City Language Centre (CLC) was founded by seven members in 1996. These seven members had been language trainers for an international development organisation and saw in CLC an opportunity to share their expertise with the wider public.

Uganda is a multi-cultural and multi-lingual society, thus presenting unique challenges for both nationals and foreigners living and working here. In 1996 CLC opened their first center and became the first such language consultancy in Uganda.

In 2007 CLC moved to its own home in a suburb just south of Kampala off Entebbe Road. From its inception to the present, CLC has worked with both national and international clientele.