Ibrahim Matovu, the current headmaster of Kibuli SS addressing the guests
Kibuli Secondary School on Thursday held dinner at Serena hotel to mark 68 years of existence.
The school started in 1945 after Badru Kakungulu offered 80 acres of land at Kibuli hill for development of education, a mosque and a health facility. Sixty-eight years later, the school has continued to feed the nation with professionals from all faiths and spheres of society. Present at the dinner were the school’s alumni, present and former head teachers, a delegation from the Muslim leadership led by Sheikh Hussein Rajab Kakooza.
Sheikh Hussein Rajab Kakooza leads prayers
Also present was Prince Kassim Nakibinge. The Buganda kingdom Second Deputy Prime Minister, Muhammad Sekimpi, who led a big delegation from Mengo. Buganda Queen Sylvia Nagginda, the chief guest, lauded the late Prince Kakungulu for donating the land on which the school was built.
ROYAL SMILE: The Nabagereka of Buganda, Sylvia Nagginda
Prince Nakibinge called for the continued inculcation of honesty and discipline into the students, saying it’s the only way Uganda is going to reach the next level. The school is working to increase the number of girls. Currently the ratio of boys to girls stands at 2:1. Construction of a four-storey girls’ hostel worth Shs 3bn is underway. Already Shs 700m has been spent on the first floor and efforts are underway to raise more funds.
The younger generation of Kibuli's old boys and girls
Prince Kassim Nakibinge flanked by Buganda Kingdom Second Prime Minister, Muhammad Sekimpi and other officials delivers his speech
The older generation of the Kibuli SS family
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