The Kitchener School of Medicine, El Qasr Avenue, Khartoum. The school was opened in 1924 in memory of Herbert Kitchener, the Governor-General of Sudan 1898-1900. The school was founded with funds raised from the public, mostly from the United Kingdom. Yearly running costs were financed by endowments and by Sudan government subsidies. After Sudan gained independence in 1956, Kitchener School of Medicine became the Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum.