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Mount Saint Mary's College Namagunga

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Established
  
1942

Address
  
Namagunga, Uganda

Founded
  
1942

Number of students
  
750 (2011)

Total enrollment
  
750 (2011)

Mount Saint Mary's College Namagunga

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

Principal
  
Sister Seraphine Amulen, MBA

Athletics
  
Track, Tennis, Volleyball, Basketball and Golf

Website
  
msmnamagunga.sc.ug/home/

Motto
  
Per Scientiam Ad Virtutem; (Through Knowledge to Virtue)

Similar
  
Uganda Martyrs' SS Nam, Seroma Christian High Sch, Seeta High School, Gayaza High School, Hillside Nursery and Prim

Mount Saint Mary's College Namagunga is an all-girl boarding school located in Mukono District in Uganda. The school is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugazi.

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Location

The school is on the Kampala-Jinja Highway, approximately 44 kilometres (27 mi), by road, east of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. Its location is approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), by road, west of Lugazi, the nearest town, and approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi), by road, east of Mukono, the site of the district headquarters. The coordinates of the school are 0°22'21.0"N, 32°53'01.0"E (Latitude:0.3725; Longitude:32.8836).

Overview

The college was founded in February 1942 by Mother Mary Kevin of the Franciscan Sisters for Africa. It has the best academic records in Uganda at both the ordinary level ("O" Level), or middle school, and at the advanced level ("A" Level), or high school.

Prominent alumni

Some of the prominent alumni of the school include:

  • Josephine Nambooze - Emeritus professor of public health at Makerere University School of Public Health. Nambooze was the first female Ugandan to qualify as a physician circa 1959.
  • Specioza Kazibwe - Physician, politician, women's advocate. First African woman elected vice president of Uganda, serving between 1994 and 2003.
  • Winnie Byanyima - aeronautical engineer, politician, diplomat. Executive director of Oxfam International.
  • Christine Ondoa - Physician, politician, church minister. Former minister of health in Uganda 2011-2013. Executive director of the Uganda AIDS Commission.
  • Mary Okwakol - University professor, academic administrator, and zoologist. Vice chancellor, Busitema University.
  • Doris Akol - Commissioner general of the Uganda Revenue Authority.
  • Sezi Mbaguta - State Minister of public service.
  • Joan Kagezi - Lawyer and prosecutor. Was deputy director of Public Prosecution and head of the International Criminal Division in Uganda's Ministry of Justice.

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