 Sam Joseph Ntiro had his tertiary education at Makerere College of the University of East Africa, then affiliated to the University of London, where he studied Art and Education.He did postgraduate work at the Slade College of Fine Art, University of London.He married Evangeline Sarah née Nyendwoha, a Ugandan [Uganda and East Africa's 1st woman University Graduate], in 1958, and had two sons, Joseph and Simbo RIP [1961–2008].