musisi - Lawyer and administrator, first executive director of the Kampala Capital City Authority since 2011Frederick Kayanja - Vice chancellor Mbarara University of Science & Technology, 1989-2014Peter Mugyenyi - HIV/AIDS researcher, co-founder and director of the Joint Clinical Research Centre, chancellor of the Mbarara University of Science and Technology, since 2009Senteza Kajubi - Vice chancellor Makerere University 1977-1979, 1990-1993Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow - poetDavid Rubadiri - poet and first Malawian ambassador to the United NationsElvania Namukwaya Zirimu - poet, dramatistOkot p'Bitek - poetTimothy Wangusa - author, poet, and literature scholar