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Namilyango College
Location
Map
Namilyango
,
Mukono District

Uganda
Coordinates0°20′19″N 32°43′02″E / 0.33861°N 32.71722°E / 0.33861; 32.71722
Information
TypePublic Middle School and High School (8–13)
Motto"Nisi Dominus"
Established1902
PrincipalGerald Muguluma
Number of students1,010
AthleticsRugby, soccer, track, tennis, volleyball, basketball
Nickname"NGO"
"The College"
"Anchors"
WebsiteHomepage

Namilyango College is a boys-only boarding middle and high school located in Mukono District in Central Uganda.

Location

The school campus is situated on Namilyango Hill, approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) east of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. It is approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southwest of Mukono, the district headquarters. Namilyango College is approximately 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) south of Seeta, the nearest trading center.

History

The school was opened on 23 March 1902, with 13 students, by the Mill Hill Missionaries, and was the first post-primary boarding school in Uganda. Namilyango College was started with a two-fold purpose: to train Catechists for evangelism and to educate the sons of chiefs. The aims and objectives of the school were summarized in the motto "Education for Responsibility", which was adopted to guide students and teachers alike. Later, the motto "Nisi Dominus" was adopted in line with the Catholic foundation of the school.

Under Bishop Hanlon, the school's founder, the school emphasized a system of free discipline. During class hours, the boys would be without supervision. Hanlon felt that the rigid supervision of the students' spare time activities would be detrimental to their character development.[citation needed] The school thus developed a liberal tradition at the very time of its inception, and 95 years later, the tradition has been maintained.

In September 1906, the catechists who constituted a certain percentage of the students in Namilyango, were transferred to another institution that had been created for that purpose. After this move, the school's name was changed to "Sacred Heart Namilyango High School", although the school was generally known as "Namilyango High School".[citation needed]

In 1907, Fr. Philip Jackson, the headmaster, was appointed the pastor of Namilyango Parish. This new arrangement meant that the school and the parish were inextricably linked. In September, 1912 the parish was once again separated from the school, each with its own head.

In August 1929, the Brothers of Christian Instruction order (The Kisubi Brothers) took over the school and named it 'St. Aloysius College.' However, after three years, the Mill Hill Fathers took it over again in 1932, under Fr. P. Preyde.

The school became known as Namilyango College after the government introduced a new system of naming schools whereby secondary boarding schools were to be called colleges.

During 1941–1945, new dormitories were built and enrollment rose to 125 students in 1945. In 1943 the school was chosen as one of the self-governing schools of the Protectorate under the terms of The Thomas Report. In the same year, the Cadet Corps and Boxing Clubs started.

Towards independence, many of the students who had passed through the school had occupied important positions in the civil service, society and pre-independence politics. In 1960, two years before National Independence, the school was granted 'A' Level status, thus becoming a fully-fledged 'A' Level boarding school for boys.[1][2]

Reputation

Namilyango College is among the most prestigious schools in Uganda, owing to its excellent academic performance and dominance in sports disciplines. For long, it was the best school in boxing, until the sport was stopped in the school in the early 1990s. Rugby union is the biggest sport in the College. Namilyango has won the national schools' rugby title more than any other school, and this is reflected by the numbers of players it has sent on to the national team.[3] In 2003, Namilyango College was rated the 65th best high school on the African continent.[4] Namilyango College was a pioneer in Information Technology in Ugandan schools, building one of the first computer labs.[5]

Rivalries

Over the years a tradition of Namilyango College has been the rivalries with fellow prestigious schools, in Academics, Sports and socialising. The rivals have included, in decreasing order of rivalry: St. Mary's College Kisubi, King's College Budo and Busoga College Mwiri. In recent times the bad blood has been with Budo and SMACK (Kisubi) for the Rugby honours, as Namilyango has won five (5) schools' championships in the last eight (8) years - including the 2012 Championship, compared to one (1) each for their rivals. On the other hand the school has maintained cordial relations with schools like: Gayaza High School, Mount Saint Mary's College Namagunga and Trinity College Nabbingo.[citation needed]

Academics

Subjects offered at "O" Level include; Biology, Chemistry, Christian Religious Education, Commerce, Computer Studies, English Language and Literature, Fine Art, French, Geography, History, Mathematics, Physics, Political Education and Technical Drawing.

At "A" Level subjects offered are categorised into Arts and Sciences. The Arts subjects offered are; History, Economics, Divinity, French, Literature in English, Geography and Fine Art. The Science subjects offered are Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology and Technical Drawing. Subsidiary Mathematics and General Paper are compulsory subjects and students are required to choose one to offer with their three chosen Arts or Sciences subjects.

