Asaba Edson Ruyonga is a Ugandan politician who served for three terms as mayor of Fort Portal City from 2001 to 2016. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Ruyonga hails from the Tooro Kingdom, one of the ancient traditional monarchies of Uganda.
Fort Portal or Kabarole is a city located in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the seat of both Kabarole District and historically of the Tooro Kingdom.
Miria Obote is a Ugandan politician who was first lady of Uganda, and widow of former Prime Minister and President Milton Obote. She was a candidate in the 2006 Ugandan general election.
Amon Bazira was a Ugandan Pan-Africanist leader and an organiser who created an extensive intelligence network that was a clandestine component of the struggle to end the regime of Ugandan military dictator and president, Idi Amin. After helping to remove Idi Amin, Bazira served as Deputy Director of intelligence, and then as Director of Intelligence in Uganda in 1979. He produced a government report predicting that there would be a massive genocide in Rwanda that would lead to the collapse of order in Central and Eastern Africa, and proposed granting citizenship to Rwandan refugees and other displaced Africans in Uganda, as a means of preventing genocidal warfare. In August 1993, Amon Bazira was assassinated in between Nairobi and Nakuru in Kenya.
Nabumali High School (NHS) is a mixed, boarding, secondary school in the Eastern Region of Uganda.
Rukirabasaija Patrick David Matthew Kaboyo (Rwamuhokya) Olimi III was the 11th Omukama of the Tooro Kingdom and reigned from 1965 until his death in 1995.
GNL Zamba, born Ernest Nsimbi, is a Ugandan hip hop artist who is credited with bringing rap and Lugaflow, a style of music to mainstream radio and other media in Uganda.
Miss Uganda or Miss Uganda World is a national beauty pageant in Uganda.
Ragga Dee, born Daniel Kazibwe, is a Ugandan musician and politician. He contested for mayor of Kampala in the 2016 general elections. Currently, Ragga Dee serves as An Arts Administrator representing Art on the Private Sector Foundation Executive as well as Being Chairman National Culture Forum.
Josephine Mugerwa, is a Ugandan singer and dancer who is also hailed as "Uganda's Shakira"
Kyebambe Girls Secondary School is a residential girls-only secondary school located in Fort Portal, Kabarole District in western Uganda. It was founded in 1910 under the Church of Uganda and named after the Omukama of Toro, Daudi Kasagama Kyebambe IV.
Humphrey Nabimanya is a Ugandan social entrepreneur, philanthropist, peer educator, founder and team leader at Reach A Hand, Uganda. He founded the Ikon Awards.
Reach A Hand, Uganda (RAHU) is a youth serving nonprofit organisation based in Uganda that focuses on youth empowerment programs with an emphasis on, Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) and Advocacy of young people between the ages of 10–30 years including HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention, and youth livelihood promotion. RAHU works with the goal of increasing access to information and services relating to SRHR for young people so as to empower them live healthy, focused and productive lives. Reach A Hand Uganda's efforts are timely to make a contribution to ensuring that every young person in Uganda can access accurate information to aid and direct them in taking that crucial life decision regarding their life skills and development, and sexual reproductive health and rights.
Ssekikubo Theodore in Ssembabule, is a Ugandan politician. He represents Lwemiyaga County, Sembabule District in the Parliament of Uganda.
Catherine Adipo is a Ugandan sportswoman, sports administrator and the first female FIFA referee in Uganda as well as East and Central Africa.
Radio West is an FM radio station based in Western Region, Uganda. It is based in Mbarara with four additional repeaters. The station is owned by the Vision Group.
Hamis Kiggundu, commonly known as Ham, is an Ugandan businessman, lawyer and author. He is the CEO of the Ham Group of Companies, and has written two books Success and Failure Based on Reason and Reality (2018) and Reason as the World Masterpiece (2021). As of 2024, Kiggundu is among the richest Ugandans by networth.
William Otim also known as Bosmic Otim or Lucky Bosmic Otim is a Ugandan musician and politician, born and raised in Gulu.
Kakyeka Stadium is the main City sports Arena or Stadium In Mbarara City in Western Region, Uganda. The Stadium is in the West side of the main city and it has the capacity of 1,500 people. It is currently used as the home ground for Mbarara City FC, a football Club playing in Uganda's top league Uganda Premier League.
Husnah Kukundakwe is a Ugandan swimmer. She is the country's only classified paralympic swimmer. Her first appearance at the World Championships in London was mentioned among the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC's) Top 10 Moments of 2019.
Raphael Magyezi is a Ugandan politician. He served as Member of Parliament representing Igara West beginning in 2011. He was appointed in the Cabinet of Uganda as the Minister for Local Government in 2019 by PresidenYoweri Musevenit.