Nabumali High School
{{Short description|Secondary school in Uganda}}
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| city = Mbale
| state = Mbale District
| country = Uganda
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Nabumali High School (NHS) is a mixed, boarding, secondary school in the Eastern Region of Uganda.
Location
Nabumali High School is located in the village of Nabumali in Mbale District, off the Tororo–Mbale road, approximately {{convert|11|km|mi}}, south of the city of Mbale.[http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Mbale%20(Mbale)%20&toplace=Nabumali%20(Western_Province)%20&fromlat=1.0644444&tolat=0.9877778&fromlng=34.1794444&tolng=34.2091667 Road Distance Between Nabumali And Mbale With Map] This location is at the foothills of Wanale, one of the mountain ranges that make up Mount Elgon.{{Cite web|url=https://ugandaschools.guide/view/27013/nabumali-high-school|title=Nabumali High School|website=ugandaschools.guide|access-date=2019-06-01}}
History
The school was founded by the former Church Missionary Society (now called Church Mission Society), a missionary sending body of the Anglican Church from the UK in 1900. Nabumali High School moved to its present location in 1912.
Members of various parishes within the Church of Uganda (which is the Ugandan expression of the Anglican Church) travelled long distances to congregate with each other and for special services, conferences, etc. in the school's chapel building.
Nabumali has a reputation for being one of the oldest in Uganda (even older than Makerere University which is arguably the most prestigious academic institution in the nation). The performance of the school was exemplary especially in the 1960s through the 1990s. During the 2000s, standards declined.[http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/9/35/678036 Declining Standards at Nabumali] However, beginning in the 2010s, an effort led by the school's alumni launched various initiatives aiming to revive the school's former glory.[http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/9/35/684170 Desperate Call To Rebuild Nabumali High School]
Over time the school had developed a reputation for quieter protests and more destructive strikes allegedly led by the then growing population of students from the neighboring Kenya who allegedly had high standards and expectations and were prone to volatile reactions for various reasons. For instance, in August 2004, a student strike occurred at the school in protest of the administration's alleged mishandling of their duties in relation to student welfare.
Because one of the buildings that was set ablaze by some students during the strike was the office block housing the office of the bursar, it is a common misconception to think that the student's held the finance office specifically responsible, but that was not the case. In reality, the dining hall and the administration block (which included the office of the bursar) were likely selected at random to be torched. They were the only 2 buildings to be burned, but classrooms, laboratories, and other buildings had their windows smashed in, and the school property was vandalized in various other ways.
Fun fact: Some of the school's dormitories (which they call houses) are named after former headteachers e.g. Banks and Crabtree.
Etymology
According to a former acting headmaster in 2006, Israel Wabusela Walukhuli, the name "Nabumali" was a European mispronunciation of the name of a lady known as "Nabumati" since the land acquired for the school's site originally belonged to her.{{Cite web|url=http://archive.observer.ug/specials/schools/scl0200609071.php|title=The Observer Media Ltd.: Uganda's Top Resource site|website=The Weekly Observer |access-date=2019-06-12}}
Historically notable headteachers and administrators
- Canon Philip Bottomley
- Reverend W. A Crabtree{{Cite web|url=http://archive.observer.ug/specials/schools/scl0200609071.php|title=The Observer Media Ltd. :: The Weekly Observer :: Uganda's Top Resource site|website=archive.observer.ug|access-date=2019-06-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/Education/Nabumali-High-shown-real-muscle-producing-eminent-legal-brains/688336-1429586-716gciz/index.html|title=Nabumali High School in Mbale: has shown real muscle in|website=Daily Monitor|language=en|access-date=2019-06-12}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rBZWDAAAQBAJ&q=nabumali+crabtree&pg=PA118|title=Doing Conceptual History in Africa|last1=Fleisch|first1=Axel|last2=Stephens|first2=Rhiannon|date=2016-05-15|publisher=Berghahn Books|isbn=9781785331633|language=en}}
- Reverend H. K Banks{{Cite web|url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/Education/Nabumali-High-shown-real-muscle-producing-eminent-legal-brains/688336-1429586-716gciz/index.html|title=Nabumali High School in Mbale: has shown real muscle in|website=Daily Monitor|language=en|access-date=2019-06-12}}
