Spectacular scenes that coloured Namilyango’s anniversary fete

The Old Boys of Namilyango College have always prided themselves in their school as the first-ever secondary school in Uganda. 

The prefects of Namilyango College pose for a photo with the Rt. Hon. Annet Anita Among (wearing a cream dress), her husband Engineer Moses Magogo (wearing a blue suit) and Bishop Christopher Kakooza (wearing a white mitre).

For that matter, they have always insisted on high standards in everything they do. Namilyango’s culture of excellence was even more visible during the school’s 121st anniversary, which took place at the school in Mukono district.

The Rt. Hon. Annet Anita Among signs on the board of the new strategic plan of Namilyango College.

The function started with a thanksgiving mass presided over by the Bishop of Lugazi Catholic diocese, the Rt. Rev. Christopher Kakooza. 

Counsel Mathias Nalyanya (fourth-left) and other Old Boys of Namilyango College pose for a photo at the unveiled foundation stone of the proposed classroom block.

Hundreds of alumni (and their spouses), parents, former staff members and well-wishers attended the function, whose spectacle was highly boosted by the good weather.

The headteacher of Namilyango College, Constantine Mpuuga (holding a microphone) delivers his speech. With him are some of the members of the teaching staff.

But the function would certainly not have been all that blissful without the presence of the Speaker of Parliament, the Rt.Hon. Annet Anita Among and her husband, Engineer Moses Magogo, who interestingly, is an alumnus of the school. 

The headteacher of Namilyango College, Constantine Mpuuga (left), Bishop Christopher Kakooza (wearing a mitre) and other dignitaries look on as Rt. Hon. Annet Anita Among unveils the foundation stone of the new classroom block.

The couple caused a lot of excitement and became the focus of attention.

Among provoked even greater excitement when she praised Namilyango College as one of the greatest institutions in the country, which has also produced most of the greatest men, including the country’s “number three man” (Engineer Moses Magogo). 

The headteacher of Namilyango College, Constantine Mpuuga (holding a microphone) delivers his speech. With him are some of the members of the teaching staff.

She later donated sh50m towards the newly established Peregrine Kibuuka Endowment Foundation, a charitable fund for needy students created by the alumni and Board of Governors of Namilyango College in memory of the late Peregrine Kibuuka, the school’s longest-serving headteacher. 

Among later promised to mobilise the legislators to support the fund and the school’s 10-year strategic plan.

The congregation was also happily stunned by the massive donation of sh500m from one relatively young alumnus, the seasoned pharmacist Anthony Natif.

Another marvel of the function was the students’ mass choir, whose top-notch musicianship greatly elevated the beauty of the thanksgiving mass