Historical Background University Hall is a service oriented unit for students and staff. It was opened as a Hall of residence in July1957. It is among the oldest halls on campus. The 1st intake were second year students who were transferred from (Northcote Hall by then) now Nsibirwa Hall:
The structure of the Building was of a rectangular form. During the 1960/61 the original plan was alternated and extended to the following blocks:
Q - were extended and more rooms were added
C - from 9 rooms to 23 rooms each block.
S & A had parking space down, but the alternation made during that time eight rooms were added as follows: S 13, S 14, S 15, S 16, then A 13, A14, A 15 and A 16.
It’s a goat land community.
The strength of a chain depends on its flexibility,” the goats” in goat land have their very unique points of strength exemplified in many ways. They possess an unequalled standard of cleanliness; a rare gentleness; a humbling understanding of issues and enviable sportsmanship qualities.
Prominent Former Residents
MR FAGIL MONDAY
Consultant Education Service
MR BEN BYAMBABAZI
Current University Bursar MUK
MR MUHAMMAD KIBIRIGE MAYANJA
President JEMA Party Uganda
DR Y. NEWED
Works with MEASURE EVALUD
PROF. LUBOGA
Medical School Mulago
MR MR GREGORY C.R.
Now at Hartfardshire England
DR. LAWRENCE KAGGWA
Former Director Mulago Hospital
MR KAMANZI CRESCENT
Senior Lecturer NTC Kabale
MR JOHN EKUDU ADOKU
Current Dean of Students
MR TUMUSIIME MUTEBIRE
Govern Bank of Uganda
MR MUKHAPA BENJAMIN
Former President of Tanzania
DR MEDI KAWANA ALLY
A well known Writer MAK
Former Wardens
MR CLEMENT PAIN
Worked till early seventies
MR KAHANGI GORDON
Was the first black Warden
MR RUTESAASIRA
Worked as an Ag Warden
MR J. MUGASHA
Worked as an Ag Warden in 1973
MR RWAMBULA
Worked as Warden in early eighties
MR JOHN EKUDU ADOKU
Middle eighties
MR TUSIIME H. GEORGE
1994 – 2000
MR KABAGAMBE CYRIAKO
2000– 2003
MR MWESIGWA S.LUYOMBYA
2003-2006
MR HASSAN LUTAYA
From August 2006 Current Warden
Capacity
The hall accomodates about 521 students and feeds approximately 1000.250 of them in the Dining hall and 750 in the cafteria. Hall Culture
The students call their hall as the only hall on campus, with a culture of a special and strong meekness symbolized by their association with a goat–thus the language of goat land, “Heb! Heb! Heb!” The students call themselves goats.
Not until 1974, the Hall was known as U/Hall the strategists(the only University Hall on Campus – with a slogan of one for Katanga one for soweto; plus the saying of Maama Kakyaala.
Note: this lady was staying at Katanga village selling local booze.
In 2004 the goats decided to look for the she goats, the hunting ended up to the Hostel called Garden courts which is found at off Sir Apollo Kaggwa Road. They united both the cultures and came up with a New name of “Unicorts Solidarity” since that day, all the cultural activities are carried together as Unicent solidality”
Hall Anthem University hall the hall of halls, victory lies within our Gallant grip.
Strategists united always triumph
Heb Heb Great and Strong
