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KAMPALA (GOAN) INSTITUTE CENTENARY COMMITTEEFront row, left to right: Almir D’Cunha (Treasurer), Eurema Colaco, Antonio Mascarenhas (Chairman),Greta Dias, Norman D’Souza. Back row: Denis Pereira (Social Secretary), Aloysius Lobo, Bertilla DeSouza (Secretary), Aloysius Mathias, Nick De Mello, Seira FurtadoSUB-COMMITTEESSocial Sub-Committee: Denis Pereira (Chair), Eurema Collaco, Greta Dias& Seira FurtadoJohn H. Nazareth (Editor-Centenary Brochure)Delphine Francis & Elma Da Costa (Co-Ordinators Of Holy Mass)The Organizing Committee would like to acknowledge and sincerely thank our generous donors, sponsorsand all who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure the success of the functions.Our sincere apologies to anyone whose name might inadvertently have been omitted.Thank you all!!!Kampala (Goan) Institute, KampalaCrane Bank Limited, KampalaAerotoursRoyal Bank, Canada\Albert FernandezLazarus PereiraUvy Lopes

2010 KGI Centenary Brochure 1MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMANKI CENTENARY COMMITTEEJune 26 th , 2010A Hundred years ago, our pioneering founders could never haveimagined that the Centenary Celebration of the Kampala Goan Institutewould be held 12,000 kilometres away in far off Canada.This Anniversary celebration gives us an opportunity toacknowledge and pay tribute to the courageous nineteen visionary Goanpioneers who laid the foundation for the Kampala Goan Institute onJune 26 th 1910. As Goan goodwill ambassadors to their new home inUganda, Africa, they enthusiastically and courageously formed an institution where fellow Goanscould meet, play and socialize. From a tiny tin-roofed shack, the club grew to the impressiveinstitution that was a haven for countless Goan immigrants to Kampala. The site of the originalclub was never changed – again a testimony to the vision of the founders. They couldn’t havepicked a more central location for what became one of the finest social and sports institutions inthe city.KGI members were recognized throughout East Africa for their sporting prowess. Weexcelled in hockey, cricket, tennis, badminton, and table tennis. Our members were key players inUgandan and East African teams in international tournaments. Three KGI members were in theUgandan Olympic hockey squad at the Munich Games in 1972.KGI bonds of friendship have endured as is demonstrated by the overwhelming supportour committee has received in organizing this Centenary celebration.Much has transpired over the last hundred years. Twelve years after celebrating a lavish 50 thAnniversary, the vast majority of KGI members were forced to leave Uganda as part of thehistoric Asian Exodus of 1972. Almost overnight, the Kampala Goan Diaspora boostedmembership of fledgling Goan Associations in many cities around the world primarily in Britain,Australia, the United States and Canada.Fifty years ago, KGI founding member, Eugene A. Pinto stated: – “The past has beenglorious, the present is prosperously passing, and the future is in trust with the youngermembers.” Political events prevented future members from carrying the KGI torch in the locationof its inception but the strong membership bond was never severed. This Centenary celebrationis a tribute to the KGI spirit that has motivated so many to attend from around the world to passthe torch to our children who have indeed done us proud in every country that gave us refuge.I extend a warm welcome to Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia,Chairman of the Kampala Institute andthe Hon. Rajni Tailor, Secretary of the Kampala Institute and Minister of State for EconomicPlanning Development & Investments, Buganda Kingdom, who travelled here from Uganda torepresent the newly constituted Kampala Institute. My sincere gratitude for their generousdonations without which we would have been unable to organize a celebration such as this.Finally, an ambitious three day celebration such as this could not have been possiblewithout an organizing committee that so unstintingly gave of their time and energy.I send my most sincere greetings to all past and present members of the Kampala Instituteand wish the Institute many years of success in the future.Antonio MascarenhasTable of contents overleaf …….

2 2010 KGI Centenary BrochureTable of ContentsPage Title1 Message from the Chairman of the Centenary Committee3 Message from the Archbishop of Goa and Daman4 Message from the Premier of Ontario5 Message from the Mayor of Mississauga6 Message from the Commissioner of NRI Affairs, Government of Goa7 Message from the Board of Trustees, Kampala Institute8 Message from the Consul General of India8 Message from the Goan Overseas Association, Ontario, Toronto8 Message from the Goan Overseas Association, NSW, Australia8 Message from the Goan Overseas Association, Vancouver8 Message from the Chairman, Mombasa Institute9 Message from Father John Appelman9 Message from the Bishop of Port Blair9 Message from Mark Vaz, former President of KI9 Message from Neru Rodrigues, former President of KI9 Message from Aloysius Lobo, former President of KI10 Their Spirit Lives On – The Founders12 History of the KGI – Founding to Today18 Executive Committees of the KGI20 Centenary Celebrations – Schedule21 Kampala Institute Centenary Song24 A Brief History Of Sports Achievements24 National Representations - Sports25 Sports Achievements Among Our Descendants in Canada29 Other Achievements29 Leaders In Other Goan Organizations Post-197229 Memories Of The KI29 Extract of History of G.O.A. Ontario Written in 1995 pertaining to the Expulsion29 Remembering the KGI30 Poly Pereira, Our Hero30 A Dance In The Goan Institute32 Michael Texeira - KGI's and one of East Africa's finest Sportsmen33 Miscellaneous Articles By/About Members And Their Descendants33 A Search for an Identity: Catholic Goans - How they fit in a predominantly Hindu India34 The Origin Of The Gomesi/Busuuti35 Remembering The Uganda Asian Expulsion Of 197236 The Goan Legacy... Living On In Uganda (Uganda Newspaper - In New Vision)38 Odds And Ends On The Asian Expulsion Of 197238 How Hockey Determined the Number of Asian Refugees Accepted By Canada39 The Smell of The Expulsion39 Editor’s Note40 List of Attendees

2010 KGI Centenary Brochure 3ARCHDIOCESE OFARCHBISHOP’S HOUSE,GOA AND DAMAN P.O. BOX NO. 216PATRIARCHATE OF THE EAST INDIES Panjim- 403 001GOA - INDIACP/539/2010 Tel: (0832) 2223353 / 2225291Fax No: 91-832-2224139E-mail:archbpgoa@gmail.comM E S S A G EI am glad to know that those who have been connected with the well known KampalaGoan Institute are eagerly looking forward to a Grand Worldwide Reunion in Toronto, onthe occasion of the 100 th Anniversary of the Institute, to be celebrated from the 24th to the27 th of June, 2010.Goans have always been known for their sociability. Wherever they live inconsiderable numbers, they instinctively create a special bond with fellow-Goans. And thisexplains the existence, not only of the famous clubs and kudds of Bombay, but also of GoanClubs, Associations, Institutes, etc. in every corner of the world.The Kampala Goans are no exception. Joining the hordes of fellow-Goans who wereemigrating to East Africa in the beginning of the 20 th century, they soon began to formthemselves into clubs, the Kampala Institute being one of the most famous. After the greatGoan exodus from Uganda in 1972, members of this Institute spread throughout the fourcorners of the world, their greatest concentration being perhaps in the city of Toronto.Wherever they went, they continued their ‘social club’ life-style and, more importantly, tooffer an enormous contribution to the development of their adopted countries.And so it is that Toronto is getting ready for the Grand Reunion of Kampala Goans. Iwould like to be ‘present’ among them through this brief Message and to wish them all thebest.Archbishop’s House, Panjim, Goa, February 20, 2010.(+ Filipe Neri Ferrão)Archbishop of Goa and Daman

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2010 KGI Centenary Brochure 5June 26, 2010Dear Friends:On behalf of members of Council and the residents of the City of Mississauga, Iam pleased to extend greetings to the Kampala (Goa n) Institute on the occasion of their 100 thAnniversary.Established for expatriate Goans in Kampala, Uganda, the Kampala (Goan)Institute has been providing Goans from across the globe with a connection to their cultureand heritage. Through the many social and sporting activities, the Goan community is able tocome together to share in these important event s. It pleases me to see that Mississauga has athriving Goan community which has contributed positively to our ethnic diversity.Once again, on behalf of members of Council and the residents of the City ofMississauga, best wishes for a memorable evening.

6 2010 KGI Centenary BrochureM E S S A G EI am glad to know that the Centenary Celebrations of the founding ofthe Kampala Goan Institute are being held in June. Goans did settle abroadover decades and centuries. Their hard work, their dedication and respectfor law and order made the Goan Diaspora a preferred community in mostparts of the world. In Uganda, they held high administrative positions in theCivil Services, in business and in the private sector.The Kampala Goan Institute Celebrations will certainly rekindle oldassociations and help the new generation strengthen their ancestral roots. Iwish the Celebrations all success and convey my best wishes to theChairman of the Organizing Committee, Mr. Antonio Mascarenhas and toall the participants.SECRETARIAT, PORVORIM GOA INDIA – 403 521Tels: 0832-2419515, 0832-2777800 FAX Nos 0832-2419851, 0832-2776868Off E-mail commissionernri_goa@rediffmail.comRef: loksevagoa@rediffmail.com

2010 KGI Centenary Brochure 7From the Kampala Institute, 2010It is a great honour and an immense privilege for me to have been invited toconvey my remarks in respect of the Centenary Celebrations of theKampala (Goan) Institute in June 2010. I am indeed extremely humbled bythis request.I would firstly like to congratulate the Chairman and members of theorganising committee for their foresight, dedication and endeavours inorganising the Centenary Celebrations to commemorate 100 years of theexistence of the Kampala (Goan) Institute.I am fully aware that this is by no means an easily attainable task and the organising committeemust have invested tremendous amount of time and effort to bring this event to fruition. They allcertainly thoroughly deserve everyone's gratitude and appreciation and I, therefore, take thisopportunity to sincerely register mine.In my view, as the world becomes globalised with the consequence that it brings about increasingmobility of peoples to move and settle in various parts of the world which where not even in thehorizons of our forefathers dreams, it is extremely important for all communities not to lose sight ofits heritage, culture, traditions and background. A celebration such as this whereas being nostalgic,in a wonderful way emphasizes that the Goan community had created heritage landmarks, inKampala, Uganda and its culture and traditions are well and truly enshrined through institutionssuch as the Kampala Institute.Whereas, undoubtedly the original Goan community, in common with other Asian communities hasdecimated, the numbers are once again on the increase with a steady flow of newimmigrants/settlers. This Centenary Celebrations, in my opinion, serves the dual purpose ofreviving a journey down the memory lane and at the same time provides a word of encouragementto our future generation - new settlers - of the opportunities that exist in Uganda. It will also be astrong reminder to them not to forsake the crucial rope of their culture and traditions.I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Antonio Mascarenhas who took time out of hisholiday when he was in Uganda, to help sort out a few issues which have since been amicablyresolved and we are all now working in peace & harmony. I would like to thank my co-trustees -Mr. Kiran Bhimjiani, Mr. Rajni Tailor, Mr.Joe Fernandes and Mr. Jos Almeida. And Committeemembers - Mr.Rajni Tailor, Mr.Kiran BHimjiani, Mr. Joe Fernandes, Mr. Jos Almeida, Mr. AtulRadia, Mr. Paku Patel and Mr. Subash Rawal, not to forget Ms. Delia Almeida who have giventheir valuable time to the Kampala Institute and to take it to greater heights. We have great plansfor the Kampala Institute and will achieve them in the years to come. The Trustees and theCommittee members also unanimously approved the donation of US$ 30,000/- towards theKampala (Goan) Institute Centenary Celebrations .In conclusion, let me wish everyone who attends this remarkable celebrations a very joyous,enjoyable and memorable festivities during which you will be able to rekindle your old contacts andestablish many new friends and networks.Dr. Sudhir RupareliaChairman ,Board of Trustees

8 2010 KGI Centenary BrochureMESSAGEI am delighted to learn that the Kampala (Goan) Institute,Mississauga , which was established in Uganda in 1910 and whosemembers came to Canada after 1972, is planning its centenarycelebrations in 2010.It is heartening to know that Kampala (Goan) Institute is doing awonderful service to promote, preserve and sustain the uniqueheritage of Goa. Organization of cultural events to enable greaterappreciation of India's rich heritage gives our younger generation asense of pride about their history and heritage.India's relations with Canada are multi-faceted and have prosperedover the years. The energetic and vibrant Indo-Canadian communityhas made an important contribution to bring the two countries closer.I take this opportunity to send my warm greetings and best wishes toall members of the Kampala (Goan) Institute and wish them allsuccess in their future endeavours.November 16, 2009(Preeti Saran)Consul GeneralMESSAGEOn behalf of the Goan Overseas Association in Toronto, I would like tocongratulate the Kampala (Goan) Institute in achieving a very importantmilestone, its 100 th Anniversary.The Kampala Institute played an important role in promoting Goan culture andcreating community in Uganda. It was an important element in the lives of allGoan families as it enriched them socially and culturally. Many members of theKampala Institute brought their vision to Toronto and contributed to the creationof the Goan Overseas Association 40 years ago.I would like to convey my warmest greetings to all those who were associatedwith the Kampala (Goan) Institute over the years and the current OrganizingCommittee. Special thanks to Antonio Mascarenhas, Bertilla DeSouza, AlmirD’Cunha, Denis Pereira, Greta Dias, Nick DeMello, Norman DeSouza, SeiraFurtado, Eurema Collaco, Aloysius Mathias and Aloysius Lobo. This group ofproud Kampala Goans have organized three events that will be enjoyed by allthose attending. I’m sure many happy memories will be shared over the threedays!Oscar FurtadoPresident,Goan Overseas Association, OntarioToronto365 Bloor Street (E). Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M4W 3L4Tel: (416) 960-0751/0752 • FAX: (416) 960-9812 • E-mail: cgindia@cgitoronto.caWebsite: www.cgitoronto.caMessageIt is with pleasure that I, on behalf of The Goan Overseas Association of NSW Inc., convey mycongratulations and best wishes to the Kampala (Goan) Institute on the occasion of its CentenaryCelebrations in June 2010.The Institute by virtue of its existence and age is an inspiration to other associations, as to thefulfillment of a vision, the dedication of volunteers, the support of members and the camaraderie andgood governance of its committee.In this age of globalisation, remote associations are less unique than they would have been previously.But what is enduring, is the spirit with which they are created and the continuity of their values passeddown through the generations. The instincts of humans to gather celebrate and enjoy in a communityenvironment is proof in the longevity of the Kampala (Goan) Institute.We, at the Goan Association of New South Wales find ourselves at the juncture where our foundingmembers are now senior members and the next generation is poised to take over the reins and carry onthe good work and commitments as envisaged when the association was formed. In moving with thetimes there will be many alterations to the 'look' of the association but the core values and vision of thefounding members will be continued - to showcase the culture and history of Goa and pass the samedown to our children and perhaps one day reach a magnificent milestone and beyond - like the Kampala(Goan) Institute!Hearty congratulations on this memorable occasion, good luck with the celebrations and best wishes forthe future from the Goan Association of NSW Inc.Mark SoaresPresidentDear Antonio MascarenhasYour e-mail of 24th March, 2010 refers.I was delighted with the contents and was 99.9% to makethe travel to Toronto. Unfortunately I suffered a stressfracture on the spine operation I recently had in the U.K. I am now on theroad to recovery but unfortunately am not allowed any long trips orstrenuous exercises as I have considerable pain.Thank you for the invitations - my personal thanks to Mr. Sudhir ofthe Crane Bank Ltd., Kampala for his benevolence in financing the KGICentenary Celebrations.I wish all members attending long life with happy memories of thepast. May God Bless you all.Franklyn Pereira.Chairman, Mombasa InstituteLife Member of the Kampala Institute

