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Mulawa, Uganda
Mulawa is a neighborhood in Kira Municipality, Kyaddondo County, Wakiso District, in Central Uganda. Location Mulawa is bordered by Bulindo to the north, Nsasa to the northeast, Namugongo to the east and southeast, Downtown Kira to the south, Butenga to the southwest and Kitikifumba to the west. This location lies approximately , by road, northeast of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in the country. The coordinates of Mulawa are:0°24'42.0"N, 32°38'38.0"E (Latitude:0.411667; Longitude:32.643889). Overview Prior to 2001, Mulawa was a residential and farming village. In 2001, a law was passed, incorporating the village into the newly created Kira Municipality, a large urban center in Uganda, with a population of 317,157 during the 2014 national census, and an estimated population of about 434,200 in 2019. During the 21st century, Mulawa has developed into a middle-class residential neighborhood, with planned housing developments. Many of the new housing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Uganda
The national flag of Uganda () was adopted on 9 October 1962, the day that the nation became independent from the British Empire. It consists of six equal horizontal bands of black, yellow, and red from top to bottom. A white disc is superimposed at the centre and depicts the national symbol, a grey crowned crane, facing the hoist's side. During the colonial era, the British used a Blue Ensign that was defacement (flag), defaced with the colonial badge, as prescribed in 1865 regulations. Buganda, the largest of the traditional kingdoms in the colony of Uganda, had its own flag. However, in order to avoid appearing to give preference to one region of the colony over any other, the British colonial authorities selected the crane emblem for use on the Blue Ensign and other official banners. History When the Democratic Party (Uganda), Democratic Party ruled the country, it proposed a flag design with vertical stripes of green-blue-green, separated by narrower yellow stripes, and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daily Monitor
The ''Daily Monitor'' is an independent daily newspaper in Uganda. Launched in 1992 as ''The Monitor'', it established itself as a leading voice critical of the government and is one of the two largest national newspapers, alongside the state-owned '' New Vision''. The paper is published by Monitor Publications Limited, which is majority-owned by the Nairobi-based Nation Media Group (NMG). History Founding (1992) ''The Monitor'' was founded on 24 July 1992 by a group of six journalists who had resigned from the government-owned newspaper, ''The Weekly Topic''. The founders included Wafula Oguttu, Charles Onyango-Obbo, James Serugo, David Ouma Balikowa, Richard Tebere, and Kevin O'Connor. Their objective was to create a newspaper that was independent of government control and could provide critical, in-depth coverage of politics and current affairs at a time when the media landscape was heavily dominated by state-run outlets. The newspaper quickly gained a reputation for its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makerere College School
Makerere College School is a co-educational government aided O and A Level school founded in 1945 by Makerere University. In 1945 Makerere University was still a constituent college of the University of London. The school is located on the main campus of Makerere University, adjacent to the College of Education and External Studies on Makerere Hill Road. Location The school campus is located within the confines of the main campus of Makerere University, Uganda's oldest university. The school occupies the southwestern corner of the university campus and is bordered by the university's School of Education to the north, the School of Fine Art to the east, Makerere Hill Road to the south, the University Main Sports Grounds to the west, and Mary Stuart Hall to the northwest. This location is approximately northwest of the central business district of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of the main campus of Makerere College School are 0°19'41.0"N, 32°34'04.0" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Vision
The ''New Vision'' is a Ugandan English-language daily newspaper. It was established in its current form in 1986 by the Government of Uganda. It is the flagship newspaper of the state-owned Vision Group, a multimedia conglomerate. Along with its privately-owned competitor, the ''Daily Monitor'', the ''New Vision'' is one of the two largest national newspapers in Uganda. History The ''New Vision'' traces its origins to the colonial era. Its institutional predecessor, the ''Uganda Argus'', was founded in 1955 as a British colonial government publication. Following Uganda's independence in 1962, the government of President Milton Obote retained the ''Uganda Argus'' as its official paper. After the 1971 coup, the government of Idi Amin renamed the paper the ''Voice of Uganda''. When Amin was overthrown in 1979, the succeeding government named it the ''Uganda Times''. When the National Resistance Movement (NRM) came to power in 1986, the publication was rebranded as the ''New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Water And Sewerage Corporation
The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) is a water supply and sanitation company in Uganda. It is wholly owned by the government of Uganda. As of October 2023, the company supplied of potable water daily to the country. This compares to daily output, supplied ten years earlier in 2013. This represents an 85 percent increase over those ten years. As of 2024 the corporation's non-revenue water was 34 percent, with plans to reduce it to 30 percent by 2029. The total population benefitting from NWSC water supply in 2024 was estimated at 18 million, with a target to increase that to 25 million by 2029. Location The company, as of July 2018, was in the final stages of construction of its new headquarters building at 3 Nakasero Road, on Nakasero Hill, opposite ''Rwenzori House''. The new headquarters building was commissioned by Ruhakana Rugunda, the Prime Minister of Uganda, in July 2018. History NWSC was formed by Decree No. 34 in 1972 to serve the urban areas of Kam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umeme