- Ronald Wareham {{Cite web|url=http://elgondaily.co.ug/2019/02/13/the-genesis-of-nabumali-high-school-nabumali-bulaya/|title=The Genesis, Rise and declension of Nabumali High School – Elgon Daily|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-12}}
- Nasanaeri Gavamukulya
Notable alumni
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- Alfonse_Owiny-Dollo, Chief justice of Uganda
- Catherine Bamugemerire
- Aggrey Awori – former Ugandan Minister of Information Technology and a former member of Uganda's Parliament{{Cite web|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1038754/aggrey-awori|title=Aggrey Awori|website=www.newvision.co.ug|access-date=2019-06-08}}
- Aggrey Jaden hi– Founding Father of the Republic of South Sudan and first South Sudanese to attain a degree South Sudan{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZaA8KTGeTa0C&q=Aggrey+Jaden+Nabumali&pg=PA80|title=From Bush to Bush: Journey to Liberty in South Sudan|last=Wöndu|first=Steven|date=2011|publisher=African Books Collective|isbn=9789966257949|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=622LCgAAQBAJ&q=Aggrey+Jaden+Nabumali&pg=PT260|title=South Sudan: The Notable Firsts|last=Kuyok|first=Kuyok Abol|date=2015-09-04|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=9781504943468|language=en}}
- Ambassador Edith Grace Sempala{{Cite web|url=https://observer.ug/news/headlines/53081-ssempala-accidental-diplomat-who-served-at-the-highest-level|title=Ssempala: accidental diplomat who served at the highest level|last=Bitswande|first=Jerome Kule|website=The Observer - Uganda|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-06-12}}
- John Garang – former vice president of Sudan and former leader of Southern Sudan{{Cite web|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1094824/garang-academic-papers-lost-nabumali-inferno|title=Garang academic papers lost in Nabumali inferno|website=www.newvision.co.ug|access-date=2019-06-08}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1093629/nabumali-shine|title=Nabumali can shine again|website=www.newvision.co.ug|access-date=2019-06-08}}{{Cite web|url=http://archive.observer.ug/specials/schools/scl0200609071.php|title=The Observer Media Ltd. :: The Weekly Observer :: Uganda's Top Resource site|website=archive.observer.ug|access-date=2019-06-08}}
- James Wapakhabulo – former foreign minister of Uganda and speaker of parliament{{Cite web|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1104069/obituary-wapa-fought-fight|title=Obituary: Wapa Fought The Good Fight|website=www.newvision.co.ug|access-date=2019-06-08}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1093629/nabumali-shine|title=Nabumali can shine again|website=www.newvision.co.ug|access-date=2019-06-08}}{{Cite web|url=http://archive.observer.ug/specials/schools/scl0200609071.php|title=The Observer Media Ltd. :: The Weekly Observer :: Uganda's Top Resource site|website=archive.observer.ug|access-date=2019-06-08}}
- James Munange Ogoola – chairperson of the Judicial Service Commission – Uganda and former principal judge{{Cite web|url=http://archive.observer.ug/specials/schools/scl0200609071.php|title=The Observer Media Ltd. :: The Weekly Observer :: Uganda's Top Resource site|website=archive.observer.ug|access-date=2019-06-08}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1115648/justice-ogoola-integrity|title=Justice Ogoola: A man of integrity|website=www.newvision.co.ug|access-date=2019-06-08}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1193383/kids-interview-justice-james-ogoola|title=Kids interview Justice James Ogoola|website=www.newvision.co.ug|access-date=2019-06-08}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.observer.ug/news/headlines/19323-museveni-quarrels-with-bishop-over-term-limits-|title=Museveni quarrels with Bishop over term limits|last=Kazungu|first=David|website=The Observer - Uganda|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-06-08}}
- Robert Kabushenga - chief executive officer of the Vision Group{{Cite web|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1201512/nabumali-struggles-rise-ashes|title=Nabumali high struggles to rise from ashes|website=www.newvision.co.ug|access-date=2019-06-12}}-
- Beatrice Wabudeya{{Cite web|url=http://archive.observer.ug/specials/schools/scl0200609071.php|title=The Observer Media Ltd. :: The Weekly Observer :: Uganda's Top Resource site|website=archive.observer.ug|access-date=2019-06-08}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1093629/nabumali-shine|title=Nabumali can shine again|website=www.newvision.co.ug|access-date=2019-06-08}}
References
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Category:Boarding schools in Uganda
Category:Educational institutions established in 1900