Budadiri is a town in the

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. It is one of the urban centers in

Sironko District Sironko District is a district in the Eastern Region of Uganda. The district was created in 2000 and had previously been part of Mbale District. Sironko is the main commercial town in the district. Location Sironko District is bordered by Bulamb ...

Location

Budadiri is located approximately , by road, southeast of

Sironko Sironko is the largest metropolitan area in Sironko District of the Eastern Region of Uganda and the site of the district headquarters. Geography Sironko lies northeast of the city of Mbale on the highway between Mbale and Moroto. It is loc ...

, where the district headquarters are located. This is approximately , by road, north-east of

Mbale Mbale is a city in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Mbale District and the surrounding sub-region. Location Mbale is approximately northeast of Kampala, Uganda's capital city, on ...

, the largest city in the Bugisu sub-region. The geographical coordinates of the town are:01°10'17.0"N, 34°20'06.0"E (Latitude:1.171389; Longitude:34.335000). Budadiri is situated at an average elevation of above sea level.

Overview

Budadiri is located within

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, at the foothills of

Mount Elgon Mount Elgon is an extinct shield volcano on the border of Uganda and Kenya, north of Kisumu and west of Kitale. The mountain's highest point, named "Wagagai", is located entirely within Uganda.

. The town is a popular staging area and base camp for climbers who would like to scale the mountain. Budadiri was awarded Municipality status on 1 July 2009. The town is served by ''Budadiri Health Centre IV'', a medical facility operated by the Ugandan Ministry of Health in conjunction with the Sironko District Local Government. In 2015, Sarah Achieng Opendi, the then State Minister in Charge of Primary Health Care, ordered the immediate transfer of all 48 health workers from Budadiri Health Center IV in Sironko District. The decision followed citizens' complaints against the health workers for theft of government drugs, chronic absenteeism and poor service delivery.

Challenges

The area around Budadiri town is prone of landslides, especially during the rainy season. The terrain is very steep on the slopes of the mountain. On more than one occasion, landslides have killed people and caused loss and damage of property in the Budadiri area and in other parts of Sironko District.

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FDC Leaders Demand Removal of Landslide Victims from Schools
As At 5 January 2020. {{Sironko District Sironko District Populated places in Eastern Region, Uganda Bugisu sub-region

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