Houses of Residence

The College has ten residential houses and a hostel. The "O" Level students reside in the residential houses while the "A" Level students reside in Minderop Hostel, named after Father Minderop, the first Headmaster of the College. The ten residential houses are:

  1. Biermans House - Named after Father Biermans, a Mill Hill Missionary (MHM)
  2. Billington House - Named after Bishop Billington (MHM)
  3. Campling House - Named after Father Campling (MHM)
  4. Doyle House - Named after Reverend Father Captain Bernard Doyle (MHM), a former Headmaster
  5. Hanlon House - "House of Lords", named after Bishop Hanlon (MHM), accommodated the first students on 23 March 1902
  6. Kiwanuka House - Named after Archbishop Kiwanuka, the first native African to be appointed Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church in East Africa
  7. Kuipers House - Named after Father Bernard Kuipers (MHM), served the College for 30 years as teacher, Headmaster,and Chaplain
  8. McKee House - Named after Father McKee (MHM)
  9. Mukasa House - Named after Mr. Noah Mukasa, a former Biology teacher at the College
  10. Reensich House - Named after Bishop Reensich (MHM)

Prominent alumni (Old Ngonians)

Former students of Namilyango College are called Old Ngonians. Some of the prominent alumni of the school include:[6]

Royals

Politics

  • George Cosmas Adyebo, Prime Minister 1991–1994
  • Cuthbert Obwangor, Minister of Regional Affairs 1962–1967
  • Matthias Ngobi, Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives 1962–1966
  • Gerald Sendaula, Minister of Finance 1998–2005 and MP for Bukoto 1980–2005
  • Kezimbira Miyingo, Minister for the Environment 1996–2006
  • Agard Didi, Minister for Microfinance 1996–2006 and MP Moyo West 1996–2006
  • Prof. Semakula Kiwanuka, Minister 2001–2006, Ambassador to UAE and MP 1996–2011
  • Fred Mukisa, Minister for Fisheries 2006–2011 and MP for Bukooli Central 2006–2011
  • Vincent Nyanzi Makumbi, Minister of State for Vice President's Office and MP for Busujju County
  • Andrew Lutaakome Kayiira, Minister of Internal Affairs 1979–1980
  • Prof. Isaac Newton Ojok, Minister for Education 1980–1985
  • Norbert Mao, Democratic Party 2011 Presidential candidate
  • Jeremiah Twatwa, MP for Iki-Iki County
  • Joseph Mutebi Balikuddembe, MP for Busiro South
  • Martin Andi Drito, MP for Madi-Okollo County

The Church

  • Fr. Peter Ntege, Diocesan Secretary for Education, Lugazi
  • Fr. Simon Peter Lukyamuzi, parish priest Namilyango Parish
  • Rt. Rev. Dr. Micheal Kyomya, Bishop of Busoga Diocese
  • Pastor Martin Sempa, Makerere Community Chapel and AIDS activist

Law

  • Justice Bart Magunda Katureebe, Justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda
  • Justice John Bosco Katutsi, Judge of the High Court of Uganda
  • Bernard Katureebe, Lawyer of the High Court of Uganda and Solicitor of England and Wales
  • Edward Ddamulira-Muguluma, Senior Counsel
  • Pius Kawere, Lawyer
  • Joseph Bossa, Lawyer and Secretary General of UPC
  • Livingstone Sewanyana, Lawyer and human rights activist
  • John Sempebwa, Lawyer

Civil Service

  • Maj. Gen. Francis Nyangweso, Chairman UOC and Olympian 1958–1964
  • Angelo Onegi-Obel, Governor Bank of Uganda 1973–1978 and Presidential Advisor
  • Geoffrey Onegi-Obel, Chairman NSSF Board of Directors
  • Leo Kibirango, Governor Bank of Uganda
  • Martin Orech, Head of Civil Service
  • Chris Kasami, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance

Academics

  • Prof. John Sebuwufu, Vice Chancellor Makerere University 1993–2001
  • Prof. John Sebastian Mugerwa
  • Prof. Nelson Sewankambo, Dean Makerere College of Health Sciences and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
  • Prof. David Serwadda, Dean Makerere University School of Public Health
  • Prof. Francis Miiro, professor emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Makerere University School of Medicine[7]
  • Prof. Charles Sali, Otolaryngologist and professor of ENT, Makerere University School of Medicine
  • Dr. Joseph Carasco, professor emeritus of Biochemistry, Makerere University
  • Dr. Englebrecht Ssekasozi, professor emeritus of Philosophy at Makerere University, Knoxville College and Lincoln University Missouri
  • Dr. Peregrine Kibuuka, lecturer Nkumba University and former Headmaster

Writers

  • Austin Bukenya, Author, playwright and literary scholar
  • Augustine Omare-Okurut, Poet

Sports

  • Thomas Kawere, 1958 Commonwealth Silver Medalist, Boxing
  • Patrick Kawuma CM, Chess Olympiad
  • Steven Kawuma FM, Chess Olympiad
  • Mike Mutebi, SC Villa coach and former Uganda Cranes Head Coach
  • Paul Sigombe, Vice President of the Confederation of African Rugby
  • Edmond Tumusiime, 2007 African Rugby Champion
  • Fred Mudoola, 2007 African Rugby Champion
  • Timothy Mudoola, 2007 African Rugby Champion
  • Robert Seguya, 2007 African Rugby Champion, and Uganda's most capped internatonal
  • Anthony Kinene, 2007 African Rugby Champion
  • Simon Wakabi, 2007 African Rugby Champion
  • Mwesigwa Edrine Ngobi 2011 African Rugby Champion
  • Ronald Mwisaka, 2007 African Rugby Champion

Other

See also

References

  1. ^ About Namilyango College
  2. ^ History of Namilyango College
  3. ^ Strong Academic Heritage at Namilyango
  4. ^ Top 100 High School in Africa
  5. ^ ICT Facilities at Namilyango
  6. ^ Prominent Namilyango College Old Boys
  7. ^ Life History of Professor Miiro
  8. ^ SASA Board of Directors 2012
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