Umeme Limited was the largest energy distributor in Uganda, distributing about 97 percent of all electricity used in the country. The shares of the stock of the company are listed on the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) and are cross listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE). As of December 2023, the company's total assets were approximately UGX:2.347 trillion (US$619.18 million), with shareholders' equity of approximately UGX:937.381 billion (US$247.27 million). Location The registered offices of the company are located at Rwenzori House, 1 Lugogo Avenue, in the central business district of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. Formation Umeme was formed in 2004 when the government of Uganda leased the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited to a consortium belonging to Globeleq (56 percent), a subsidiary of the Commonwealth Development Corporation of the United Kingdom, and Eskom of South Africa (44 percent). The transfer of assets did not take place un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kampala
Kampala (, ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,875,834 (2024) and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kampala, Kawempe Division, Kawempe, Makindye Division, Makindye, Nakawa Division, Nakawa, and Rubaga Division, Rubaga. Kampala's metropolitan area consists of the city proper and the neighboring Wakiso District, Mukono District, Mpigi District, Buikwe District and Luweero District. It has a rapidly growing population that is estimated at 6,709,900 people in 2019 by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics in an area of . Other estimates estimate put the size of the metropolitan area at around four million people. In 2015, this metropolitan area generated an estimated nominal GDP of $13.80221 billion (constant US dollars of 2011), which was more than half of Uganda's GDP for that year, indicating the importance of Kampala to Uganda's economy. Kampala is reported to be among the fastes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitikifumba
Kitikifumba is a neighborhood in Kira Municipality, Kyaddondo County, Wakiso District, in the Central Region of Uganda. Location Kitikifumba is bordered by Bulindo to the east, Mulawa to the southeast, downtown Kira to the south, the village of Seeta to the west, Namavundu to the north-west, and Kitukutwe to the north. This is approximately , by road, northwest of downtown Kira, where the town council offices are located. Kitikifumba is approximately , by road, north-east of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. The coordinates of Kitikifumba are 0°25'14.0"N, 32°38'05.0"E (Latitude:0.420556; Longitude:32.634722). Overview Up until the 1990s, Kitikifumba and neighboring Bulindo were villages with scattered low income residences and subsistence farms. In 2001, the village was incorporated into Kira Town, the second-largest urban center in Uganda with a population of 313,761, according to the August 2014 national census. During the 21st century, it has developed into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namugongo
Namugongo is a township in the Central Region, Uganda, Central Region of Uganda. Location Namugongo is in Kyaliwajjala, Kyaliwajjala Ward, in Kira Town, Kira Municipality, Wakiso District, approximately north-east of Uganda's capital Kampala. The township is bordered by Nsasa to the north, Sonde, Uganda, Sonde and Bukeerere to the east, Bweyogerere to the south-east, Naalya and Kireka directly to the south, Kyaliwajjala to the south-west, and central Kira, Uganda, Kira to the west and north-west. The coordinates of Namuwongo, Namugongo are 0°23'43.0"N, 32°39'57.0"E (Latitude:0.395289; Longitude: 32.665835). Uganda Martyrs On 3 June 1886, 32 young men, pages of the court of King Mwanga II of Buganda, were burned to death at Namugongo for their refusal to renounce Christianity. They were Anglican and Catholic Church, Catholic. Annually on 3 June, Christians from Uganda and other parts of the world congregate at Namugongo to commemorate the lives and religious beliefs of the Uga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nsasa
Nsasa is a neighborhood in Kira Municipality, Kyaddondo County, Wakiso District, in the Central Region of Uganda. Location Nsasa is bordered by Kigulu to the north, Misindye in Mukono District to the east, Namugongo to the southeast, downtown Kira to the southwest, and Mulawa to the west. This location is approximately , by road, northeast of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. The coordinates of Nsasa are 0°25'05.0"N, 32°39'20.0"E (Latitude:0.418056; Longitude:32.655556). Overview Before 2001, Nsasa was a residential and farming village. In 2001, a law was passed incorporating the village into the newly created Kira Municipality Kira Town, a municipality in the Wakiso District of the Central Region, Uganda, Central Region of Uganda, is the country's second most populous city. It is administered by the Kira Town Council, an urban local government. Location Kira town coun ..., the second largest urban center in Uganda, with an estimated population of over 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulindo
Bulindo is a neighborhood in Kira Municipality, Kyaddondo County, Wakiso District, in the Central Region of Uganda. Location Bulindo is bordered by Nakweero to the north, Kitukutwe to the northeast, Kigulu to the east, Mulawa to the south, Kitikifumba to the southwest, and ''Kazinga'' to the west. The neighborhood is about north of the headquarters of Kira Town Council. This is approximately , by road, northeast of Kampala, the capital of and largest city in Uganda. The coordinates of Bulindo are 0°25'14.0"N, 32°38'43.0"E (Latitude:0.420556; Longitude:32.645278). Overview Before 2001, Bulindo was a residential and farming village. In 2001, a law was passed incorporating the village into the newly created Kira municipality, the second largest urban center in Uganda, with an estimated population of about 180,000 in 2011. Since 2000, Bulindo has developed into a middle-class residential neighbourhood, with planned housing developments and large private farms and ranches. Buli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kira Town
Kira Town, a municipality in the Wakiso District of the Central Region of Uganda, is the country's second most populous city. It is administered by the Kira Town Council, an urban local government. Location Kira town council was elevated to Municipal level by an Act of Parliament and became operational in financial year 2016/2017 under vote 781. Kira Municipality is bordered by Gayaza to the north, Mukono to the east, Lake Victoria to the south, Kampala to the west, and Kasangati to the north-west. The town is approximately north-east of the central business district of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of the town are 0°23'50.0"N, 32°38'26.0"E (Latitude:0.397237; Longitude:32.640557). The town is approximately in size. Administration Kira Municipality is made up of three divisions of Namugongo, Kira and Bweyogere which are further divided into six administrative parishes. These are: The political head of the Municipality is His Worship the May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
