Restoration Of A Legacy We All Cherish The excitement is building as Kigezi College Butobere, affectionately known as Siniya, prepares to welcome back its cherished annual Homecoming event—Siniya Day. This prestigious boys’ school in Kabale Municipality, established in 1957, has a proud tradition of academic excellence and character development. Organized by The Siniya Alumni Forum…
Through his non stop stories I remembered my most memorable encounter with Barugafar. As we always did, together with friends, we had taken refuge from the ruthless Kabale coldness by dodging class and attending to the “Equator” behind the Laboratories near Lumumba B Dormitory. No sooner had we settled there than a frantic rush of boys in blue sweaters signalled danger. Back then I had some traits of “YOU KNOW ME SITYA DANGER” and in that spirit I sought to find our who was causing commotion. With my left eye slowly going beyond the wall i noticed the unmistakably tall Barugafar coming towards my side.
As a Games teacher, he had a way of being professional. I always helped him to mark the football pitch, clearly practicing all the mathematical construction lessons on those curves, circles and right angles.
He once tried to introduce a game for us who were not so talented in the main games. We would throw plastic plates as improvised tools in the throw and catch game. Those plates would glide and dodge the ones trying to catch them and because many participated in that “silly game”, it was always an evening spectacle. An all inclusive activity especially for lower classes of Form 1 (S1) and Form 2 (S2).
Lt. Col. Namanya, an OB of 1984-1990 and a brother to another Musiniya & former Head Prefect Nkwasiibwe Benson Rwebandira aka Nkwaben is our topic this time.
The genius in him, like any other alumni of the only Siniya, just couldn’t go unnoticed at the Senior Command Course that was completed on 30th June 2022 at Kimaka where he was the best all rounder student.
We have had detractors of our causes from time to time, aiming to destroy the seed of hope from which the Siniya Alumni Forum began. Yet, with his great wit, generosity and love for #TheOnlySiniya, Prof. Emmanuel Mutebile often steered us to the shelter of safety. He showed by his example, that it was possible to live “in the world” but not be “of the world”.
SINIYA Alumni Forum was launched on 6th August 2011 by the then Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda Hon. Amama Mbabazi at Hotel Africana.
REST IN PEACE ANDREW BWOGI I read it on this Page [ABASINIYA (Kigezi College Butobere)] and it didn’t sound like a funny joke but in my mind, I knew Andrew Bwogi would still laugh about someone joking that he was dead. My mind lied to me, that Bwogi would pull out a much funnier joke…