2010 KGI Centenary Brochure 9MESSAGEJune 26th, 2010Dear friends of the Kampala Goan Institute,I am very happy to add a few words of congratulations on the occasion ofthe 100th anniversary of the Kampala Goan Institute. And no wonder, becausefor some time I was part of it myself when I was Pastor of Christ the KingChurch in Kampala, and ever so often I visited the Institute when there werespecial functions, celebrations, and the many tombolas. I think that was thename for our Bingo here. And at one time I won a good prize myself. And youwill also remember that I said Mass at the Institute a few times, in particular Ithink of the occasion of the 60th anniversary. I still have some pictures of this. Ihave very many fond memories of the years I was in Kampala, and the manyGoan families I visited, the many children I baptized and the many couples Imarried. And how happy I have been that in the now almost 36 years here inCanada, I have met several of the Goan families in Toronto, Ottawa andVancouver. I particularly also remember the faithfulness of the Goanparishioners at the Holy Masses and other events at our Church, which as weall know was always called the Goan Church, and some of you may still have acopy of the short history I wrote about the Church.In conclusion I wish you God's many and fondest blessings on theoccasion of the 100th anniversary of the Kampala Goan Institute. May you allhave wonderful celebrations in Toronto relishing the many good memories ofthe many involvements. God love and bless you all abundantly.Father John Appelman, MHM,Former Pastor of Christ the King Church in Kampala between 1969 and 1973.Dear friends,I was privileged to be the 1971/1972 president of theKampala Institute and during that first year of the Amin regime,I was grateful for the support and help of an able and dedicated committee.You will recall that despite the political upheaval caused by the coup inJanuary 1971, life at the KI soon returned to normal. We were lulled intobelieving that our idyllic lifestyle would continue. I did not foresee that withina few short months we would be banished, leaving an institution that ourcommunity loved and cherished for over 60 years.I recall that on January 25th 1972, a pubic holiday commemorating thefirst anniversary of the coup, our social committee organized a full day ofactivities. In typical KI fashion, we celebrated Mass in the main hall followedby a well-attended ‘hop’ with the usual camaraderie at the bar, the dart board,the billiard room and the card tables.That year, our sporting activities continued unabated. We hosted aGerman hockey team from Cologne University and three K.I. hockey starsrepresented Uganda at the Munich Olympics. Everything was normal until thatfateful day in August when the General announced the expulsion.The K.I. was more than our home away from home. It was where weplayed, prayed, danced and socialized; it was where many of us first met andwooed our spouses; where we celebrated Goan village feasts, weddings,anniversaries and other community milestones. It was the centre piece of ourlife in Kampala.It is now my humble privilege to be part of this Centenary OrganizingCommittee and I wish you and your families a memorable and enjoyablecelebration.SincerelyAloysius LoboFormer President K.I.To Chairman and Organizing CommitteeMy most memorable years as President was during 1970-1971 andwas again elected President for the year 1972-1973. In my role as President ofthe KI. I had the priviledge of working with some very talented committeemembers and of course our Vice-President Neru Rodriques.I remember the time towards the end, when Neru, Veron and I werein the club daily, giving our support and also distributing money to the Goanswho were coming from the interior of Uganda, with no travel documents -those were sad times, I left around 15th October 1972.Yours sincerelyMark VazFormer President, KITo Chairman andKI Centenary Organizing CommitteeOn such an auspicious occasion, I would like to offermy most sincere congratulations to all the living memberswho are spread out all over the world.Our thoughts must go back when 100 years ago, nineteen farsighted andcourageous Goans founded the Kampala Goan Institute, my own father,Milagres Santana Rodrigues, being one of them; so you can imagine my pride.This pride will also be felt by the many descendants of the other foundermembers. Legions of Goans benefited over the years. Every Goan since, hascontributed in every field be it religious, social, cultural and principally sportsThe Sportsmen and Sportswomen have to this day kept alive the founder'sdream. I remember the years when the DeSouzas and others were the"MIGHTY HITTERS" in the cricket field, the hockey wizardry of the Pereirasand others. Tennis and Badminton aces like the Diases, not forgetting theindoors high spirited and focussed card players including the "trook"tournament with St.Francis Xavier Club, who invariably won, and stage dramasfeaturing the incomparable Francis, Frank DeSouza and their group ofDramatists.THOSE WERE THE DAYS !!!WE CANNOT FORGET AND WE WILL NEVER FORGET.SincerelyNeru Rodrigues,Former President, KI

10 2010 KGI Centenary BrochureTheir spirit marches on …In a little room, only twelve by twelve, six youngmen were mutely sipping their drinks. Dejection hadgiven way to animated discussion. A suggestion chatone of them had unexpectedly made had set the restthinking. An answer was dearly expected. It was themoment for decision when mind and heart jockeyedfor positions. Their silence was eloquentThey were the last of a score or more who hadbeen in there that evening after their games, Somecheerful bachelors had moments earlier slammed thedoor to resounding 'Goodnights', and walked throughthe muddy puddles to the loneliness of their quarters,The evening was wet and the night was chilly; inthe bushes under the trees like a spoilt child in atantrum, the beetle was holding forth, piercing hepalpable darkness with its eerie screech as if annoyedby the few glow worms flickering in the elephantgrass beyond. Somewhere in the dense foliage thecrickets chirped with practised nonchalance like achorus in comic opera.He was a small man - our hero - the jolliest ofthem all with a fund of humour and a penchant forpractical jokes. But tonight he was in earnest, or sohe seemed. "Why can't we have our own club?" hehad asked.Lack of funds, the site and the 'etceteras' hadcertainly bothered them, But surely an infectiousenthusiasm could take care of that.He smiled as he scanned the answer in theirfaces. Then, as suddenly, he tapped his glass on thesmall table, pushed back his chair, drew himself up,and in an attitude of mock seriousness called for atoast.The chairs ground harshly on the rough cast flooras three of his companions uncertain of theirreactions to this melodramatic turn shuffled to theirfeet beside the toast-master and the cane sofasqueaked in comic relief yielding the other two. Abottle of mellowing caju wine was produced from thecupboard in the wall. The glasses were filled. Afterall, a toast was a good enough excuse for a drink!!But our hero had indeed something to say.Taking his text in homespun fashion, from theconversion of St. Francis Xavier he intoned: "Whatdoes it profit a man to win a game for anothers fameand suffer the loss of his own name?" (Laughter,Hear, Hear). They were accustomed to his lighthearted introductions, but did they detect a twinkle inhis eye. Not this time. Plainly it was no facetiousoverture,"No, gentlemen, I'm serious. We must have ourown club ", he shouted. Their laughter rudelyarrested, each was caught with an incongruous smileon his mouth like a crushed rubber toy graduallyregaining shape.I've heard your arguments," he went on,maintaining superb aplomb. "I'm aware of yourdoubts and fears, but let it not be said of us that welacked the courage." He paused, "Rather, let it beknown chat we were second to none – NulliSecundus." Captivated by his mood, they roaredapproval.A gust of wind dwarfed the flame of thehurricane lamp in the ceiling, casting giant shadowson the walls.There they stood, transformed, — men ofdestiny in their own small sphere. Entranced, theylistened. “Let us not be deterred by the lack offunds," he continued, "Courage we have; then let. usnot he found wanting in faith." (Hear, Hear).JCB DeSouzaThen with outstretched arm, pointing to a littleboard hanging in the corner, he added "Thatgentlemen, could solve our problems." "Cash or nocash", he went on, "today we shall write a blankcheque which, I feel certain, our brothers hereafterwill honour." (Hear, Hear). Then sensing that allwere with him, he added prophetically, " Let this daybe remembered: for today we have planted the seed.

2010 KGI Centenary Brochure 11May the Tree never die and May Good Fortune attendall those who shelter under it…” In a broken voiceraising his cup he ended, "To the Goan Club.Kampala - Long may it Prosper.'There couldn't have been many before them who hadleft their native shores to seek their fortunes in landsacross the seas. Their Spartan upbringing hadprepared them for the perils of the voyage. TheFor a moment they stood cheeks flashed, triumph beanstalk trek from sea-level to the altitudes ofshining in their eyes not knowing how to give vent to their Uganda must have had its hazards and itsfeelings. 'What at first they presumed was a light hearted discomforts. They braved them all.jest had blossomed into an Idea. Now their mindsmade up, overcome with emotion, they broke into aWhen at last they had set foot in the land of theBuganda they must have heaved sighs or relief. Thesolemn rendering of the traditional Konkanim Kingdom of Buganda was one of the few organisedblessing to a toast: “Uddon guelem parveachembirrem….”,states that gleamed in the dark wilds of Africa. Thepeople could not fail to be less stately than the treesApocryphal as this story might be, old residents and as gentle as the verdant hills that surroundedwill tell you that that little board still hangs in that them. Gazing at Kampala it certainly was love at firstlittle room behind the counter of the Kampala Oriental sight.Company. The legend on the little board reads? "Terms Cash- Blank Cheques can be obtained.” Situated in aBut time and time again they caught each ocherlooking wistful with nostalgia.comparatively back street today, fifty years ago it Often would they gather courage by reciting thecommanded prominence on what was then the 'Main Rosary together and singing in unison the Litany ofStreet' of Kampala, It was the rendezvous for all the Blessed Virgin. Just as often they would gatherGoans.on the playing fields for a game and later fill theSo that was how, undaunted by lack of capital,with only their enthusiasm to draw upon, the pioneersevening air with a cheerful rendering of the 'mandoto the accompaniment of violins.zealously got down to work. And from that little They prayed together and they played together.room, the following day, they set out to plant the The idea of a club was therefore a natural one - aseed.place for a get-together a "home away from home."If you have the patience to see the humble acorn The founding of a club in those early days wasrise into a mighty oak, then well might you share in no mean task.the day of planting and watch with gratitude theThe turn of the century was rife with religiousgradual process of its growth. The birth of anstrife, insecurity and political upheavals. Barelyinstitution has for most of us a similar fascination,fourteen years before, thirteen Roman Catholics hadand looking back after fifty years the pageant of itssuffered martyrdom at Namugongo in the holocaustprogress cannot fail to evoke in our breasts a feelingthat raged. A year earlier Bishop Hannington hadof exhilaration.been murdered and Gordon Pasha had fallen in theFor an institution, like a plant has its history of Battle of Khartoum. Thirteen years later and elevenbirth and growth. Much as the the sapling whose years before the founding or the club King Mwangasteady growth is determined by its nature, the was captured. The Uganda Agreement was signed inprogress of the infant institution is ensured by men of 1900. The frontiers with the Sudan and Kenya weregoodwill who, with patience, perseverance, endeavour yet to be demarcated.and fortitude, work single-mindedly and unceasinglyCommunications hardly existed as we knowfor the advancement of the aims and ideals set out inthem. Only in 1901 did the firs~ Uganda Railwayits constitution,reach the shores of Lake Victoria at Kisumu! TheThe 50th anniversary gives us an opportunity to road to Entebbe led through dense equatorial forestspav a tribute to all those who have contributed and the bridge across the Nile was constructed as latecowards that progress. Primarily, it is a tribute to at 1931. Nearer home, the band of six who set outthem - the few - who founded this institution. They from the K.O.C. picked their way along a footpathwere the home-country's first ambassadors of through towering reeds of elephant grass, to the footgoodwill.of the Nakasero hill toward a place called “JumbaThe spirit of fellow feeling and mutual respectwhich was an inalienable part of their breeding andThanu” so known because there were only fivehouses in the areawhich they engendered, was to see the institution There, together with the 13 others who hadthrough several vicissitudes, and is in a large measure joined them they selected the site.responsible for the prestige that the institution andSo fortunate was their choice of site that todaythe community enjoy today.the club occupies a prominent place in the heart ofThe story of our founders is the story of the town and is easily accessible to most of its memberspioneers. And the spirit that imbued them was the who live not very far from it.zeal of the pioneer. For those were pioneering days.This article, written by John Carneiro, was reprinted from the 50 th Anniversary Booklet. Ed

