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 km, 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.

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

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

Politics

 * Edward Muteesa II - First President of Uganda
 * 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 - Inspector General of Government (IGG), Founding president of the Uganda Federal Alliance, presidential candidate in 2011, Former Minister for Kampala Capital City Authority, Former Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Former MP Lubaga North Constituency.
 * Charles Njonjo - Attorney general of Kenya 1963-1979
 * Bertha Kingori - member of the Legislative Council of Tanganyika
 * Crispus Kiyonga - Minister of Defence since 2006, member of the Ugandan parliament representing Bukonjo West
 * Godfrey Binaisa - Fifth president of Uganda
 * Jehoash Mayanja Nkangi - Justice minister (1998–2008), finance minister (1989–1998), and Katikkiro of Buganda (1964–1966, 1993–1994)
 * 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 - Former Member of the Ugandan parliament and Former Minister for Foreign Affairs
 * Samson Kisekka - Vice president of Uganda 1991-1994, prime minister of Uganda 1986-1991
 * Yusuf Lule - Fourth president of Uganda
 * 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 since September 2020 and Deputy Chief Justice of the Republic of Uganda, 2017-2020
 * James Munange Ogoola - former Principal Judge and former Head of the Commercial Court of Uganda
 * 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 since May 2021
 * 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 - aeronautical engineer, politician and diplomat. Executive director of Oxfam International(1 May 2013- 14 August 2019), current Executive Director UNAIDS, since 2019.
 * Rosemary Semafumu Mukasa - ambassador at Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Uganda.

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
 * Professor David Justin Bakibinga – professor of commercial law since 1998 and deputy vice chancellor (finance and administration), 2004-2009, Makerere 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