Uganda Technical College, Kichwamba

The institute is located approximately {{convert|15|km|0}}, by road, northwest of the city of Fort Portal, in Kabarole District, in the Western Region of Uganda.{{cite web|

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publisher=Globefeed.com (GFC)|access-date=21 December 2015|date=21 December 2015}} This location lies approximately {{convert|310|km|mi}}, by road, west of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.{{cite web|

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publisher=Globefeed.com (GFC)|date=21 December 2015}} The coordinates of the College's campus are:0°42'52.0"N, 30°11'28.0"E (Latitude:0.714440; Longitude:30.191107).{{google maps|accessdate=21 December 2015|

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The institution was established in 1947, as a resettlement of World War II veterans and as an Artisan Training Centre. In 1971, it was upgraded to the level of technical institute and in 1983, it became a technical college.

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On 8 June 1998, rebels affiliated with the terrorist group Allied Democratic Front (ADF) attacked the college and set three dormitories of fire, killing 80 students. The ADF abducted another 100 students and destroyed other property including laboratories and school vehicles.{{cite web|title=Kichwamba rises from the ashes|access-date=21 December 2015|

url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/SpecialReports/-/688342/932010/-/item/0/-/m0qm4b/-/index.html|date=5 June 2010|last=Felix Basiime|first=and Joseph Mugisa|

newspaper=Daily Monitor|location=Kampala}}{{cite web|

url=http://www.redpepper.co.ug/kichwamba-massacre-survivors-accuse-government-of-neglect/|title=Kichwamba Massacre: Survivors Accuse Government Of Neglect|

date=12 June 2014|access-date=21 December 2015|last=Administrator| newspaper=The Red Pepper|location=Kampala}}

With the help of the Government of Uganda, the Netherlands Organisation for International Cooperation in Higher Education (Nuffic), Hanze University, Kyambogo University, Mountains of the Moon University and the Government of the Netherlands, the college recovered and, by 2010, had increased its student population to over 650.

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• [http://www.campustimesug.com/862-graduate-at-kichwamba-tc/ 862 graduate at Kichwamba Technical College - November 2012]

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