Olara Otunnu, a candidate for Secretary General of the United Nations once said in a speech that in his schooldays Boroboro was the magic name. It still is.
Heading from Lira City as most visitors to the campus do, you drive past the sub-county headquarters at Adekokwok, you climb the hill that the locals and the old timers call the Rock. And there before you sit the campus where Canon Lawrence and his students once gathered.
The greenery is amazing. The low-slung classroom blocks in pink and purple, with large windows. The trees, the green hedges, and the games field right in the middle – these are the themes.
As the sun sets, young players are everywhere doing their things. You pause for a while to watch the future Lionel Merci and Sergio Mani. Meanwhile the elements are fast approaching. So temperate is Boroboro, the magic spot.