In 1932, the Franciscan Sisters, under the leadership of Mother Kevin from Ireland, after a request by Bishop Campling the then Prelate of Upper Nile Vicariate, opened Namilyango Boys' Junior School.
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Around 1900, the Mill Hill Missionaries settled on the hill and begun to build Namilyango College, a prestigious middle and high school, intended originally to educate the sons of chiefs.