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Kabarole District Local Government

Culture: An important aspect in development that is respected by all. The former Chairperson LC V, Kabarole District takes milk in a cultural gourd, “Ekyanzi” as Minister Adolf Mwesige and Councilor Moses Ikagobya await their turn at ‘Kogere’s’ stall during a cultural show.

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Kabarole District was curved out of the then Toro District in 1974. Toro District by then was comprised of the Districts of Kabarole and Bundibugyo. In 2000, Kabarole District was again split into three Districts of Kabarole, Kamwenge and Kyenjojo. The District is located in western Uganda and lies on the foothills of Mount Rwenzori. It is located at a road distance of 320 km from Kampala the Capital City, via Mubende. It is bordered by Kabarole District in the South, Kamwenge in the South-East, Kyenjojo in the East and Bundibugyo in the North and West.

Geographical Location
Kabarole lies between latitudes 00 15” N and 10 00” N and longitudes 300 00” E 310 15” E. It lies at an altitude of 1300 – 1800 meters above sea level.

Climate
The District generally has a good climate with temperatures ranging from 20°C to 30°C and rainfall ranging from 1,200mm – 1,500 mm per annum. The District has cool temperatures averaging between 22°-25°C and has a bimodal rainfall, ranging from 1200mm – 1500mm per annum. The district has three distinct agro-ecological zones i.e. North-eastern zone, the Middle zone and the Highland (Mountain) zone. The three different zones offer different opportunities for commercial agriculture ranging from tea, dairy cattle, bananas, coffee, Apiary, and Horticulture.

Total Area:
The District has a total area of 1,814km2 of which 1,569km2 is covered by land and 198km2 is covered by open water/wetlands. Arable land is 1,569km2 and the area under cultivation is 1,307km2.

Soils:
The district is favoured with good soils conducive for agriculture. Geological divisions show that 90% of the district is covered with black loams (volcanic) while a few places especially in Busoro and parts of Hakibaele sub counties have red sandy clay loams occasionally underlain by soft laterites.

Land use:
84% of the land is Agricultural land, 11% is open water/wetlands, 2% is covered by forests, 2% by national parks, and 1% is built area.

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Kabarole At a Glance

News Briefs:
Kabarole District Local Government website back online : We are so grateful that our dear website is back online after being offline for along time. However, our website is still under construction. Visit our news Blog to get informed of what is happening in Kabarole District.

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Education
There are 124 government Primary Schools and 3 privately owned . Net Enrolment in Universal Primary Education (UPE) has gone up from 28,176 in 1995 to 89,142 currently. The Pupil – teacher ratio has declined from 51:1 last year to 64:1 and this is due to the increasing numbers in enrollment. However, the Classroom ratio has improved due to the government, district and development partners interventions in increasing the number of classrooms. It now is 75:1 compared to 93:1 in 2009. The Pupil text book ratio remains the same as last years’ at 3:1.

Infrastructure
Construction of Dunga Bridge which connects Mugusu and Bukuuku sub counties at a cost of 39 million shillings funded under Local Government Management and Service Delivery Program (LGMSDP/LGDP), the work is at 50% level of completion had stalled due to lack of funds but now funds are available and competition is slated by end of the third quarter of this financial year.

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The Millennium Development Goals envisaged reduction of hunger in the population by 50% by the year 2015. Available national figures indicate that 38% of the children below 5 years of age in Western region are stunted (2007), UNDP Human Development Report 2007 and the figure should be brought down to 11.5% by the year 2015.

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“Health is made at home and only repaired at health facilities” (Prof. Omaswa). The government of Uganda recognizes the above statement and gas encouraged appropriate health standards at household levels by the existence of trained VHTs in the range of 5 per village and between 20 to 30 volunteers per parish. In the district, there is a total of 1799 VHTs so far trained and there is need to train 936 more from the remaining parishes. It is hoped that UNICEF will provide funds for training them in the next financial year.

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