12 2010 KGI Centenary BrochureHistory of the KGI – Founding to TodayFoundingThe initial meeting of the 19 Goans now known as thefounders, held on 26 June, 1910 at Mr. E. A. Pinto's wellknown business premises, followed in the steps of Goansaround the world. Goans have traditionally been a highlysocialized community, forming socio-cultural clubs whereverwe go. Our roots are social, emanating from our traditionalvillage system of government (or "communidades") in Goathat continued for over 1000 years, and which extended to thekudds of Bombay.In East Africa, the trail had been blazed by theMombasa Institute (1901), Entebbe Goan Institute (1905),and the Nairobi Goan Institute (1905). As Kampala continuedto grow and increase in commercial importance, the numberof Goans in the town increased. In 1910 there must have beenin the region of 200 men, women and children.After the meeting of the nineteen, it was then agreed tostart a club for recreational purposes styled "The GoanRecreation Club" and the first step was a grant of land in viewof the fact that the health of the Goans in Kampala bothphysical and mental would improve by outdoor recreation. Itwas true that the introduction of some kind of physicalexercise would help to ameliorate the present condition andthus make the monotonous times lively and enjoyable. Up tothat time thanks to the members of the Kampala Sports Club,Goans were permitted to use the KSC sports field on certaindays of the week for the purpose of their sporting activities.The application to the P. C. was sympatheticallyconsidered in the light of recommendations by a score ofother senior government officials and the size which wassubsequently approved was the one on which the presentInstitute building stands. This was considered a very goodchoice for it was away from the dreaded swamps close by.The size of the plot was about one acre on an initial lease of21 years and tennis courts were soon constructed. Theconstruction of any building on the plot was for some strangereason precluded but two rustic benches were provided for theconvenience of the sports enthusiasts. The lease was signedfor by the first trustees who had to be officially approved bythe Government, they being Mr. A. de Figueiredo, Mr. P.Leopold de Souza and Mr. M.S. Rodrigues. The entrance feewas then fixed at Rs. 15/- and the monthly subscription Rs.1/-. As no permanent pavilion was constructed the meetingswere conducted at the residences of the Managing CommitteeMembers.First Recreational ActivitiesIn 1914 a small pavilion or Banda was erected ofcorrugated iron sheets and timber to provide cover for themembers. Cricket practice was conducted on a piece of landbetween the two tennis courts adjoining Circular Road (laterBuganda Road). Cricket was played twice a week at theKampala Sports Club and on these days tennis wassuspended. Social gatherings were organized off and on in theBanda.In 1915 a pavilion with railings was constructed at a costof Rs. 600/- which was raised by loans from members of theclub at Rs. 30/- per member earning interest at 3%. Donationswere also received from some of the members and aftersanction was obtained from the D. C. the new pavilion wasinaugurated in September that year. It also enabled newspapersto be kept for the benefit of the members, which papers werebought by the Secretary every evening and taken home thesame night.1916 saw the dub fee raised from Rs.1/- to Rs. 2/- andthanks to the donation of a football by one of the members,small scale football practices were possible. A storm blew offthe top of the pavilion in 1917 and it had to be closed.Necessary permission was obtained subsequently from thetownship authorities for a fairly solid structure with wallsreplacing the corrugated iron sheets and the inauguration ofthis building took place in August 1917.World War IThe end of WW I in 1918 was received with joy by themembers and a dance was organized to celebrate the occasion.The loans given by the members were due to be repaid in 1919but as the funds of the club were very low it was mutuallyagreed to postpone the payment. A library was also started thisyear with donated books and in 1920 a further expansion to thebuilding was made with the addition of a room with financialhelp from the members.Holy Mass CelebratedFor the members' convenience and through the kindpermission of Bishop Bierman, Mass was celebrated on thepremises once a fortnight. In gratitude for this gesture of his, acollection was made by the members on the occasion of theBishop's Silver Jubilee and the monies handed over to him forthe purchase of a chalice and episcopal chair.As the interest and caliber of sportsman rose membersrequested an expansion of the sports fields. In March 1921 anappeal was made to the Land Office for the grant of a sportsground. After much consideration, a site of 2½ acres wasapproved on a lease initially of 10 years on the plot at presentat the corner of Nakasero and Kyagwe Roads. Before the leasecould be signed the land authorities requested that in order toenable the trustees to apply for a Certificate of Registration asa Corporate body it was necessary for the club's name to bechanged.Name ChangeAround the same epoch, the Goan clubs in Mombasa,Entebbe, and Nairobi had changed their names to “GoanInstitute”. This formed a model for the Kampala Goans and onpetition filed by the club's management, the name was changedto “Goan Institute, Kampala”. The adoption of the new namenecessitated the drafting of new rules, helped by legal opinion,which were approved by the General Body. The Club's sealwas also ordered from the U.K., as a suitable one could not behad locally and the entrance fee which was Shs. 20/- wasraised to Shs. 30/-.

2010 KGI Centenary Brochure 13In 1922 a corrugated iron shed, was erected on thesports ground at a cost of Shs, 200/- for keeping the sports kitand offering the spectators some shade; this shed lasted until1973. The members frequenting the club's premises had nowincreased and the bar facilities were now extended with aregular stock and a member-in-Charge of the bar. A pianowas also purchased for Shs. 1,000/- and levelling of the newsports ground undertaken at a cost of Shs. 500/.Increasing Sports InterestAs an incentive to the cricket enthusiasts, the Lowis CupTrophy for cricket, open to all clubs in Kampala, was donatedin 1923 by a member of the institute, Mr. Gerald Sequeira. Inearlier and a lease of 49 years inclusive of the old was obtainedfrom the Land Office. Construction of the two new Tennis andBadminton Courts were immediately started on the new plotand extensions to the building were also planned.It should be mentioned here that primary classes werealso being conducted at that time on the premises during theday by a few qualified Goan ladies.Building Extension1932 saw the inauguration by the ProvincialCommissioner Mr. Cox of the first major extension of theinstitute when a large hall and frontage facing Bombo Roadwere added, this being possible by the donation and loans ofthe members at that time. In 1938, electricity supply wasLOWIS CUP WINNERS 19251925 the trophy was won by the Institute under thecaptainship of its donor. The sporting activities of theInstitute were now gaining popularity and with the newsporting facilities provided in the shape of the sports ground,tennis and badminton courts, the members took up games in abig way and numerous successes were achieved when playingin tournaments against the other clubs.A further approach was made in 1929, in view of theincrease in the number of members, to the Land Office toWINNERS – 1935 EGI CUPobtain the grounds between the Institute buildings and BomboRoad. The application could not be approved, however, untilthe Town Planning Adviser, who was due to visit Uganda thefollowing year had given his advice. In 1931 the TownPlanning Adviser approved the grant of the land applied forBUILDING EXTENTION 1932obtained from the East African Power and Lighting CompanyLimited and, the Club's own plant sold. A terrace was alsoconstructed and used as a library.The benevolence of the President that year Mr. N.Godinho is to be noted for he kept two cars at the disposal ofthe Hockey team to play in different tournaments, as transportfor the players was now proving a hazard.World War II1939 saw the advent of the 2nd World War and inresponse to an appeal from the Goan Community, Mombasa, itwas unanimously agreed by the members to offer the shelter oftheir houses to families from the coast in case of need. Furtherextension to the Institute which we approved the previous yearhad to be dropped in view of the hostilities. A radiogram wasnow obtained and it helped members to listen to the news andalso relieved the members' dance orchestra of some of theirweekly tasks. The war effort was also supported and variousfetes and musical programs were brought up during this timein aid of the Earl Haig's Poppy Fund and the Uganda WarFund. In 1940 even the Xmas tree had to be cancelled as therewas a lack of toys.By now many of the members of the Institute had enlistedin the signalling section of the Uganda Volunteer Reserve. AKampala Goan War Fund Committee was also established TheInstitute rules were revised and new rules books printed. Theframework of the roof was raised at a cost of Shs. 2300/- dueto rain water leakage. This however proved very temporaryand a further Shs. 2000/- was spent in 1943 to stem the defect.

14 2010 KGI Centenary BrochureIn 1944 it was agreed to have full lady members on thepayment the monthly subscription of Shs. 4/-, no entrance feebeing charged. To celebrate the institute Sports Dance someof the members even willingly offered the Institute theirmonthly whisky ration.A Tradition of Sports Visits1945 saw us hosts to the Goan Institute, Kisumu duringthe Easter holidays and in 1946 the Goan Gymkhana, Nairobi,also paid us a visit during the same period. The Institute'swhite Sports shirts with sleeve ends, collars and pockets inmaroon were officially approved by the General Body.A contribution of Shs. 500/- was made to the CentralCouncil of Indian Associations in Uganda who organized theAll India Hockey Team visit in 1948. In addition a sundownerdance was held at the Institute in the visiting team's honourwhen a hockeystick was presented with a silver band round it,suitably engraved to mark the Team's visit to the Institute.Rewiring of the Institute was undertaken in 1948 at acost of about Shs. 3500/- and adequate electric fittings weremade in the library and the stage. In 1950 the head boyAndreya, who had been with the Institute for 30 years, retiredand in appreciation of his devoted services an occasion washeld in his honour and a purse presented. He was alsoallowed a handsome gratuity and three months paid leave.Major Building Extensions StartedIn 1951 the need for further extensions was verypressing and the lack of sufficient funds which had proved adeterrent in the past, was fully discussed at various meetingsand it was decided to finance the loan required by voluntaryloans from members, raising the levies on games, increasingthe monthly subscription from Shs. 4/- to Shs. 6/- and alsostepping up the entrance lee from Shs. 50/- to Shs. 100/- fromthe following year. A subcommittee under the chairmanshipof Mr. R. Almeida was appointed to review the building planswhere necessary. Extensions which were approved at a costof Shs. 150,000/- provided for the widening of the main hall,separate room for billiards, table tennis, library, office, loungeand bar and for a terrace.The death occurred in March 1952 of Mr. NormanGodinho, a donor of the Institute and President for manyyears in the past. His contributions both in services anddonations to the Institute are beyond measure.The extension had by now started piecemeal in such away that the club was never closed for a single day. In viewof the extensions at the Norman Godinho Goan School, someof the classes were held at the Institute premises. Furtherfacilities to the sports enthusiasts were provided by theconcreting of the 2nd Badminton Court by Mr. Menezes andthe preparation of a Volley Ball court.To augment the funds required for furnishing and otherminor improvements, a fete was organized, 5% of the totalcollection being given to the Christ the King Church Fundand 5% to Lacy Cohen Charities.The Golden Jubilee YearThe first fifty years in retrospect was a fine proof of theInstitute's vitality and inner strength and some thing we hadmuch to be proud of. As the saying "Wisdom of the past isStrength for the Future" so also it was hoped that this historywould spur the next generation to rival the previous successand self sacrifice set by all and further the prosperity of theInstitute in all fields, compatible with its motto " NulliSecundus ". The members' untiring efforts permitted theInstitute to cross the Diamond Milestone.A full program of celebrations was organized by thePresident Mr. Peter Pereira and his Executive.Independence1960 JUBILEE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEThe 1960s saw a wave of change occur in coloniesaround the world. 1961 saw India marched into Goa andrepossessed the province after many fruitless years ofnegotiations with the Portuguese. The Portuguese culture soimbued the Goan ethos that it would be many years before themajority of Goans outside Goa came to terms with India. InGoa itself, the modernization brought by India made thepeople realize the time warp they had lived in.Changes also transpired in Uganda leading up toindependence from Britain in 1962. There was little jointthought given to strategy for the community in the country.Goan families were left to their own thoughts as to whetherthey wanted to become Uganda citizens and stay in thecountry. Some discussion must have gone on among friends,but there was little if any general discussion. Politics inUganda were unlike many African countries. The dominantpolitical parties – the Democratic Party (DP) and UgandaPeople’s Congress (UPC) were divided more along religiouslines – the DP being dominantly Catholic and the UPCAnglican.It was estimated that about 32% of the 80,000 Indo-Pakistanis became citizens and in all likelihood this percentageapplied to Goans too. Many Goans decided that they wouldreturn to Goa, whereas others had acquired British Citizenshipand had plans to move there in time. However, within twoyears after Independence the processing of applications forcitizenship slowed to a crawl, so it will never be known howmany actually intended to take up citizenship.October 9 th , 1962 was a happy day when the new PrimeMinister Milton Obote took office. The country was positive asit had a lot going for it. The Civil Service was the mostefficient in Africa, thanks in a large part on the numerousGoans who worked in it. The Health Care system was also thebest in Africa. Very few Goans were overtly political and so

2010 KGI Centenary Brochure 15life continued to be good. The Kabaka of Uganda became the(non-executive) President and head of state.Non-African citizens of the country continued to betreated well. All Ugandan citizens continued to have theireducation either subsidized or free. Post-secondary educationwas free. Goans continued to be promoted to high positions inthe Civil Service – even those who were non-citizens. Therewas little of the Africanization policy that we observed inneighbouring Kenya.Political UnrestThe first sign of unrest began when the political alliancebetween the UPC and The Kabaka Yekka Party disintegrated.In the disagreement that ensued the Prime Minister sacked thePresident, abolished the local kingships, changed theconstitution and declared the country a republic, with himselfas Executive President.To a large extent these troubles left the Goancommunity untouched, but it was a signal to some Goans thatit was time to move, especially because applications forcitizenship were not being processed. So it was in 1967 that afew Goans started moving to the UK, Goa and Canada. By1970 some 20% of the Goans had left.As time progressed the Institute evolved. Africans werenow being given a greater opportunity to take part in politicaland economic life of the country. A few became members ofthe Institute and even joined the Executive. As the KGIadmitted more non-Goan members it decided to drop theword “Goan” from its name to make it clear that the Institutewas open to all.Expulsion Of AsiansOn January 25, 1971 General Idi Amin led the army tooverthrow President Milton Obote. For many this was anominous sign as the armed forces had few skills in leading agovernment. However, after some early skirmishes, lifesettled down and Goans continued to live normally. It isperhaps significant that what affected Goans more was thatthe civil service work day shifted from a 6-day week (8:00amto 4:00pm, weekdays and 8:30am to 12:30pm on Saturdays)to a 5-day week (8:00am to 5:00pm). This extra hour duringthe week had a significant impact on sports, a pastime thatGoans just couldn’t get enough of.The militarization of the country started affecting allaspects of life and a general deterioration in security started.Goans continued to have good relations with all. Africansfound the Goans easy-going and we shared a lot in common –our religion, love of alcoholic beverages, and love ofsocializing.General Amin started using different groups asscapegoats when the Army’s incompetence in running thecountry became more obvious. And then it was our turn ….On August 4, 1972 General Amin announced that thathe had discovered that “Asians” (Indians and Pakistanis) weremilking the economy and therefore to save the country he wasgoing to give those Asians who were not Uganda citizens 90days to leave the country. At first people thought this was ajoke, but slowly it began to sink in and the government tooksteps to facilitate this decision. The various Ministers aghastat the loss to the infrastructure of the country took toexempting certain classes of people from the Expulsion order.At the Institute there was a sense of resignation about thechaos that was to follow. However, it was expected that asignificant portion of the Goan community and other Asianswould remain as some 40% were Uganda Citizens. (Althoughearly estimates on the number of Asians in the country at thetime pointed to 80,000, in fact many had left over a period ofthree years and it is believed that at most there were 46,000 in1972.) A meeting was organized by the Goan Association atthe KGI to examine a joint approach to the Expulsion. It wasdecided that the Association would use its reserve funds tohelp poor Goans who wanted to return to Goa but were shortof funds to purchase their tickets.Then General Amin, deciding that not enough Asianswere leaving, announced that those who were Uganda Citizenswould also have to leave. Although he later changed his mind,it was now clear to all what his intentions were. In earlySeptember 1972 the United Nations opened mission to acceptstateless refugees and Canada decided to accept those whoqualified regardless of citizenship. At this almost everybodymade up their minds to leave.The Deadline ArrivesOn November 5, 1972 all Asians who were still in thecountry had to register. The number of Goans in the KI werenow down to at most 20% of its previous numbers. And eventhese would leave in time. Sports continued to be played.Sometime between November and December 1972 theEntebbe Institute and the Kampala Institute played what wouldbe the last hockey match on the KI field. After this thereweren’t enough players left to play hockey in either club. Andwith the death of hockey, the death of the Goan community inKampala couldn’t be far behind.KI-EI LAST HOCKEY MATCH LATE 1972Where Goans Went toWhen the Institute was founded in 1910 there were about200 Goans in Kampala including men women and children. Atits peak (in 1960), the population rose to some 6000 Goans inKampala and around another 1000 in the rest of the country.By the time of the Expulsion, the population had dropped to5500 or so. Of this number it is estimated that 1800 went toIndia, 1800 to the UK, 900 to Canada, 400 to Australia and therest to Europe and the USA. These Goans would be a boon tothe fledgling Goan communities around the world and

