Our History

History Of M.M College Wairaka

The school establishment was a brain child of the colonial governor Andrew Cohen. It started as a technical college in 1953, with the purpose of yielding skilled labour for the growing industries in Jinja.

In 1958, the technical status was ‘transferred’ to Kyambogo due to poor enrolment and by then the principal was Mr. Lloyd. It was then turned into a farm school called Muljibhai Madhvani Farm School, headed by the principal called Mr. Denis John Wood. The graduates would obtain a certificate accredited to City Lloyds in UK. Later the parents wanted the government to employ their children. But this was only after a child had gone through secondary school education. Hence they started demanding for a secondary school and it was eventually granted in 1970 and became Muljibhai Madhvani College – Wairaka.

Mr. Denis John Wood former principal of Muljibhai Madhvani Farm School was asked to act as the head which he turned down. Then Mr. Mulwanyi Lameck from Gulu Farm School was asked to take over as acting headmaster of the infant secondary school.

The school went through many changes over the years under various headteachers and in 1973 the government then abolished foreign names attached to institutions. The Board of Governors resolved that the school be called Wairaka College from Muljibhai Madhvani College Wairaka. In 1982 Wairaka College was upgraded to an A’level school. With the coming back of Indians after change of government in 1986, the Madhvanis reclaimed the name of the school as Muljibhai Madhvani College – Wairaka