# King's College, Budo

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

## Location

The school is located on Naggalabi 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 was founded by His Majesty's Acting Commissioner of the Uganda Protectorate, George Wilson and the Church Missionary Society. It is one of the oldest schools in Uganda. The land on which it was built on was donated by the Kabaka of Buganda. The school was originally started a boys only school for the sons of chiefs and kings. In 1934 girls were also admitted making it a mixed-sex education school.
The school has benefited from the support of Monkton Combe School in England. During the service of thanksgiving for Monkton Combe School's centenary held at St Paul's Cathedral in London in May 1968, the money donated during the collection was used to found several Monkton Combe scholarships at King's College.
In late March 1979, the college staff evacuated the students and the remaining civilian population of Budo hill due to the Uganda–Tanzania War. The Libyan Armed Forces, allied with the Uganda Army at the time, subsequently set up camp at the facility. Soon after, the Tanzania People's Defence Force (TPDF) and Ugandan rebels attacked and overran the camp as part of Operation Dada Idi. About two dozen Libyans were killed and buried at a nearby mass grave.
The TPDF consequently used the King's College Budo as base, and when it was reopened in June 1979, the students coexisted with the Tanzanian soldiers until the latter withdrew from Uganda.

## Houses of Residence

King's College Budo has 9 houses of residence.
| House | Named after $^†$ | Girls/Boys |
| Australia House | Australia | Boys |
| Canada House | Canada | Boys |
| England House | England | Boys |
| Ghana House | Ghana | Boys |
| Grace House | Herbert M. Grace, HM of Budo 1926-1934 | Girls |
| Mutesa House | Edward Muteesa II, former student and first President of Uganda | Boys |
| Nigeria House | Nigeria | Boys |
| Sabaganzi House | H.W. Weatherhead, founding HM nicknamed Sabaganzi (the much loved one) | Girls |
| South Africa | South Africa | Boys |

## Notable alumni

Alumni of Budo are known as Old Budonians. The Old Budonians Club (OBC) is the oldest alumni fraternity in Uganda, having been formed in 1914. Old Budonians have distinguished themselves in service to Uganda and Buganda Kingdom. 3 of Uganda's post-colonial Heads of State are educated at King's College Budo

### Royals

* Daudi Chwa II - 34th Kabaka of Buganda
* 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
* Sir Tito Gafabusa Kabalega Winyi IV - Omukama of Bunyoro Kingdom 1924-1967
* Lady Irene Drusilla Namaganda, queen consort of Kabaka Daudi Chwa II and mother to Edward Mutesa II
* Lady Sarah Nalule Kisosonkole, queen consort of Kabaka Edward Mutesa II and mother to Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi
* Prince Crispin Junju Suuna, son of Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi
* Prince Alfred Kato Kiggala, son of Kabaka Daudi Chwa II and WWII veteran with the King's African Rifles.
* Prince Abraham Lincoln Ndawula, son of Kabaka Daudi Chwa II and WWII veteran with the King's African Rifles.
* Prince Yusuf Suuna Kiwewa, son of Kabaka Mwanga II who served in both WWI and WWII

### Politics

* Edward Muteesa II - First President of Uganda
* Yusuf Lule - Fourth president of Uganda
* Godfrey Binaisa - Fifth president of Uganda
* Samson Kisekka - Vice president of Uganda 1991-1994, prime minister of Uganda 1986-1991
* Apolo Nsibambi - Prime minister of Uganda 1999-2011
* Ignatius K. Musaazi - Founder of the first political party in Uganda, the Uganda National Congress
* Grace Ibingira - Designed the Uganda Flag
* Daudi Ochieng - Secretary General Kabaka Yekka party
* Abu Mayanja - Attorney general and third deputy prime minister 1986-1994
* Aggrey Awori - Minister for ICT 2009-2011
* Beti Kamya-Turwomwe - Inspector General of Government (IGG)
* Charles Njonjo - Attorney general of Kenya 1963-1979
* Bertha Kingori - member of the Legislative Council of Tanganyika
* Crispus Kiyonga - Chancellor Makerere University
* Jehoash Mayanja Nkangi - Justice minister (1998–2008), finance minister (1989–1998), and Katikkiro of Buganda (1964–1966, 1993–1994)
* James Wapakhabulo - Speaker of the Ugandan parliament 1993-1996
* Rhoda Kalema - Old girl and Delegate in the 1994 Ugandan Constituent Assembly election
* John Ssebaana Kizito - Mayor of Kampala 1996-2006
* Olara Otunnu - UPC president, under secretary of the United Nations
* Sam Kutesa - Former Member of the Ugandan parliament and Former Minister for Foreign Affairs
* Apollo Kironde - Uganda's first representative to the U.N

### Law

* Benjamin Joseph Odoki - Chief Justice of the Republic of Uganda (2001-2013)
* Alfonse Owiny-Dollo - Chief Justice of the Republic of Uganda
* James Munange Ogoola - former Principal Judge and former Head of the Commercial Court of Uganda
* Laeticia Kikonyogo - former Deputy Chief Justice and head of the Court of Appeal of Uganda (2001-2010)
* Geoffrey Kiryabwire - Justice of the Court of Appeal
* Julia Sebutinde - Judge at the International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands
* Michael Chibita- Justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda
* Peter Nyombi- former Attorney General of the Republic of Uganda
* Kiryowa Kiwanuka-Attorney General of the Republic of Uganda
* Katende Jimmy Rodgers Serunjogi - Senior Partner at Katende Serunjogi & Co. Advocates
* Professor David Justin Bakibinga – professor of commercial law since 1998 and deputy vice chancellor (finance and administration), 2004-2009, Makerere University

### Diplomats and civil service

* Amanya Mushega - former secretary general of the East African Community (2001-2006)
* Jennifer Musisi - lawyer and administrator, former executive director of the Kampala Capital City Authority (2011-2018)
* Winnie Byanyima - Executive Director UNAIDS
* Rosemary Semafumu Mukasa - Ambassador at Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Uganda.

### Traditional Civil Service

* Dan Muliika - Katikkiro of Buganda Kingdom 2005-2007
* Joash Mayanja Nkangi- Katikkiro of Buganda Kingdom 1964-1993
* Michael Kintu- Katikkiro of Buganda Kingdom 1955-1964
* Paulo Kavuma- Katikkiro of Buganda Kingdom 1950-1955
* Michael Kawalya Kagwa- Katikkiro of Buganda Kingdom 1945-1950
* Amos K. Sempa - former Buganda Kingdom Minister of Finance and a former teacher at Budo
* Latimer Mpagi - former Buganda Kingdom Minister of Finance
* James Kahigiriza - Enganzi (Prime Minister) of Nkore Kingdom

### Academia

* Frederick Kayanja - vice chancellor Mbarara University of Science & Technology, 1989-2014
* Martin Aliker - Founding Chancellor Gulu University
* Peter Mugyenyi - Ugandan physician, HIV/AIDS researcher, co-founder and director of the Joint Clinical Research Centre
* Senteza Kajubi - vice chancellor Makerere University 1977-1979, 1990-1993
* Gladys Wambuzi – Founder Greenhill Academy
* Sarah Nyendwoha Ntiro - first woman university graduate in East and Central Africa from Oxford University

### 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
* Phillip Matogo