16 2010 KGI Centenary Brochureprovided talent to the organizing committees and sportsteams, and indeed to the countries that welcomed them.Loss of the BuildingSometime in late 1972 (probably December) around1:30pm armed Prison Officers surrounded the club. Someentered the building and asked Joe Fernandes, Jos Almeidaand a few other members present to leave, stating that theGovernment had allocated the building to the Prison Officers.Thus ended a chapter in one of the greatest Goan clubs inEast Africa.Regain of the BuildingIn 1983, four years after the overthrow of the Aminregime, the government of the day declared that allexpropriated Asian properties were to be returned to theiroriginal owners. A number of members living in Ugandasubmitted a claim for repossession, but were rejected. Thiswas the beginning of a fight to reclaim the club. Thoseinvolved were Jos Almeida, Joe Fernandes, [the late] ArthurDe Mello and [the late] Professor Joe Carasco.Thanks to the persistence of these members, especiallyJoe Fernandes, an appeal to the Supreme Court was successful.On July 14, 1995 the building was handed over to Jos Almeidaand Joe Fernandes.And the Future ….?It is not clear what the future lies for the Goancommunity in Uganda. On November 8, 2008 an articleappeared in the Uganda newspaper New Vision “The GoanLegacy... Living On In Uganda” (reprinted herein). We wouldhope that it is a new beginning, but for those of us who left, weknow that Uganda was truly our Paradise Lost.PostscriptDuring the good times and trying times, the Goansalways faced life with strong community relationships and astrong acceptance of the providence of God. It led a Bishop ofthe Archdiocese of Toronto to say “What would we do withoutthe De Souzas and Fernandes’s?” We have and will endure,enriching the lives of our members and all those around us inthe societies we became part of.For the period 1910 to 1960, this history used extensive extracts from the history written by John Carneiro for the GoldenJubilee Brochure. Ed.EARLY PHOTOGRAPHSKGI BACHELORS 1927EARLY PICTURE - UNDATED1928 - A GROUP SNAP TAKEN ON THE OCCASION OF A FAREWELL PARTY GIVEN TO HIS LORDSHIPBISHOP BIERMAN ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM UGANDA

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18 2010 KGI Centenary BrochureExecutive Committees of the KGIBetween 1910 and 1960, the Presidents, Vice-Presidents,General Secretaries and Treasurers were documented in theGolden Jubilee brochure. These were:Presidents: Jacinto de Souza (1910, 1911), S. M.Alfonso (1912), A. X. Cardozo (1912. 1913, 1916), C. F. daRocha (1914, 1919), M. S. Rodrigues (1915), F. X.Saldanha (1917), N. Godinho (1918, 1920, 1925, 1938,1939, 1940, 1941), J.C.B. de Souza (1921), J. X. de Mello(1922), A. de Figueiredo (1923), E. Fernandes (1923), GrazFernandes ([924), J. B. Pinto (1931), C. M. da Silva (1934),Marshall de Souza (1935), L. C. de Souza (1936), E. A.Pinto (1937), A. V. da Costa (1942), R. Almeida (1943,1945, 1946, 1948), J.C.C.D. Cruz (1944), A. deAlbuquerque (1947), E. Pinto (1949, 1951), L.P. Saldanha(1950), S.X. Menezes (1952, 1956), C. de Souza (1953), F.X. Lobo (1954), Dr. M.C. Condillac (1955, 1956), J.C.Machado (1957), E.A.J. Fernandes (1958). P.I. Pereira(1959, 1960).Vice-Presidents: A. Carrasco (1934), E.A.J. Fernandes(1935, 1947), Philip de Souza (1936, 1937), S.P. de Souza(1938), A. da Costa (1939), F.X. Saldanha (1940), Marshallde Souza (1941) J. C. C. da Cruz (1941), C.T.F. Dias(1943), L.C.A. Carneiro (1944), E. Pinto (1945), J.C. deSouza (1946), C.C. da Costa (1948), C. de Souza (1948,1951), D. de Souza (1949), P. Braganza (1950), R.Mascarenhas (1952), H. de Souza (1953), M. Rodrigues(1954, 1959), B.I. de Souza (1954), S.X. Menezes (1955,1956), L.F. Lobo (1956), F.X. Lobo (1957, 1958), BobZuzarte (1959), C.A. Lobo (1960).General Secretaries: C.F. da Rocha (1912, 1916), A.T.da Rocha (1912, 1913), P. Castellino (1913), A.B. de Souza(1913), F.X. Saldanha (1913, 1918, 1920, 1922), J.X. deMello (1914), P.M, de Souza (1915), D.R. Abreo (1917), J.Fialho (1919), S.P. Dias (1920), J.C. Faria (1921), A.B.Fernandes (1923), D.F. Fernandes (1923), N. Gomes(1924). A.M. da Cunha (1925), T. de Sa (1931), S.X.Menezes (1934), F. de Souza (1935), Peter Vaz (1936),F.A.J. Fernandes (1937), J.C. Machado (1938), P.P.Mascarenhas (1939), L. Pinto (1940. 1941), L.F. Lobo(1941), M.T. Henriques (1942), Jack Fernandes (1943),L.P.D. Abreo (1944), C. de Souza (1945), R.A. Lobo(1945), F.X. Lobo (1946, 1948), H. de Souza (1947), F.M.de Souza (1949, 1950), Salu Lobo (1949, 1953), A.J.P.Mathias (1951), John B. de Souza (1951), J. Carneiro(1952), D. Mendes (1953), M. Morenas (1954), A. Nazareth(1954). B. J. de Souza (1955). J.G. Pires (1956), R. Correia(1956, 1957), Nap Remedios (1957, 1958, 1959), Eric deSouza (1959, 1960).Treasurers: A.X. Cardozo (1912), J.X. de Mello (1912),A.J. Mascarenhas (1913, 1914), F.X. Saldanha (1915), F.X.Fernandes (1916, 1918, 1919, 1923), P. B. Saldanha (1917),A.G. Carvalho (1920), J.M. Deniz (1921), A.G. Antao(1922), L. Rodrigues (1923), A. Carrasco (1924), F. Correa(1925), A. Abreo (1924, 1935, 1942), L. Pinto (1936), P.P.Mascarenhas (1937, 1938), M. F. Leitao (1939), Q.Menezes (1940), Peter Vaz (1941), L.P.D. Alvares (1943),T. Lobo (1944), M. de Souza (1945), F.X. Lobo (1945),J.C. Rattos (1946), C.J.R. da Costa (1947), R.S.F. Lobo(1948, 1954), Mick C. Abreo (1949), P. Braganza (1949),John de Souza (1950), A.L.B. Saldanha (1951), NapRemedios (1952), C.A. Lobo (1953), Salu Lobo (1955,1956), C. de Souza (1956), J. Falleiro (1957), I. E. Lobo(1958, 1959, 1960).Between 1961 and 1963 we have no records1964-1965 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEBob Zuzarte PresidentFrancis D’Sa Vice-PresidentPeter F. Mendonca General SecretaryBen D’SaAssistant General SecretaryEpifanio I. Lobo TreasurerCaesar Fernandes Deputy TreasurerMarshall Pereira Assistant TreasurerJos Almeida Social SecretaryDenis Pereira Assistant Social SecretaryPaul D’Souza Assist. Sec. Literary/CulturalAndrew Lobo Sports SecretaryAnthony D’Souza House memberAbu d’Souza MemberSalvador Menezes MemberJoe Martyres MemberSantana Vaz AuditorSalu LoboAuditorAntonio Mascarenhas Auditor1965-1966 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEE.A.J. Fernandes PresidentMarshall Rodrigues Vice-PresidentJ.U.O. Lobo General SecretaryJos Almeida Assistant General SecretaryI.E.LoboTreasurerMarshall Pereira Deputy TreasurerBen D’SaAssistant TreasurerAmaro Mascarenhas Social SecretaryPeter Mendonca Literery and Cultural ActivitiesThelma Lobo Literary and Cultural ActivitiesCarlito Mascarenhas Sports SecretaryAntonio Mascarenhas Assistant Sports SecretaryAloysius Mathias House MemberPaul De Souza MemberDolly Oliveira MemberCelly DiasMember1966-1967 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEE.A.J. Fernandes PresidentMarshall Rodrigues Vice-PresidentJ.U.O.LoboGeneral SecretaryJos Almeida Assistant General Secretary

2010 KGI Centenary Brochure 19I.E.LoboTreasurerMarshall Pereira Deputy TreasurerBen D’SaAssistant TreasurerAmaro Mascarenhas Social SecretaryPeter Mendonca Literery and Cultural ActivitiesThelma Lobo Literary and Cultural ActivitiesAntonio Mascarenhas Sports SecretaryCarlito Mascarenhas Assistant Sports SecretaryAloysious Mathias House MemberPaul De Souza MemberDolly Oliveira MemberCelly DiasMember1967-1968 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEENeru Rodrigues PresidentJ.B.MoraesVice-PresidentEric J. D’souza General SecretaryPhillip D’Souza Asst. Gen. secretaryI.E.LoboTreasurerManu PintoDeputy TreasurerMarshall Pereira Asst. TreasurerFelix D’Mello Sports SecretaryRoland Figueiredo Asst. Sports SecretaryAntonio Mascarenhas Social SecretaryPocy Fernandes Asst. Social SecretaryP. Matovu Sec. Social/Cultural ActivitiesC.D’CostaAsst. Sec. Social/CulturalE.A.J Fernandes House MemberD.BatuwaMemberF. Dias MemberQuiteria Pinto Member1968– 1969 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEENeru Rodrigues PresidentDaniel Batuwa Vice-President –Adm.Joe LoboVice-President –SportsManuel Pinto General SecretaryPhillip D’Souza Asst. General SecretaryEpifanio Lobo TreasurerQuiteria Pinto Deputy TreasurerLeslie D’Souza Asst. TreasurerAntonio Mascarenhas Social SecretaryPocy Fernandes Asst. Social secretaryCelly DiasSports SecretaryWillie LoboAsst. Sports SecretaryCamilo C.D’Souza Sec. Literary/Cultural activitiesFreddie Dias Asst. Sec. Literary/CulturalFrancis Lima House memberFrank D’Souza MemberDelphino A. Fernandes Member1969– 1970 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEENeru RodriguesAloysius MathiasPresidentVice-President AdministrationMark VazVice-President SportsUlrico Lobo General SecretaryBen D’SaAssistant General SecretaryI.E.LoboTreasurerFrancis D’Lima Asst. TreasurerQuiteria Pinto Deputy TreasurerCelly DiasSports SecretaryAnthony Mathias Asst. Sports SecretaryAntonio Mascarenhas Social SecretaryCamilo d’Souza Asst. Social secretaryPonciano Fernandes Sec. Literary/Cultural activitiesGreeba Rodrigues Asst. Sec. Literary/CulturalHilary D’Souza House MemberRamesh Kakad MemberPeter Paul D’Souza MemberI.N.D’Souza AuditorsD. Mistry AuditorsJoe Rodrigues Auditors1970 –1971 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEMark VazBen D’SaRemy BrittoJos AlmeidaManuel PintoNobby D’SouzaDinshaw MistryPocy FernandesAntonio MascarenhasFelix D’MelloPeter MatovuMichael SequeiraMilu RodriguesWences D’SouzaDelfino FernandesEpifanio LoboFelix LoboPresidentVice-President Admin.Vice –President SportsGeneral SecretaryAsst. General SecretaryTreasurerAssistant treasurerDeputy TreasurerSocial SecretaryAsst. social secretarySec. Literary/Cultural activitiesAsst. Sec. Literary/CulturalSports SecretaryAsst. Sports SecretaryHouse memberMemberMember1971 – 1972 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEERecords incomplete.Aloysius Lobo PresidentAloysius Mathias Vice-President Admin.Epifanio Lobo TreasurerBob ZuzarteJos AlmeidaJoe MartyresAntonio Mascarenhas1972/73 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEERecords incomplete.Mark VazPresidentNeru RodriguesVice-President (Admin)Antonio Mascarenhas Social SecretaryPeter Matovu

20 2010 KGI Centenary BrochureKAMPALA (GOAN) INSTITUTE - CENTENARY CELEBRATIONSTHURSDAY, JUNE 24 TH , 2010Toronto Harbour Cruise:A 3 hour cruise on the elegant 3 storey yacht “NORTHERN SPIRIT”.Pier 6, Queens Quay Terminal Building, 207 Queen’s Quay, Toronto400 members signed up to enjoy this cruise and a spectacular view of the Toronto skyline.Feast on a hot dinner buffet with all the trimmings and a fully stocked cash bar. Your first drink ison the house.Time: 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. (Please be on board by 6:30 p.m.)Dress Code: CasualLive Band and DJ: Chris Lobo/Rhythm Nation Band.SATURDAY, JUNE 26 TH , 2010Black Tie Dinner-Dance at Pearson Convention Center- Halls A/B/CDress Code: Black Tie or formal business attire.Cocktail Reception 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. (Patio Area)A uniformed doorman will welcome you to a fabulous assortment of Hors D’oeuvres/ColdCanapés served with an assortment of complimentary beverages including Tropical Punch, redand white wines. You have the option to purchase your choice of alcoholic beverages not servedby circulating waiters. Soft drinks are free.Music: Lobby pianist, Goa Amigos and DJ LoganGrand entrance into the professionally decorated ballroom at 7.00 p.m.Festivities begin with a complimentary glass of Champagne, cutting the centenary cake, and theChairman’s Toast to the Founders and KGI members.M.C. Denis PereiraYou will be dazzled by the lavish gourmet cuisine befitting the exquisitely decorated hall andambiance of this Centenary Celebration. Your meal will be served at your table with acomplimentary bottle of red and white wine.At midnight you will be treated to a table of delicious late night snacks and refreshments to keepyou going.Dancing to 2:00amSUNDAY, JUNE 27 TH , 2010Holy Mass and Closing Ceremony - Pearson Convention Center – Halls A & BDress Code: CasualFrom 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.Holy Mass at 1:00 p.m.Main Celebrant: Rev. Fr. Joseph Rodrigues, Deacon: Dr. Terence Da SilvaAfter Mass, enjoy a fabulous hot and cold luncheon buffet. Cash bar.Band in attendance: Chris Lobo/Rhythm Nation Band.

