{"id":2005,"date":"2014-12-18T09:05:51","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T06:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzkenya.com\/?p=2005"},"modified":"2018-01-29T16:39:20","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T15:39:20","slug":"ugandan-presidents-academic-qualifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzkenya.com\/ugandan-presidents-academic-qualifications\/","title":{"rendered":"Ugandan Presidents Academic Qualifications – 1962 Till Date"},"content":{"rendered":"
Uganda had been under the British since 1894 and was subjected under\u00a0colonial rule. The country at the time was mainly made up of kingdoms, kindreds, and chieftaincies that dwelt around the lake regions of central Africa. Uganda has actually taken a very long walk starting from 1962 after Britain granted the country independence. Despite that Uganda has made great strides since 1962. It has not coast through the journey considering the years of political maneuvering which first resulted from supporters of a centralized state vying with those in favor of a loose federation and a strong role for tribally-based local kingdoms and also several loss and restoration of Republic emanating from various insurgence (coup d’\u00e9tat by Idi Amin and\u00a0General Olara-Okello). We are right to say that\u00a0Uganda has endured 50 years of suffering however, it has\u00a0made phenomenal progress in transforming her governance. We are well aware of the history that has been told time and time again but we know little or nothing about the academic qualifications of these men who have come from all the country\u2019s regions and\u00a0have by their actions and inactions taken Uganda where it finds itself today. View below to see the educational background of Ugandan presidents starting from first to the current president.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n His early\u00a0education was conducted under private auspices and then at King’s College, Budo.<\/p>\n From 1943 to 1945, Mutesa studied at Makerere University College, Kampala.<\/p>\n In 1945 to 1948, he read History, Economics, and Law at Magdalene College, Cambridge University in England.<\/p>\n He received his military training in the Officer Training Corps in England (where he joined the University Officer Training Corps and was subsequently commissioned as a captain in the Grenadier Guards).<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n He got his elementary education in 1940 at the Protestant Missionary School in Lira and his secondary at Gulu Junior Secondary School, Busoga College Mwiri.<\/p>\n He obtained his University degree at Makerere University where he took a general arts course, including English and Geography (He intended taking law but was not taught by the school, so he went for general art course). At Makerere, he may have been expelled for participating in a student strike, or alternatively left after a place to study law abroad was not funded by the protectorate government.<\/p>\n In 1963, he acquired an honorary Doctor of Law from Long Island University in the United States<\/p>\n In 1964, he received the same degree from the University of Delhi, India. After this, he always styled himself “Dr.”<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n He attended an Islamic school in Bombo in 1941 and he left school with nothing more than a fourth-grade English-language education after a few years.<\/p>\n He was recruited to the army by a British colonial army officer. He joined the army as a cook and was later promoted to the position of an officer.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Yusuf Lule attended a local primary school in Mpigi before attending King’s College Budo (1929-1934).<\/p>\n He went to Makerere University College, Kampala to further hiseducation, with a speciality in Sociology (1934-1936).<\/p>\n He proceeded to Fort Hare University at Alice, South Africa (1936-1939).<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Godfreyt attended\u00a0King’s College Budo and Makerere College.<\/p>\n He earned an LLB in law from King’s College London in 1955 and was called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn in 1956.<\/p>\nApollo Milton Obote (1925\u20132005):<\/h2>\n
Honours:<\/h2>\n
Idi Amin Dada\u00a0(1925\u20132003):<\/h2>\n
Yusuf Kironde Lule\u00a0(1912\u20131985):<\/h2>\n
Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa\u00a0(1920\u20132010):<\/h2>\n
Paul Muwanga\u00a0(1921\u20131991):<\/h2>\n