Kigezi College Butobere is the first boys-only, boarding, senior secondary school[1] located in Kabale District in the Western Region of Uganda.

The school is 3 km from the centre of the town of Kabale (2014 population: 49,667), the largest urban area in the Kigezi sub-region[2] off the Kabale-Mbarara road.

Religious fights ripped apart the Kigezi chance, forfeiting their turn to Mbarara where Ntare School was started in 1956.

So when the parties disagreed and forfeited their turn, Government insisted that Ngorogoza selects an independent site for the 1957 intake.

They planned the school main infrastructure of classrooms, dormitories and dining hall/kitchen on the tiny but ample flattish land of about 10 acres.

It served as a classroom, staff room, dining and dormitory for the 19 pioneer students and two teachers that started the  school in February 1957.

Waterborne toilets were a novelty; so the villagers marvelled at how basiniya emptied their bowels inside the houses yet kept the place clean and unsoiled!

Near the football pitch was a good Tennis court and another for Basketball, made out of the personal initiative of a teacher, R.G.White and attracting students every day after classes and over the weekends.

Hans JWB Mwesigwa played great tennis with Patrick Tibbs and Yovani Kagumaho, having learnt from the older basiniya like Eri B. Tumwesigye, the greatest mathematician ‘Siniya’ (and probably Uganda) ever had, and Prof Eng John Senfuma.

Cross country was run around the 96 acres of the school land, along a route covering about six kilometers of valleys and hills.

Entertainment and Rhythm clubs, at one time run by Amama Mbabazi, 1966-69 and others also produced creative plays and dances.

The rivals have included St. Mary's College Rushoroza[5] and Kigezi High School commonly known as "SHANKA".