2010 KGI Centenary Brochure 21Forever and ever, we always will beForever linked, through our historyThe years have gone byA century has passedOur spirit will live onThrough all eternityChorusMay good times and great timesBe with usMatter not where the place we liveOur founding fathers before usTheir vision and love lives timelesslyForever and ever, let’s never forgetThe good times hadIn our borrowed landThe dances and sportsThe memories richBut most of all the bonds of our heritageChorusCentenary Song: “KGI Forever"Forever and ever, this week will remainRenewed acquaintanceIn our new found landFrom far away placesWe thank all who cameMay joy and blessings follow you each glorious dayChorus(Repeat the last line)Composed by Tom and Joan Francis, Errol and Delphine Francis and William Fernandes

22 2010 KGI Centenary BrochureSpeech by Mr. Y. K. LULE, Minister of SocialDevelopment (and later President of Ugandain 1979)CHRISTMAS MASS AT THE KI 1968CHRIST THE KING CHURCHPARISH CHURCH FOR MOST OF THEGOANS IN KAMPALA

2010 KGI Centenary Brochure 23RI SPORTS VISIT 1959WEST GERMAN NATIONAL HOCKEY TEAM VISITS THE KI 1972

24 2010 KGI Centenary BrochureA BRIEF HISTORY OF SPORTS ACHIEVEMENTSTowards the end of the first 50 years of the KGI, the stage was set for tremendous "growth" in the life of the KGI. The varioussocial activities - tombolas on Sundays - the annual Bachelor's Ball, Ladies Day on December 26th, the monthly dances and theannual Sports Gala dance, the Christmas and New Year dances and even the Christmas midnight Mass, because the Church wasovercrowded, all provided wonderful "boy-meets-girl" opportunities that enhanced the social life of the KGI.On the sporting side, there were many occasions when neighbouring Goan Clubs from Kenya and Tanzania came on Sports visitsto the KGI. Even though competition was fierce on the sports field, the camaraderie was great after the game, particularly at theKGI bar where Abdul was ever so willing and never tired to serve all the patrons. Locally, we had several tournaments inUganda - in tennis, badminton, table tennis, cricket and hockey at which our players honed and polished their skills and workedhard to maintain the Founders' motto: Nulli Secundus.Tennis: Two players - father S. P. Dias (1935) and son Celly Dias (1953), had won the Uganda Open tennis Men's Single trophyseveral years apart. This was followed by Al Mathias and Denis Pereira winning the Uganda Open Men's Doubles trophy. Inaddition, the KGI tennis team won the Kampala & District Tennis League tournament and our players Denis Pereira and AlMathias won the men's singles and doubles trophies in the Entebbe Open tennis tournaments. And all our tennis players faredvery well in the various Open tournaments.Field Hockey: We participated in the Entebbe Goan Institute (EGI) and Bandali Jaffer annual tournaments and also practicedhard for the East African premier, multi club tournament in Nairobi, the annual M. R. D'Souza Gold Cup. The EGI Hockeyleague and the Bandali Jaffer Hockey trophy provided our players with many inter-club competitions. The KGI teams wonseveral of these and they were teams hard to beat. The highlight of the hockey season was, of course, the club's participation inthe M.R. D'Souza Gold Cup Hockey Tournament in Nairobi, which the KGI won in 1957, and provided strong opposition in theensuing years that they entered the tournament. This tournament brought the cream of hockey players and Clubs to the event andwinning the trophy was indeed a fine achievement!Cricket: The Lowis Cup tournament and the annual Triangular tournament - Europeans, Asians and Goans - was later expandedto the Quadrangular Cricket tournament when the Asians were split into Muslims and Asians - and it was then changed to thePentangular Cricket, when the African side was included. This was all great fun for the players as well as for the spectators! Andwe dare say that our KGI cricketers, together with players from other Goan clubs, Entebbe, Soroti and elsewhere in Uganda,were always a force to be reckoned with! When the Goan XI beat the very formidable and experienced European XI in 1953,they were rightly called and referred to as the Giant Killers!NATIONAL REPRESENTATIONS(Note: The following list is compiled from the memories of players and others. It is quite possible that there may be errors andomissions and we regret that. There is no intention to omit giving credit to any of our sportsmen and women)Badminton: Hildebrand Dias represented Uganda in all RSL badminton tournaments held since 1961 between Kenya, KenyaCoast and Tanzania. He captained the Uganda Team and also acted as team manager, represented Uganda against the NationalMalaysian Badminton team and the Indian National Team when they visited Uganda.In the women's side, Rena Dias and Norma D'Souza also represented Uganda in the mixed doubles and ladies' double matches.Women's Hockey: The following KGI women represented Uganda at various times: Zulema de Souza *, Delphine Francis (neeD'Souza), Ella Gomes *, Clara D'Mello *, Eurema Colaco, Elizabeth Pereira.(* indicates that they also represented Uganda in Delhi at the 1st Asian Women's Hockey Championship in 1968.)Zulema also represented the African XI against the Asian XI in India, in 1968.The other KGI women players who played in the "B" team (not in the National Team but accompanied the national Uganda XI,)who merit honourable mention are: Laura Carvalho, Adelaide D'Souza, Dolly Pereira, Betty Lima, Celine Coelho, Edith Dias,Adriana Anne D'Souza and Nita Lobo (nee D'Souza).Men’s Hockey: Our players provided the backbone of the Uganda Squad and the following players represented Uganda in thedifferent years - some of them for several years running! They were: Victor Pereira (1948-52), Michael Texeira (1948-52),Willie Lobo (1959-72), Joe Lobo (1954-72), Al Mathias (1952-66), Josy Pereira (1956-66), Poly Pereira (1952-72), RolandColaco (1954-72), The above players were also part of the different East African representative teams. The other nationalplayers were Abu D'Souza, Chris Pereira, Roger Gomes, Felix Britto (1952-59), Charlie D'Souza (1959) , Donat D'Souza (1969),

2010 KGI Centenary Brochure 25Denis Pereira (1969), Osbert Remedios (1969), Remy Colaco, Lewellyn D'Costa, Leslie D'Costa, Novarro Quadros, Stan DeSouza and Donat De Souza.Willie Lobo, Poly Pereira and George Moraes were the three KGI/KI Members who represented Uganda in the Uganda HockeyOlympic Squad in Munich in 1972.Table Tennis: Hildebrand Dias, Anthony Mathias, Canute Mathias and Dolly Pereira represented Uganda in table tennis andfared very well. Dolly Pereira also won the East African Triple Crown - singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles - whileAnthony Mathias won the East African Men's Singles Trophy. Novarro Quadros partnered Tony Rodrigues (of Jinja) and wonthe Uganda Junior Doubles title (1960-62).Squash: Caji DeSouza represented Uganda in two rubber matches against Kenya in 1972.Cricket: The following KGI members represented Uganda in Cricket: John Sequeira (1947 - '59), Michael Texeira (1947 - '59),Charlie D'Souza (1958 - '68), Al Mathias (1957), Lawrence Fernandes, Celly Dias (1961), Peter De Souza, Carlito Mascarenhasand Edwin Fonseca.Snooker and Billiards: The enthusiasm and coaching in the KGI, for Billiards and Snooker, was led by experienced players likePatrocin Abreo, Deoniz D'Souza, Theo and his brother Philip D'Souza. The sport caught on fast and players like Vito Mendonca,Cary Sequeira, Milo Pinto, Anthony Mathias, Eric Gunputhrav, and others achieved very good skills.KGI members Andy Lobo and Reuben Rebello represented the Uganda team of ten players that played against the Nairobi GoanGymkana and the Mombasa Institute and gave creditable performances. Vito Mendonca was the runner-up to Eddie Rodrigues inthe Uganda Open; he also had the privilege to play Wilson Jones, the world amateur champ in an exhibition game.Darts: One very enthusiastic player was Mr. D A Fernandes who always had his darts ready at hand to give anyone a challenge!This game took off in the '60s and its popularity grew so much that from one Dart Board we ended up having Ten boards to caterto the appetite of the members. The KGI team entered several local matches, most notably against the Entebbe GI, where thegames were always so very competitive. In the first Uganda Open Darts tournament (1971) the finalists with two KI members –Ferdie Rodrigues and Poly Pereira, with Ferdie prevailing. Ferdie was also presented the Golden Dart Award in the sametournament for score 3 triple 20’s twice. The following year Ferdie won the Uganda open doubles title together with Helen DeMello (of Entebbe).Tennis: Celly Dias represented Uganda in the team against Kenya in 1956. There weren't any international matches per se afterthat, since the annual Uganda Open Tennis Championships attracted several foreign players not only from Kenya but also fromNigeria, Russia, Australia and India.Sports Achievements Among Our Descendants in CanadaIn Field Hockey we have been represented in the Canadian National Team by Kevin Pereira, Cedric Vaz, Shaun De Souza, JohnDe Souza, Carlton Mathias (Canadian Juniors) and Wayne Fernandes (who has just achieved his 200 th cap). David Nazarethattained his F.I.H. Crown (Grade 1) rating as Canada’s premier umpire (1979-94) and umpired several international tournaments.We had the delight of having Wayne De Souza represent Canada in the 2008 Olympics together with John De Souza who was acoach of that team. John is currently the coach of the Canadian Women’s Field Hockey national team.Daryn De Souza play for Halifax’s St Francis Xavier University (Nova Scotia) team in the Vanier Cup Final (CanadianFootball) in the late 1990s.Several of our women and men have also represented their provincial teams.Sports Review prepared by Al Mathias

26 2010 KGI Centenary BrochureWINNERS – GOLD CUP 19571968 GOLD CUP RUNNER-UP

2010 KGI Centenary Brochure 271948 TRIANGULAR - TEXEIRA CAPTAINS GOAN IX VS EUROPEAN XI

28 2010 KGI Centenary BrochureOLYMPIANS 1972 – GEORGE MORAES, POLYPEREIRA, WILLY LOBO

2010 KGI Centenary Brochure 29OTHER ACHIEVEMENTSThe forced immigration to other parts of the world compelled/enabled our Goan members to pursue further studies to allow themto enhance their positions and level in the corporate or business sectors. It also provided their children with much greateropportunities than if they were in Uganda and this has all resulted in many of our members achieving/enhancing theireducational qualifications. It also enriched Goan organizations around the world with organizational talent.Leaders In Other Goan Organizations Post-1972Among the organizations we have provided:• Presidents of GOA Ontario were former members or their descendants: Martin A C Rodrigues, Zulema DeSouza, JohnNazareth, John Noronha, Errol Francis, David Nazareth, Oscar Furtado.• Note: Zulema De Souza during her term organized the world’s first International Goan Convention in 1988. Denis Pereira as VP Sports organizedin 1986 the largest and most successful Gold Cup Tournament (in terms of number of international teams and spectators) in Toronto.• Presidents of GOA Vancouver: Vinolt Antao, Peter Paul De Souza, Benny Fernandes, Willie Lobo, Mike Sequeira,Mark Vaz, Vilasini Pinto nee Antao, Sam Correia, Chris Da Silva, Cleto Dos Remedios, Shona Lobo,• Quebec Goan Associaton: Neru Rodrigues, Jerome De Souza, Phyl Gomes, Rose De Souza (Presidents).• Presidents of Other Goan Associations: Melinda Fernandez nee Sequeira (Hamilton Goan Association), Cecil Pereira(Goan Association UK), Chappie Lobo (GOA Perth), Mark D’Souza, Joseph De Lima, Alban Rattos and Laura Rattosnee Carvalho (GOA NSW) and numerous other positions in Executives.Arts/Academics: We have around the world among our members and descendants several professors and associate professors,in fields as diverse as Literature, Anthropology, Agriculture, Mathematics, Law, Medicine, Pathology, Travel & Tourism, artists,writers.Professional/Business: Among our numbers are Engineers (Civil, Electrical, Nuclear, Electronics, Systems, Aeronautics,Reliability), Lawyers, Physicians, Chartered Accountants, Real Estate moguls, journalists, TV and Radio personalities andproducers, clergy etc..They have risen to become Principals of schools, Senior Corporate Executives in the business sectors and holders of seniormanagement positions in the Government and non-profit sectors.MEMORIES OF THE KIIn this section we have a number of articles and extracts of articles and novels, that either allow us remember the KI, or show ushow the Expulsion of Asians impacted Goan organizations around the world.Extract of History of G.O.A. Ontario Written in 1995 pertaining to the ExpulsionWithin two years of striking roots on Canadian soil, the GOAwas put to the test when the Canadian government acceptedmore than 7000 Asians, including 800 Goans, expelled fromUganda in 1972. The GOA worked closely with federalagencies, sponsoring many families and helping somefamilies settle in Toronto. Alvaro (Al) Saldanha, who was thethen Treasurer of the GOA attended meetings of thegovernment’s Toronto Uganda Committee regularly, madenumerous calls to Neru Rodrigues, [former] President of theKampala [Goan] Institute, to collect names of people whowere having difficulty getting visas, and arrange letters ofsponsorship through the Immigration Ministry. Many arrivingGoans will attest to the joy of being met by Al’s friendly faceat the airport.This influx of Goans increased the numerical strength ofGOA. (Metalia Paul recalls the women’s hockey teammembers savouring the thought of increasing the numbers oftheir team as there were a half-dozen former Uganda Nationalplayers among the refugees.)The influx of Goans from Uganda in 1972 turned out to bepart of a major movement of Goans in response toliberalization of Canadian immigration policy in the 70s.Between 1970 and 1975 the total population of Goans in theGTA increased from approximately 800 to 5000, with manyGoans coming from Burma, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Malawi,the Middle East, Mozambique, Pakistan, Tanzania, Ugandaand Zambia among others. Today [1995] the population in theGTA stands at around 10000.Remembering the KGII cannot let this centenary go by without saying whatthe Kampala Goan Institute meant to me. My parents lefttheir beloved Goa, India, to start a new life and family inKampala, Uganda. Neither of them could have anticipated

