Pugu Secondary School

Pugu Secondary School (formerly St Francis) is located in Pugu area on the outskirts of Dar es Salaam, near Gongo la Mboto, Tanzania. The secondary school located at Pugu initiated the name of the former president of Tanganyika, "Mwl." (mwalimu) Julius Nyerere. The name Mwalimu came as the result of teaching at Pugu secondary school; in the early 1950s, he was the only indigenous teacher in the school.
Notable alumni
* Benjamin Mkapa - President of Tanzania
* Mizengo Pinda - Prime Minister of Tanzania
* Pius Msekwa - former speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania
* Sammy Mdee - first managing editor of The Tanzanian Standard Newspaper and pPress secretary to the first President of Tanzania Julius Nyerere
* Ibrahim Lipumba - Tanzanian politician
* Emmanuel R. Chidong'oi - first president of the Tanzania chapter of Ecosystem-Based Adaptation for Food Security Assembly, and managing director of Tanzania Organization for Agricultural Development
* Elibramack Joel - sector assistant secretary of the Tanzania Union of Industrial and Commercial Workers
* Kitila Mkumbo - cabinet minister of Tanzania
 
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