Makerere University

Makerere University is Uganda's largest and most prestigious university. It was first established as a technical school in 1922, and in 1963 it became the University of East Africa, offering courses leading to general degrees of the University of London. It became an independent national university in 1970. It now has over 25,000 students, of whom some 3,000 are postgraduates.

Prominent alumni

• Archbishop John Sentamu of York, England?s first black Archbishop
• Okello Oculi, author, poet
• Peter Nazareth, author, critic
• David Rubadiri, Malawian poet, novelist, diplomat
• Benjamin Mkapa, former president of Tanzania
• Joseph Kabila, president of DRC Congo
• Julius Nyerere, former president of Tanzania
• Milton Obote, former president of Uganda
• Sir Frederick Edward Muteesa II, former king of Buganda
• Mwai Kibaki, president of Kenya
• Ngugi wa Thiongo, novelist (was later a lecturer at Makerere)
• Oginga Odinga, founding member of KANU and former Kenyan vice president
• Okot p'Bitek, poet (was later a lecturer at Makerere)
• Olara Otunnu, UN special representative for children and armed conflict
• Patrick Mazimhaka, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union's African Commission
• Charles Onyango-Obbo, columnist, editor and commentator of East African politics
• Joseph Sinde Warioba, Prime Minister of Tanzania from 1985 to 1990.