30 2010 KGI Centenary Brochurethe culture shock of a new country and the adjustments theywould have to make. They had left their relatives and friendsbehind and were now in a strange land, with no connection tothe people they were meeting.My dad quickly sought out a few other families whowere in a similar predicament, and was then introduced to theKGI. Slowly they built relationships and as the family grew,they quickly settled into their new way of life. Not only didthey enjoy the benefits of being a member of the Club, butwe, their five daughters, continued to reap the benefits untilthe famous Idi Amin Exodus.The KGI was not just a social entity. It was a forumfor culture, education, sports and much, much more. Therewere good times, great times and not so good times. Itsgreatest achievement was the lasting friendships it created.To-date, members all over the world have a very strong bondand camaraderie. We are like one big extended family. It istruly amazing that what the founder members envisioned as aplace to meet, is filled, one hundred years later, with happymemories and yet sadness, not knowing the fate of thebuilding they worked so hard to build.While we all have moved on in our new country, the KGIwill always have a special place in our hearts.“May you never forget what is worth remembering, nor everremember what is best forgotten”Greta Dias (nee George)Poly Pereira, Our HeroPoly Pereira was the hockey hero of my youth. Whether hewas playing for the Kampala Goan Institute, Entebbe GoanInstitute, or the Uganda National team, he was a delight towatch. The highlights were his humour, stick-work,teamwork and sportsmanship. I cannot ever remember himinitiating “dirty” play, and yet he would score goals. He wasquick thinking with a bit of mischief never total out of hismind.My favourite memory was this match of the KGI versus SikhUnion around 1968 on the KGI field at Nakasero Hill. Therewas real confusion in the SU circle with dust all over the air,so thick that one could hardly see. (To the unfamiliar, mosthockey pitches in Uganda were clay courts.) There must havebeen 5 KGI attackers and 5 SU defenders in that small halfcircle. Neither of the umpires could see well-enough whatwas happening. Poly sizing up the situation deftly picked theball in hand and tossed it into the goal. Goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!None of the players will confirm this story, so you will haveto trust my eyes seeing through the dust.In 1972 when Uganda sent a team to the Olympics for thefirst time, Poly was at 40 already past his prime. But Poly’s70% was better than most people’s 100%, and even at 40everybody wanted him in - and in he went. Gordie Howewould have been proud.John NazarethA dance in a Goan Institute used to be rather formal.The dance usually starts at 9 p.m., which means that the bandstarts playing around nine-thirty and couples start drifting inat a quarter-to-ten.The People are semi-formally dressed in attractivedresses or suits. The couples sit on chairs placed around thedance floor or around small tables. If they sit around thedance floor, the men usually vanish to the bar. They then holdtheir drinks and watch from the side-lines until somebodygathers up the nerve to commence dancing.Then the men go up to the ladies of their choice (theydance with the wife first) and say, "May I have the nextdance, please?" The reply is usually, "Yes," in which casethey go around the floor in varying degrees of happiness. (NotFortunato D'Mello, who never took up dancing. When I askedhim why, he said that he one day counted the number of timesa couple went round the dance floor. He then estimated thelength and breadth of the floor. After which, he calculatedA Dance In The Goan Institutethat a couple moved 17 miles round the floor during thatdance. "All that distance and they got nowhere," he said).The band plays a set of three pieces-say threequicksteps. Each piece lasts three or four minutes. The bandtakes a break and the couples return to their seats, the mensaying "Thank you very much" and "May I get you a drink?"Then the next dance starts-a set of three foxtrots. Andthe dancing starts. A break. A set of three rhumbas. Break.Three Shake/Soul. Break. A mild set of African dances.Break.There is no eroticism in Goan dances. Rather, whatevereroticism exists is submerged and can only be detected whena wolf like Joaquim D'Costa is dancing with a long-marriedlady. And there is no break in the civilised behaviour, exceptfor the inevitable fight around the bar, which ends bysomebody bringing the warring factions together over a drinkor by somebody being thrown out.An extract from the novel “In A Brown Mantle” by Peter Nazareth. The novel was prophetic about the Expulsion. It waspublished by the East African Literature Bureau and was launched in Kampala two weeks before the Expulsion was announced.

2010 KGI Centenary Brochure 31THE BANDS THAT MADE OUR DANCES SWINGBENNETT DIAS AND THE DIATONESRHYTHM KINGS ORCHESTRATHE MELODY MAKERSMELODY MAKERSTHE DRIFTERSWe regret not having a picture of “Nobby & His Band”, probablythe greatest band of its time. Its members were Nobby De Souza(Guitar), Pela (trumpet), Anthony De Mello (saxophone), HenryRodrigues (bass), BA Leitao (drums). Many of them can be seenplaying with some of the other bands whose pictures are here.

32 2010 KGI Centenary BrochureA Dance In The Goan Institute - ContinuedIn many cases, at the end of a Saturday night dance, when there was no cricket match scheduled for the next day, Sunday, andthe dance ended at 5.00AM, quite a few fun loving bachelors would stay behind and with the help of a couple of the single girlsalternately playing the piano, they would continue singing their hearts out with their favourite songs, and have loads of fun andlaughter right until the break of dawn, and then go straight for the 7.00AM Mass before going home to bed!Al MathiasMichael Texeira - KGI's and one of East Africa's finest SportsmenMichael Texeira, to my recollection, is one of KGI'sand East Africa's finest sportsmen! The rarely accomplishedbowling feat of 10 wickets in an innings, and for 42 runs,against a well known Kampala club, as printed in the UgandaArgus below took place on July 25th, 1959. And it would bedifficult to find any comparable achievement!Whenever Michael went in to bat, no matter if it was aclub match or a quadrangular game, there were cheers fromthe non-partisan crowds: "Texeira, Texeira", because theywanted to see the excitement of his batting skills, and therewas great expectation. And Michael rarely disappointed thecrowds. His batting was a pure delight to watch, whether itwas a scintillating carpet drive to mid-off or mid-on, or awell-timed glance down the leg for four or a square cut waypast the third man or a mighty loft for six - all these broughtthe crowds to their feet shouting encouragement formore! Everybody in Uganda knew Texeira! And his walk tothe batting crease was always cheered because no matterwhether he faced a fast bowler or a spinner, his batting was asheer delight! He has indeed scored many runs but I have norecords at hand.My most vivid memory of him was when we faced the"mighty" European Team in the Triangular crickettournament played on a neutral ground, the Jinja RecreationClub, in 1953. The duo of McAdam and Wild were at thepeak of their careers with the new "swing" bowling in vogue.The Goan team went in to bat and lost a quick wicket at 11runs. Michael, who usually came in to bat two or three down,was sent after we lost the first wicket. And true to hisreputation, Michael did not waste time - McAdam or Wild,in-swing or out-swing, Michael hit them all over the field tothe great delight of the whole crowd! His 50 runs in 20minutes was a record for a game of that stature! And Iwatched all this at close quarters, since I was the batsman atthe other end, quietly holding up my end while Michael didall the devastation! He was finally caught at deep third manby the opposing team captain, Col. Bill Gordon, but notbefore he had set the stage for the other batsmen, likeJohn Sequeira who followed him and scored 133 runs, tocarry on piling on the runs. Needless to say we beat theEuropean XI in that 3-day match, what a victory! And thatwin resulted in the Goans being named: the "Giant Killers"!Michael was a slim and wiry sportsman, withexceptionally strong wrists, never failing in stamina and hehad tremendous hand-eye coordination. He put variety in hisbowling and often confused the opposing batsman by varyinghis pace. He controlled his length beautifully and if he placedone of us fielders to stand close to the batsman, we could besure that he was very cognizant of our safety and his bowlingreflected that. Michael has captained the Uganda Goan XIand represented the Uganda Goans on several occasions andalso represented the Uganda National Cricket team, togetherwith John Sequeira (affectionately known as "Chuck"), forseveral years.In hockey, he was the KGI centre half. And untiringplayer who helped offense and defense and his pushes to thewingers were a delight. His stick work and tackling skillswere crafty and, as centre half, his distribution of the ballcreated the required openings for our forwards. He did nothave to take a big swing to hit the ball to the "outers", onestrong push through the gaps with those strong wrists andthe winger was off the mark! Michael represented Ugandaand an East African XI in the late 40s.To many of us, hockey and cricket players, who cameafter him, he was our shining example, one to emulate! Hewas a true sportsman on and off the field; he played hard andmost importantly, he played clean! Socially, he was a gooddancer and possessed an excellent singing voice, composinghis own songs when posted to the border Customsposts.Michael now lives in Mississauga and has completed92 years. We wish him all the very best of health andhappiness.Al Mathias

2010 KGI Centenary Brochure 33MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES BY/ABOUT MEMBERS AND THEIR DESCENDANTSA Search for an Identity: Catholic Goans - How they fit in a predominantly Hindu India.that the study of Goa would add another interestingdimension to an already diverse India. Goa has enduredmany conquests has been under foreign rule for a longerperiod of time than any other state in India. If anthropologyis the study of the human condition and socio-anthropologyis the study of human society and behaviours, then Goa has awealth of as yet unexplored avenues to offer for study . Onesuch example would be the effect of liberation on Goansociety from Portuguese rule. Was it liberation or just anexchange of masters? Another interesting study would be theeffects of the increased tourism and development on the localpopulation.This paper resulted from a detailed examination,including historical events, of the path that led CatholicGoans to where they are today. I undertook to write this paperbecause I realized while studying the Anthropology of SouthEast Asia, in particular India, I knew very little about Indiaand even less about Goa and belonging to what J. CorreiaAfonso S.J. noted as "this sub-culture called Christian Goan"it was something I thought I should explore. I was alsocurious to find out what place a Catholic Goan had in a Hindustate and nation. What was / is the connection?I had always argued that Catholic Goans did not have aunique culture, in the sense defined by noted anthropologist,E.B.Tylor, that culture is something that "…. includesknowledge, belief, art, morals, law customs and any othercapabilities and habits acquired by man as a member ofsociety" (Daniels, 1996: 194). I believe that tradition andculture are not the same thing but are often spoke of as beingone and the same. Traditions are practices that are passeddown from generation to generation and they may change incertain aspects through the course of time but the foundationwill always remain the same, much like a Christmas treewhich may be decorated differently every year, but the tree,the foundation, is still the same. Culture on the other hand isnot something fixed. It is always evolving and changing asnew ideas, influences and experiences are introduced to asociety. For example, a Catholic Goan in Goa has a different"culture" from a Catholic Goan in Bombay as a CatholicGoan in England has a different "culture" from Catholic Goanin Uganda, because all of them have been exposed to differentinfluences in their respective social environments. The socioculturalenvironment of each will determine their behavioursand practices and no two will be exactly alike. Daniels saidculture has a dialogic aspect, it is not a given, but somethingthat is co-created between peoples in close contact. (198).It was not enough to start this paper with the conquestby Portugal in 1510 because Goa and its people existed longbefore that. In order to answer the questions I had withrespect to Catholic Goans in Goa and their relation to HinduGoans and the rest of India, where they came from and their"unique culture " I had to examine Goa's history from thebeginning. O.J.F Gomez noted that there is a "woeful lack ofinformation regarding Goa". This lack of information has alsoled to a lack of knowledge amongst Goans in the diasporaabout their own heritage. Not too long ago most people didnot know where Goa was and, if they did, it was often knownas a Portuguese outpost or a place where the hippies of the60s went to party and obtain cheap drugs. Today it is famousfor its beaches, a very popular tourist destination. Robert S.Newman once said that he " .. ..realized that Goa, as in suchplaces as Mexico and Mauritius (just to name a couple),contact between two civilizations had created a fascinatingsynthesis, one that had been steadfastly slighted byanthropologists, who wanted to study "pure" India ...."(PeaceCorp website, 2003). South Asian studies have on the wholeignored Goa for reasons unknown to me. However, I submitFor 450 years Catholic Goans lived in a relativelystable society. Outside influences, other than that of thePortuguese, were minimal. The early 20 th century saw anincrease in emigration of Goans, Catholic and Hindu, toother parts of India, British Africa, and the Middle East.When they returned to Goa they brought with them newhabits, practices and ideas but their effect was minimal onthe local culture. Since 1961, with liberation, Goa hasundergone many changes and Catholic Goans areincreasingly becoming a very small minority. Urbanizationand development continues to cause the displacement oflocal people from their natal villages and has brought aninflux of people from other Indian states looking for work inthe expanding tourist trade. Tourism has also brought in non-Indian investors and retirees looking for "holiday homes", allat the expense of the indigenous Goan population.Hindu influence in Goa has increased, religiously,politically and economically. Catholic Goans are no longer"the privileged" they were under Portuguese rule and theyco-exist relatively peacefully with their fellow Goans, bethey Hindu or Muslim. Today Catholicism is still very mucha part of Goa and therefore, by extension, India. However, ifCatholic Goans in Goa are to continue to enjoy religiousfreedom and the rich syncretic heritage they have developed,traditions and histories should be passed on from onegeneration to the next, not just in India but all over the world.They must also continue to be open to new peoples, growingand changing as the world around them changes, but with aview to preserving and protecting their heritage, theirtraditions and values in the face of those who would denythem their rightful place in Goa, India and hence theiridentity.As I noted before, before I started this paper I washappy thinking I knew a lot about Goa and who Goans werebecause my family is Goan and I have visited Goa a fewtimes. I soon came to realize I knew as little as, and in somecases much less , than those people I spoke to, those towhom I proclaimed myself a "proud Goan". I have learnedmuch, not just from other Goans who were kind enough toguide me but also non-Goans who educated me on whoGoans are and what it means to be a Goan. I can now saywith justifiable pride that I am a Goan with a rich history andheritage and I belong to an ancient civilization, not unlike

