St. Peter's College Tororo Explained

St. Peters College Tororo
Motto:	"Palma Sub Pondere Crescit"
Established:	1942
Type:	Public Middle School and High School
Head Name:	Headmaster
Head:	Emuron Luke^[1]
City:	Tororo
State:	Tororo District
Country:	Uganda
Athletics:	Soccer, cricket, track, volleyball, lawn tennis, table tennis, hockey
Website:	www.stpeterscollegetororo.ac.ug

St. Peters College Tororo (SPCT), also known as Tororo College, is an all-boys boarding school covering grades 8 -13 in Eastern Uganda.

Location

The school is located in the Eastern Ugandan town of Tororo, approximately 230km (140miles), by road, east of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country.^[2] This location lies approximately 3km (02miles), by road, outside of the central business district of Tororo, along Kwapa Road. The coordinates of the school campus are:0° 42' 18.00"N, 34° 12' 0.00"E (Latitude:0.7050; Longitude:34.2000).

Notable alumni

Notable people who have attended Tororo College include:

• Charles Olweny - Physician. oncologist, medical researcher and academic. Current Professor of Medicine and Former Vice Chancellor of Uganda Martyrs University (2006 - 2015).
• Okello Oculi - Author, poet and novelist.
• Opiyo Oloya - Educator, author, newspaper columnist and community leader. Current Superintendent of Schools, York Catholic District School Board, Ontario, Canada.
• Raphael Owor - Physician, pathologist, academic, researcher, and academic administrator, former Chancellor of Mbarara University, past Dean of Makerere University School of Medicine and Head of Pathology Department at Makerere University
• Wilbrod Humphreys Owor - businessman, bank executive, and management consultant
• Emmanuel Blayo Wakhweya - Idi Amin's Finance Minister; longest serving member of his cabinet
• Amos Wekesa - businessman, entrepreneur and corporate executive
• Sam Kiwanuka - senior military officer in the Uganda People's Defence Forces
• Richard Musani - chartered marketing executive, SME consultant, automotive expert and business columnist
• Vinand Nantulya - physician, pathologist, medical researcher, entrepreneur and academic administrator

See also

• Education in Uganda
• List of schools in Uganda

External links

• Location of St. Peters College Tororo At Google Maps
• St. Peters College Tororo Gets New Science Laboratory
• Tororo College Gets New Dormitory

0.705°N 34.2°W

Notes and References

1. http://newvision.co.ug/D/9/35/509737/Tororo%20College Mr. Emuron Luke Is Headmaster of Tororo College
2. http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Kampala%20%20&toplace=Tororo%20(Tororo)%20&fromlat=0.3155556&tolat=0.6847222&fromlng=32.5655556&tolng=34.1811111 Road Distance Between Kampala And Tororo With Map