User:Agaba Dunok

AGABA DUNOK AGABA DUNOK FRANCIS BYAMUKAMA known for reciting RENE DERCUTES"Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum.(I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am)"", was born in asmall village of Rwerazi Rukoni Sub-county Ruhaama county Ntungamo District of Ankole by Mrs. Karty.K.Byamukama a Ugandan mother of Rwandese descent  and Mr. Wilberforce Byamukama Kibooga on 10th December 1997.He is the third out of three of his mother’s children . He attended his lower lever education at Mary and Paul Preparatory Junior School-Rubaare from 2001 to 2009,he later joined Mbarara high school for his ordinary level from 2010 to 2012 and later joined Muntuyera High School-Kitunga from 2013 to 2015, these schools where both single boys schools where he actively participated in leadership and co-curricular activities, represented his school in National Basketball competition in 2015. He later joined Makerere university-school of computing and informatics Technology admitted on bachelors in information systems and technology .he was the college Finance minister for college of computing and information science, President of Ntungamo University students association, speaker for Ruhaama University students association, School Justice and constitutional Affairs minister for school of computing and informatics Technology all in his Year one at the university.

His Great Grandfather Chief Kibooga was a Chief of Kashabya chiefdom of Nyakatuguunda-Nyarurande- rushebeye of Kigezi (the current kabale /Rukiga District) in the 1910’s and 1920’s, married to many wives(more than 20) which was a cultural descent in the days and had very many children estimated to 70.one of the wives mothered Agaba’s Grandfather Mr. Francis Miisimisi Kibooga. Mr. Miisimisi Francis who was born in 1921 participated in THE GREAT WAR, Third World War referred to as “ssemataro” by the locals as a commander of the Greater Kigezi region and some parts of Rwanda from 1939 to 1945 where he learnt foreign medication. He was the first person to bring foreign medication (tablets and injections) to the Greater Kigezi and treated many people who were victims of the war which gained him a title of “omushaho”a rukiga word to mean "doctor". He commanded the troop that captured the part of Kisoro district from Rwanda to Uganda in 1973 on President Iddi Amins’ directive. The main aim was to capture Mount.virunga which was known as “ebirunga by rwanda”by the kiga natives and add it to Uganda. After the capture,It was then renamed to Mount. Muhabura(a rukiga word to mean “directing”),this is the current Mount Muhavura of Uganda. He was married to three wives one of who mothered Agaba’s father. Mrs. Mukyaala Miisimisi was from the Rwandese from the captured part of Rwanda,gave birth to Byamukama Wilberforce on 15th December 1963 and was the fourth out of seven from his mother. Byamukama had two wives with eight children, the first wife(Agaba’s mother) had three children and the rest to the second wife .went to Kihanga Boys School-mparo in Kabale District for his primary education and later joined Kigezi college- Butobere finished in 1985,unfortunately, due political instability in the country(NRA-IDD AMIN War) he couldn’t further his education. So in 1986 he joined inter-national trade camps which would trade all items between Uganda,Rwanda,Tanzania and Zaire(current Democratic Republic of Congo). Because he had studied modern civilization and mathematics, he found no vast difficulty in pursuing trade career. He participated in the civil war “The Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi”from 7th Apirl to mid-july 1994 where he would lead groups of Tutsis’ and show the short routes to flee to Uganda .The tutsis gave him a name of “Gazipu” literally meaning "a man in long jacket with along zip" hence the name and was an easy way of identifying him whenever he would arrive. Later started a small school in Ntungamo district in the South of Ankole kingdom in 1995.The school being at the Uganda-Rwanda boarder, it attracted pupils from both countries. He never minded the pupils ‘origins even when it was illegal to educated non-citizen he took a big risk because he loved education ,he knew that the sustainability of economic freedom will depend on education. The school is today no longer small but rather one of the most outstanding schools in the district locally known as “Ahawa Byamukama” by the locals was later renamed and registered with ministry of education and sports as Kitwe Preparatory School- Ntungamo in 2000’s In 1997, He started teaching old people how to trade, organized them into a Trading Union which he led as the chair up to 2011. In 2005,the Union started a credit and saving company which is the current Bureebero SACCO ,he was the founder and chair of the SACCO up to 2013 when he retired. He retired in 2013 but kept operating actively in running his school because his dream lies in  education. He has been described by many as a selfless, trustworthy ,the founder of education and trade in the area because there was no school in the area before he come and trade was extinct till he opened the international trade circles for the locals.

Agaba's political interests have grown every day