34 2010 KGI Centenary Brochurethat of the Chinese. Goa is part of the Indian civilization thathas lasted centuries while other, so called "GreatCivilizations" like that of the Romans and Greeks, crumbled.To quote a friend "A Goan is an Indian, but like no otherIndian". The writing of this paper has not only helped meunderstand and place my ethnicity in India but it has alsohelped me discover an identity.Extract of a paper prepared by Giselle Dias in 2007 for a degree program in the University of Toronto.For full article go to the link:http://www.goatoronto.com/images/stories/stock/catholic-goan-research-paper.pdfThe Gomesi or Busuuti (as the dress is alternativelyknown) is the defacto national dress of Uganda. It is anelegant and colourful floor-length dress. However, up to nowanyone who peruses through the web for the origins of thedress would be unclear as to when it was designed - datesvary between 1905 and the 1940s - and who exactly designedit other than it was a man called Gomes. When Ella and JohnGomes asked me to write an article about the Gomesi and thepart played by their father, Caetano Milagres Gomes (CM), Ithought that it was all quite straightforward. Instead, it turnedout to be a detective story and the process of finding outturned out to be quite exciting. So come and journey with me.When was it designed and by whom?The story starts out with the birth of Gayaza HighSchool 1 in 1905 and Miss Alfreda Allen, the Headmistressasking a tailor, Mr. Gomes to design a uniform for her girls.Reading through an article based on an interview withCM Gomes 2 , he appeared to be unclear about whether it washe or his elder brother Anton Gloria Gomes (AG), both ofwhom were working together, who designed the dress. CMrecalled that it was his elder brother AG who talked to MissAllen as AG was already stitching uniforms for Gayaza whenCM first came to Kampala to join his brother in 1908. But inthat same interview his memory gave indirect clues as towhen and how the dress came to be.So the earliest that the Gomesicould have been designed was in 1905as that was when Gayaza High Schoolopened. However, Gayaza first used the4 made of bark-cloth as a“suuka” 3school dress in 1905. Furthermore AGGomes first came to Uganda from GoaIndia in 1905 as well, and would havejust started his tailoring business, so itis unlikely that it was designed then.Sometime between 1905 and 1908 MsAllen approached AG Gomes to make a “suuka” of cotton asit was more durable. The next phase came to resolve theproblem of the “suuka” unraveling when the students were1 Gayaza High School was formed as a boarding school for girls by Anglicanlay missionaries.2 A short interview by the Uganda Argus with Mr. CM Gomes in December1967.3 “Gayaza High School – The First Ninety Years” – Edited by Joan Cox,Brenda Richards and Sheelagh Warren.4 Also, interesting letter by Mr. S. J. Luyimbazi-Zake’s letter to UgandaArgus in December 1967.THE ORIGIN OF THE GOMESI/BUSUUTIdoing manual work, so MissAllen sought a better design topreserve the modesty of thepupils 5 . AG did that by addinga yoke to the design 6 .CM GOMES IN 1981In the interview 7 withCM Gomes, he recalledclearly that the Gomesi didnot become popular with themasses until the wife ofKabaka Daudi Chwa II woreit for the Kabaka’s coronation– and it was he that had stitched her dress. That the Kabaka’sfuture wife, Irene Drusilla Namaganda, came to Gomes tostitch her dress was not as surprising as it may seem at first.According to Cox et al “… and when the Kabaka waslooking for a wife, it was to Gayaza that he came …” 8 As aformer student of Gayaza, Miss Namaganda would haveknown the Gomes brothers well.The Gomesi has some aspects of Victorian/Edwardiandresses (those puffed sleeves) and some aspects of the sarithat Gomes was familiar with from his homeland – Goa,India. A sash was also added around the waist to accentuatethe feminine figure. The embellishment of the original schooluniform would only make sense - if the Kabaka’s queenwas going to use it, CM wanted something special.Kabaka Chwa’s coronation took place in 1914 andhence it is this year that should be honoured as the birth-yearof the Gomesi.So the design of the dress came about because historybrought together the Gomes brothers, Miss Allen and MissNamaganda – and CM Gomes had the honour of stitchingthat first dress. It is possible that the design evolved furtherafter 1914.The Gomes Brothers and Their DescendantsA short history of the Gomes’ Tailors shop - AGGomes came to Uganda in 1905 and started a tailoringbusiness in the corner of a store in the district of Mengo. In1908, after CM Gomes joined his brother, a store was openedunder the sign-board “A.G. Gomes & Brother”. AG Gomesdied in 1928, leaving the business and his three children inthe care of his brother CM Gomes. AG’s wife also died5 Ibid Footnote 3.6 According to Ella Gomes, this is what her father told her.7 Ibid Footnote ii plus recollections from Ella and John Gomes.8 Ibid Footnote 3.

2010 KGI Centenary Brochure 35suddenly, three months after her husband. Gayaza’s uniformswere all stitched at the store for many years. In 1918, thestore moved to Kampala Road opposite the Uganda Heraldoffice. The final location was on Kampala Road opposite theKampala Institute. After two robberies at the store, thebusiness closed down in the late 1960’s.In 1972 during the Expulsion of Asians from Uganda,CM Gomes and his children Marcella and Mathew (nowdeceased), Roger and Ella (and later his son John) moved toToronto, Canada to join his daughter Julie who had marriedJohn D’Sa and moved there a few years earlier. CM’s wifeAnna had died in Kampala in 1955. CM Gomes died inToronto in 1981. Besides his six children, he had sixgrandchildren, and three great-grandchildren, all of whomlive in Canada.AG Gomes and his wife Felecidade had 3 childrenJoseph, Placido and Antoinette – all of whom have passedaway. He has nine grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildrenthat live across the United Kingdom, Kenyaand the USA.The Gomes family members were very proud andhonoured at hearing that a postage stamp had been issued inUganda in December 2007 to celebrate the “Gomesi”.Extract of an article first published by John Nazareth in the Uganda newspaper “New Visions” on 25 April 2010. Link:http://www.sundayvision.co.ug/detail.php?mainNewsCategoryId=7&newsCategoryId=651&newsId=717398KITANTE PICNIC

36 2010 KGI Centenary BrochureREMEMBERING THE UGANDA ASIAN EXPULSION OF 1972In August 1972 we had just returned from a drivingholiday, my friends Ralph Cordeiro, Colin Franco, MauriceFernandes and I. We had been in neighbouring Kenya taking inNairobi and Mombasa. Cynthia, my girlfriend (and future wife)had a few days earlier left on a holiday to the UK. We were stillin a holiday spirit returning from Jinja from Ken Antao's 21stBirthday Party in Jinja when we caught a snippet on the radio"President Amin has a dream ... Asians are to be expelled fromUganda". We don't think much of it - must be some joke. Butas the days passed it slowly sank in.I was working for the Ministry of Finance andPlanning as a Statistician. At a young age I was in charge ofcollecting and publishing Uganda's trade statistics, preparingbackground to the national Budget; it was a great job and timeswere good. I was contributing to my country in a way I did notthink possible. I was a first class citizen with no complaints.Socially, life was also good. I was the SportsSecretary and Hockey Captain of the Entebbe [formerly"Goan"] Institute. Everything centred around the Club. Wewere still primarily involved with Goans, but Uganda wasintegrating. I had studied at an African Highschool (St Mary'sCollege) run by Canadian missionaries, and attended MakerereUniversity there with African colleagues. Africans membersconstituted 30% of the Entebbe Institute - primarily CivilServants as Entebbe was the centre of the government. Inaddition to Goans, we had every kind of members: every tribeof Uganda (Baganda, Basoga, Luo, etc), all types of otherIndians (Ismailis, Boras, Gujaratis, Sikhs, etc.), and others(British, Israelis, ...) Friendship was quickly becomingraceless. Indeed, the newly elected President of the club, DrPeter Tukei, would have been elected regardless of theExpulsion; he was a very popular person and had previouslybeen Vice-President.Life during the Expulsion turned upside down. Timeswere tough; but in a strange way it was a happy period, anintense period. We truly lived like there was no tomorrow.Most of my family members were Uganda citizens, we thoughtwe would be staying. But my mother, my aunt and many otherwould be leaving. (My mum and [late] dad had always thoughtthat they were "too old" to be taking on a new citizenship, notfully realizing then the implications.) And for citizens, we stillhad to go through the process of verifying our citizenship. TheUganda government took every technicality to take away ourcitizenship.I remember queuing outside the Immigrationdepartment, sleeping on the streets for 36 hours with my twobrothers and sister, brother-in-law and friends. My brotherPeter was subdued. His Renunciation of British Citizenship hadbeen mishandled by the Uganda government several years agoas he had been one of the first to become Ugandan. Heexpected trouble, and was right; his citizenship was withdrawn.My sister Ruth lost her citizenship on some pretext. I almostlost mine because I only had a photocopy of my citizenship,and the officer almost tore it up. I pleaded for time to find theoriginal, noticing from the corner of my eye an old classmatefrom St. Mary’s College as immigration officer two boothsdown. I rushed over to him: "Hey Katabula, are you there"."Hey Nazareth, throw it over." Stamp! Stamp! My brotherDavid and I were verified. Peter was subsequently exemptedfrom the Expulsion as he held a senior government post, also inthe Ministry of Finance. Ruth could stay as her husband Cyrilhad his citizenship verified, but she had to resign from her job.Given that I had thrown in my lot with Africans, this was aheartbreak.And so it went with everyone. And the deadlineapproached.If it were not so serious the Expulsion could be funny.President Amin would one day be expelling more and morecategories of people, and the next day his ministers would beexempting more and more subcategories, being horrified at theloss to the country. One day it was British Asians, another dayall Asians - citizens included. Several Ugandans imploredPresident Amin not to expel citizens. President Nyerere ofTanzania offered to take in any Ugandan citizen who wasexpelled. President Amin relented and we were allowed to stay.But with so many losing their citizenship, what to do?The Goans met at the Kampala [Goan] Institute to discussstrategy. The meeting was being led by senior members of thecommunity like Neru Rodrigues, Mark Vaz and Aloysius Lobo.The Goan Association used its saved funds to pay for fares outof Uganda for the poor. My brother Peter and I formed thecentre of those who wanted to stay. We thought that we shouldform a group to fight back for the citizenships lost. It endedwith us fully expecting a core of us to remain behind.Then in September 1972 came the UN to take statelesspeople, and Canada to take anybody (ie regardless ofcitizenship) who wanted to leave and who qualified. All of asudden there was a new game in town. Everybody was going toleave now. Well almost everybody. My family stubbornlydecided to stay put.Meanwhile my Permanent Secretary (DeputyMinister) I.K. Kabanda called me to his office and said "John, Iwant you to know that not all Africans hate you. We hope andpray that this will soon be all over so that you can lead a normallife. You can come in to work when you wish, and leave whenyou wish." I will never forget his graciousness (and made it apoint to seek him out when I returned to Uganda 21 years later).Young as I was (25 years) I ended up being the Clubvolunteer barman, together with Claude De Souza. The bar - thecentre of stories. Chris Ssengendo was there one night with hiscousin visiting from Kampala. His cousin's eyes were red. Iinquire with Chris. "Don't ask. He works at the dreadedMakinde Prison. He had orders to spend all of last nightexecuting [political] prisoners with a hammer to the head." WeAsians were being expelled, but black Ugandans were beingslaughtered.

2010 KGI Centenary Brochure 37Everyone is leaving as the deadline approaches.Cousin Joan and Tom Francis are getting married, rush toChrist the King Church. Later, on the way back to Entebbefrom Kampala, hear that Flora and Ludger Gomes are gettingmarried. Rush to Sacred Heart Church in Entebbe. Make it intime - and Flora asks me to be Ludger's Bestman.And finally the November 5, 1972 deadline arrives.So many friends have left. I have already tearfully wished mymother goodbye - she left for Kuala Lumpur Malaysia (whereshe has many brothers and sisters) and my Aunt Lily, for Goa.We register at the Entebbe Club Cricket Pavilion, as all“exempted” Asians have to.Past the Deadline, a strange calm has descended.There are still around 5000 Asians left in Uganda who havebeen exempted. The Africans have a quiet admiration for thosewho stay behind in spite of all the harassment. But now is whenthe killing of Black Ugandans starts in earnest. One gets usedto seeing bodies by the roadside every day. A friend, GodfreyKiggala is killed because President Amin likes his girlfriend.In May 1973 I travel to Goa for the first time. Cynthiaand I get civilly married in Goa where her parents are resident(having retired and left Uganda just 6 months before theExpulsion). I hope to take her back to Uganda later to marry inChurch. I return to Uganda to work out everything.As June 1973 rolls in, more Goans have left and soonthere are now just three Goans left in Entebbe: Arthur DeMello, my brother-in-law Cyril Fernandes and I - and we wereall staying in the same house. My brother Peter left to take up aFellowship at Yale, brother David left to marry his girlfriendLydia in Canada, sister Ruth left to join my mother (now inLondon) ahead of Cyril. Now it dawns on me how much Goansmean to me. I had always taken them for granted as I hadvarious friends of all races, and had come to accept myself as anAfrican. I still have a lot of friends in the Institute, but all of asudden the Goans are gone, and it feels like the death of aparent; the friends cannot fully compensate.In September 1973 I left Uganda, taking a two-yearsof Leave of Absence to do postgraduate studies. I went throughGoa, getting married to Cynthia at St. Jerome’s Church inMapusa. We then proceeded to the UK where I studied for ayear at the London School of Economics and obtained a PostgraduateDiploma in Statistics. The situation in Uganda hadnow taught me to hedge. I was hoping that President Aminwould be overthrown while I was studying. But just in case, Idecided to apply for Canada from the UK as most of my familyand wife’s family had gravitated there. We were accepted. But Ihad heard a lot of the need for "Canadian experience", so Icompleted my Masters in Mathematical Statistics from theUniversity of Toronto instead of the LSE.It is June 1975 and as my studies at the U of T are atan end I realize that President Amin is there to stay. With aheavy heart I finally send in my letter of resignation to theMinistry of Finance, thanking them for giving me anopportunity to serve my country. A tear rolled down my cheek.John H. NazarethToronto, 1994THE GOAN LEGACY... LIVING ON IN UGANDA (Esther Namugoji, in New Vision)They owned bakeries, bars and contributed significantlyto Uganda's civil service, education and economy. WhenPresident Idi Amin ordered Asians out of Uganda in 1972,many Goans were allowed to stay, but only a handfulremained. They left homes, properties and businesses behind.Even when offered a chance to return, they were not willing,but their legacy lives on, Esther Namugoji writes.My heels make a resounding echo in the narrow hall as Icross the wood parquet floor. I have walked this hall before,crossing quickly with literature books under my arm and thenext lesson in mind. This building houses a secondary schoolon week days, and social events on weekend nights. Someyears ago, I used to moonlight here two days a week as ateacher, little knowing the rich history that these walls havekept secret for more than a century. Standing here, I amtransported more than 100 years back to when Indians of Goanorigin owned and patronised this place. Wedding parties,children's Christmas plays, end of year dances and solemnmass prayers were held within these walls for almost 70 years.The grassy lot outside was used for games and sports likehockey, football and tennis. This building was first set up in1905 by Indians originally from the south eastern state of Goaas the Entebbe Goan Institute. It served as a meeting place forsocial and religious functions before former President IdiAmin forced Asians out of Uganda in 1972. It had changednames in the late 1960s to the Entebbe Institute. Today, it issimply known as the Institute and it serves as a schoolbuilding for Entebbe Central Academy. In those days, mostUgandans could distinguish Abagowa from other Asians,mainly because they attended mass in the Catholic churcheslike Bugonga Church in Entebbe and St. Fatima in Jinja.The EntryNot all Asians came to Uganda with the extension of theEast African Railway line into Uganda. The first Goansarrived in the country by sea to Mombasa, used bullock-drawncarts or walked the 400 miles to Kisumu from where theycanoed into Entebbe at Kigungu landing site. They werecooks, butlers, tailors, carpenters and a few were educated andran businesses. This was in the mid-1880s. According toFernandes, the Portuguese occupation of Goa was oppressiveand this drove the natives to flee their state. Many would leavefor other parts of India, Asia, Arabia and even Africa. ManyGoans lived in Zanzibar, Mombasa, Tanzania, Mozambique,Malawi and Zambia before 1900. Other accounts link theGoan migration into East Africa to the relationship with the

