Munyagwa was equally instrumental. He would treat the student and teachers in his clinic at Gyanda free of charge while Namazzi gave away her garden harvest to the students. Her son Mr.Semulya Rex is the deputy head master. The mother General appointed Sister Bernadette Mary who had previously been head mistress of St. Joseph S.S Nsambya for nine years. Before Bernadette could take her new assignment there was a doctrinal problem. Her order barred member of the congregation from teaching boys above 12 years of age. After some discussion a middle line was found in allowing the boys already in school complete and leave. At the beginning of 1981, she started work. The enrollment was 100 students. Today Bernadette, 80, is an instructor at Nkokonjeru Novitiate. She recalls that on arrival at Namugongo she found the school very unruly. She read the riot Act which calmed down the students. At the end of 1981 the students would go to church without being asked to pray something that was unheard of previously. The facilities were still modest. The teachers' quarters, dormitories and classroom were few, poorly furnished and incomplete. In 1982, there was a total turn-around. Their concentration was also compromised by the marauding soldiers and booming disco music near the school. "There was a time when a big number of solders fell in and wanted to take some of my girls. I stood up and said 'no coming this way.' But the same girls claimed, 'these are our relatives.' I said whether relatives or not I am not allowing anybody in the school. In the end the soldiers started persecuting me but I resisted and become quite strong." Recalled Sr. Sister Bernadette. When they were denied entry the soldiers would waylay them in the school garden. However, when the head teacher discovered this she banned gardening and food was brought from kireka market. But the soldiers were not yet done. "One day I got up very early to go to kireka to buy food. When I reached the junction in Kyaliwajjala, I met some men standing on a raised ground. I said to them, 'what's wrong?' They said sister go head.' But as I was moving one of them came and said, 'Sister, Sister……you are going to die. Get away from there. The soldiers are coming.' Do you know where I hid? In a mosque! I stayed there for some time until they came for me.