Mwiri OBs in the diaspora dine, pool Shs11m for school projects

Busoga College Mwiri alumni have been at the forefront of reviving the lost glory of their once giant school.

The old boys who hold different key positions have always done this through different campaigns of fundraising dinners, sports galas and charity runs.

This comes at a time when the school's infrastructure has remained wanting amidst continued deteriorating academic performance.

It is against this background that old boys of the school in the diaspora dinned in London last week to hold in an engagement dubbed 'Kamolo' derived from 'Come All'.

By the look at the spick and spurn gentlemen, holding a woman on their left hand and others majestically matching into the Union Jack Club.

The sumptuous means and the soothing music played by an alumni, David Olima, now a professional DJ in London dictated the dance moves for the evening before it later turned into the hard beats brewed from Ugandan musicians.

Mr Paul Muzaale, the chairman of the association said the participation is at anyone's liberty because it is just for good will and there are currently 300 of them.

“At the moment I am supported by a committee in various guises but membership is purely voluntary. The group boasts members from across the decades including these living and working in other European countries. They comprise of Mwirians of all professions,” Mr Muzaale said in an interview.

“It is a Busoga College Mwiri tradition of an annual gathering to celebrate achievements over the past year. It is this template that the Mwiri alumni in UK have adopted to generate an annual get together to network, share experiences, relive the school memories and forge ideas for self and communal development,” Mr Ivan Lule Kyeyune, one of the organisers said.

According to the organisers, the members turned up for the dinner in their 100s. They said alumni also that this opportunity to identify, discuss and agree a single main project that directly supports the school. Over the past year, 2019, the alumni have fully funded a conceptual change project that has had SMEs derive core foundations on which to stop the root causes of the schools problems.

“This is in its implementation phase and had been positively received,” Mr Lule said.

This year's Kamolo like all others is hosted by Robert Kasozi, a serving member of the British forces at their central London private members club.

Over 100 alumni, friends and WAGs are gracing the occasion this year. The standard, British Mess military etiquette style, will be on show with a three course meal, plenty of drinks and tea on offer.