38 2010 KGI Centenary BrochureBritish dating back to Lord Arthur Wellesley's army during theNapoleonic era which had two companies composed of Goans.The Uganda Railway also brought in a fair number ofGoans. They easily worked as cooks because they were notvegetarians and could also cook European cuisine. Many werebutlers, bakers, messengers and clerks. When the railwaystarted running, the catering on the coaches was almostexclusively done by Goans and they later flourished asrestaurateurs.A number of Goans from the Royal Navy after WorldWar I also moved to East Africa with their families in the1920s and 1930s. The earlier generation sent their children tostudy in India. This second generation would return afterschool and became the backbone of Uganda's first civilservice. They worked in the colonial government mostly asaccountants, clerks and customs officers.When Idi Amin ordered Asians out, he exempted those inthe public service, most of whom were Goans. However,between November 1972 and April 1973, most of theremaining Goans left the country and only a handful stayed. Inthe 1980s when Milton Obote was President the second time,the Departed Asians' Property Act was enacted and someAsians started to return around this time. Interestingly, not oneGoan came back to live in Uganda. This should not besurprising, considering that they were mostly in the civilservice rather than in business. Hence, they only had a fewbusinesses or property to return to. Another factor was thatwhen they left Uganda for other countries, they were able toget good jobs since they had been working under the Britishgovernment service and had somewhat universal skills.New GenerationThe majority of Goans living in Uganda today are a newgeneration, coming straight from India. Most of them are inbusiness, unlike the colonial generation. They are still good inthe food business evidenced by restaurateurs like JerryPacheco. He first travelled to Tanzania in 1997 to set uprestaurants. He moved to Nairobi and then to Kampala in1999. He set up The Coconut Shack restaurant onDewintonRoad, and recently set up another Coconut Shackserving Goan cuisine in Muyenga.According to Pacheco, as in those early days, Goans takethe time to socialise. They meet at church and at festivals andfamily ceremonies. As in the past, music, dance and food playa central role in reliving the dreams of Goa. Fish and chickencurries with rice and coconut still play a starring role in thefood preparations. Pork dishes are well loved, as are a numberof home made sweets in the old tradition. "Goans are talentedmusicians. Almost every other adult can play the violin whichis the king of instruments. If you can play it, then the rest areeasy. A wedding does not end until there is a dance," saysAlex Ramos who came from India in 1995. His friend, DiagoD'Mello also came from India. He runs D'Mello's IndianRestaurant in Nakasero and a spare parts shop. D'Mello saysGoans are God-fearing, sincere and trustworthy and that iswhy they made good civil servants. Goans are always on themove, and it appears that in the recent years some have beenleaving Uganda for other lands.Even Joseph Almeida, the long serving headmaster ofBuganda Road Primary School and recently LohanaAcademy, decided to retire in India.Did you know?• Goans left a certain ethic in the civil service that hasnot been replicated by succeeding Ugandans.Whereas Goans were known for their integrity, thecivil service, after their expulsion, almost collapsed.But also persistent vices like ghost workers, briberyand late coming have plagued government offices upto now.• The popularity of sports like cricket and hockeybecame widespread through the sportsmanship ofGoans alongside other Indians. The first hockey clubin Uganda back in the 1920s was formed by Goansand the hockey team to the 1972 Olympics wasbolstered greatly by Goans.• Even today, the $200,000 worth cricket Astroturf atLugogo owes its glory to the hard fundraising workof Arthur D'Mello, one of the few who stayed inEntebbe through the Amin years.• He passed on last year, leaving the mantle to anotherGoan, Basil Lobo, who recently handed over astreasurer of the Uganda Cricket Association.• Although rarely discussed, there are also descendantsborn of Ugandan mothers dotted around the country,marked by distinct light skin and/or unique surnames.Extract of an article first published in New Vision on:Saturday, November 8, 2008. http://www.newvision.co.ug/ODDS AND ENDS ON THE ASIAN EXPULSION OF 1972How Hockey Determined the Number of Asian Refugees Accepted By CanadaAccording to Roger St. Vincent the team leader of theCanadian Mission to Uganda, Canada issued visas for 6292people (dependants included). The final number that came toCanada was 6145. (“Seven Crested Cranes – Asian ExodusFrom Uganda – Perspectives in Canadian ImmigrationSeries”.) However, few people know that Canada initialintended to take just 3000 people and how they ended upaccepting 6000.At the 25 th Anniversary of the Expulsion at a symposiumwas organized at York University a senator spoke on thesubject. He explained that the Expulsion occurred at the sametime as Canada and Russia were playing their historic series of

2010 KGI Centenary Brochure 39[Ice] Hockey games. A dinner had been organized for the AgaKhan who played a significant role in pursuading PrimeMinister Trudeau to accept Ugandan refugees, and at thisdinner Canada was to tell the Aga Khan the final number.The dinner occurred during one of the matches.Everyone in Canada wanted to watch this game, so all thesenior officials of the Ministry of External Affairs pulled rankand forced the junior officers to attend instead. Among thesejunior officers was this future senator. Not wanting to missout on the game, the officers arranged with one of the waitersto come in and indicate the score every time one of the teamsscored – the Russia’s score by fingers raised on the left handand Canada’s by fingers raised on the right.The dinner and hockey game were both going well. Atthe appropriate point the Aga Khan asked the official howmany refugees they had decided to take. Before the officialcould answer the waiter came in holding up three fingers oneach hand (score tied 3-3). The Aga Khan saw the waiter andunderstood that Canada had decided to take 6000 refugees.The Minister was now in a quandary. Should he explainthe misunderstanding and thus tacitly admit that Canadianswere more interested in hockey than the plight of the refugees,or should he let the number stand. He chose to take the 6000.The Smell of The ExpulsionHere’s a little story of Mr Cota (name disguised) who washaving his application to come to Canada processed while inKampala. At 2pm he got to the point where he had to go hismedicals and had to, among other things, provide a stoolspecimen. “What was I to do? I’m at 8:00am man; I could getnothing at 2:00pm. Then I saw Larry (name disguised). He’salways full of sh..t, so I took his sample.”By chance I met the organizer of the Canadian Mission RogerSt.Vincent 30 years later and related the story to him. He toldme that that was only half the story. “We tried to persuadeOttawa to waive the requirement for stool and urine samplesas there was no way to examine them. But they would notbend. Can you imagine, we had to store all these samples in atent in the hot tropical sun. Nobody wanted to enter that tent.”Editor’s NoteIt was a struggle and a delight to put together the stories of the Kampala Goan Institute in words and pictures. It brought to mindespecially the two years 1956/57 when my father, Mr. PCSC Nazareth was posted to Kampala and I lived as a young child goingto Norman Godinho School and having fun at the KGI.Several people helped produce articles and provide pictures that went into the website and the Centenary Booklet. Not all thearticles could be included in the Booklet mainly because in certain categories we just did not have enough material to do justiceto the topic. We apologize to those who took the trouble to send us this information. But this Booklet is not the end of the story.We intend to continue to collect these stories so that we can include them on our website, and/or find some way to publish thematerial in the months to come. So please continue to send us articles, stories, notes, on people from the KGI (or theirdescendants) who you think were/are special. Send them in even if you are not sure they are from the KGI – we are interested inthose stories anyway.Send articles to me at jhr_nazareth@hotmail.com.KGI Website: www.kampalagoaninstitute.com

40 2010 KGI Centenary BrochureLIST OF ATTENDEESAlmeida Baldwin (USA)Almeida Delia (Uganda)Almeida ElsaAlmeida Norma/Guy Lagace(PQ)Almeida Rhea (USA)Almeida SandraAlmeida Sonia/Ron CraneAlmeida Tony/ZulemaAntao Dr. Viola/Jon SerioAntao-Vaithilingam VirginiaBarretto Andrew V./AnnieBorges Edwin J./NormaBraganza Anthony/AnneBraganza DollyBraganza Jerry/Rita(NS)Carneiro John/Angela (UK)Carvalho Christine/JoanDeSouzaClutton Rowena/CarlCoelho Ignatius/RomaCollaco Roland /Eurema & Fly.Correa Evarist/SandraCorreaRobert/Joyce/Cheryl(Quebec)Correa Sheena/CherylCorreia Melba (Mombasa)Da Costa Bernard/Jacinthe(Ottawa)Da Costa Doyle/Angela/Kevin(Ottawa)Da Costa Elma & FamilyDa Costa PamelaDa Costa Ruth (Australia)Da Costa ValerieDa Cunha Dr. RaquelDa Cunha VascoDa Silva Dr. Terence/WandaDa Silva JoeD'Costa Mario/Evelyn& Fly.D'Costa Rose Marie (Mrs)D'Cruz Beads/SimonD'Cunha Almir/MaureenD'Cunha Mervyn/Elizabeth &Fly.De Lima Reis/DaisyDe Mello Jean Marie (Uganda)De Mello Mario/ Jude (N.S.)De Mello Nicky/CrescentiaDe Mello Nicky/CrescentiaDe Quadros Novarro/SybilDe Sa Benjamin/HyacinthDe Sa Derek (Thunder Bay)De Sa Elise (Thunder Bay)De Sa Freida/Dr.Vincent (ThBay)De Sauza Neves/ZulemaDe Sousa George/BernieDe Souza Alu/ConnieDe Souza Adrian/RoseDe Souza Bertila Filomena C.De Souza BoscoDe Souza Charles B./AlbaDe Souza Charlie/ MelbaSequeiraDe Souza Claude/ClaireDe Souza Colin/JamesDe Souza Donat/LucyDe Souza Eric/Edith & Fly.De Souza Errol/ YvonneDe Souza Hubert/GreebaDe Souza HughDe Souza Jackson (Montreal)De Souza Karena/Bernard/FlyDe Souza Lino & Fly.De Souza MargaretDe Souza Maria G.De Souza Maureen/AnthonyMohanDe Souza NormonDe Souza Peter J/DebraDe Souza Victor/Daisy(USA)Dias Matti/Barry YoungDias Celly/EdithDias Clarence/UrsulaDias Edgar/Irene & FamilyDias EllaDias Plasido/Mrs. Judith DiasDias Reggie/SylviaDias Reginald/RinaDias Rony/Jan (USA)Dias Vivian/Greta & FlyD'Mello Felix/HarrietD'Mello Vince/PamelaD'Sa Felix/Luiza (Quebec)D'Sa John/JulieD'Sa Joseph Paul/Rose/StevenD'Souza Angelo/StephanieD'Souza AnneD'Souza Caji (UK )D'Souza DorisD'Souza Lucy & FamilyD'Souza Marian/ShaunD'Souza MyraFernandez Albert/Nina & Fly.Fernandes Armando/Gracy &Fly.Fernandes Benny/BellaFernandes Bernadine/PeterFernandes Donald/SybilFernandes FeenaFernandes Lucia Sandra (Mrs)Fernandes Maurice (BC)Fernandes Mrs.JulietFernandes Peter/EthelFernandes Procopio/GloriaFernandes RonnieFernandes Rudy/MaureenFernandes Shirley/EdwinFernandes Tony/LiraFernandes William /CarolFernandez Cedric/LydiaFernandez Dr. Alu/MelindaFernandez Lino/Thelma & Fly.Fernandez Vilavia (Maria)( B.C)Flores ElsaFlores Loretta & FamilyFrancis Errol/DelphineFrancis MaggieFrancis Terry/MerleFrancis Tom/JoanFurtado Joe/AlvitaFurtado Oscar/Dawn BaforoFurtado SeiraGeorge EssieGomes EllaGomes John & RogerLobo Al/NitaLobo Chappie(Australia)Lobo Felix/LornaLobo James/FionaLobo Jerry/CelineLobo Joe/FinaLobo John/Elsa & Fly.Lobo Johnny /Maura & FamilyLobo Michael/RoseLobo Vita/ClaryLobo William/Merle (BC)Machado Helena/VincentMachado Sydney/FabiolaMaciel Frederick/ElizabethMartins Jane/MartinMartyres Joe /Zemira (B.C.)Mascarenhas Antonio/Ruby &Fly.Mascarenhas Bruce/BrendaMascarenhas Leena & FamilyMascarenhas,Maria-Renata/RobertoMathias Al/EdnaMathias Canute/Rosaura (UK)Mathias Carlton/Sao JanMiranda Carmela/BlaineMiranda Caroline/WillburnMonid Rekha/MatthewMoraes George/CarmenMoraes Leo/SheilaMoraes Tim/DeniseNazareth David/LydiaNazareth Edviges/PamelaNazareth John/CynthiaNichols Mike/Wendy (D'Souza)Noronha LionelNoronha Dora/NettoNoronha DorothyNoronha John/GladysPaes Blasio/PatriciaPaes John & Family(Montreal)Pereira Denis/MurielPereira Poly/Ethel (B.C.)Pereira Robert/GwenPereira Tony/FlaviaPereira Trevor/FreidaPinto Allan/ImeldaPinto AntonettaPinto David/JudyPinto Denis/SylviaPinto Maurice/RachelPires Alan/LavitaPires Christopher/LovellaPires John/Clara/SandraPires Jose/AngelaRebello Rui/AnnieRemedios Osbert/RuthRemedios Trevor/FerminaRodrigues Albert/Rosemarie &flyRodrigues ConnellRodrigues Connell(Marlene DeSouza)Rodrigues Edmund/PhinaRodrigues Joe/Candida (U.K)Rodrigues Joseph AnthonyRodrigues Ken/AudreyRodrigues Milton (UK)Rodrigues Neru/Philomen(Quebec)Rodrigues Rennie/Rose(B.C.)Rodrigues Rose & Fly.Rodrigues Tony/BassieRodrigues YvonneRohoman Jennifer/ImranRuparelia Dr.Sudhir (UgandaGuest)Saldanha Dr. Kevin./LisetteSantiago Olympio/SocorinaSequeira MarcellinoSerrao Vera & Fly. (USA)Sheppard Coral/Robert(London,Ont.)Tailor Rajni/Mrs. (UgandaGuest)Tavares Raymond/JuneVaz Dr.Horace/MargaretVaz Larry/ClareVaz Mark/Olga (B.C.)Walsh Lorraine/KeithYasi Joan/Nick