Kigezi High School is a church founded, government sponsored, mixed boarding and day secondary school in Uganda. Kigezi High school is located at Rugarama hill, Kabale District, Western Uganda.
Kigezi High School was established as a primary school in 1922 by the missionaries. It became a Junior Secondary School in 1946 and a Senior Secondary School in 1965. It was intended to instill Christian as well as academic values among the learners.
It has produced various students who are working in all walks of fields across the world as top managers and in other capacities. Uganda’s cabinet has over 8 ministers who are old students of the school. It is hoped that the school will be the center of learning for the globalized and e-world that we now live in.
Kigezi High School’s aim is to give quality academic and Christian values to students who will be dedicated to the service of God and humanity. Kigezi High school aims also at being a leading school in Uganda in both academic and co-curricular areas. Kigezi High school has a wide range of facilities, among them is an ICT lab, Home economics lab, library, basketball coat, football, netball pitches, a school farm and other facilities. Kigezi High school has different clubs such drama, interact, scripture union, debating and tourism clubs.
Some of the country’s outstanding personalities like Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile (the Governor of the Bank of Uganda), Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda, Prof. Augustus Nuwagaba, former presidential candidates Dr. Kiiza Besigye, Amama Mbabazi and Abed Bwanika among others studied from Kigezi High School.
