Busia District is a

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in the Eastern region of

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Location

Busia District borders

Tororo District Tororo District is a district in the Eastern Region of Uganda. The town of Tororo hosts the district headquarters. Location Tororo District is bordered by Mbale District to the north, Manafwa District to the north-east, Kenya to the east, Busi ...

to the north,

Busia County, Kenya Busia is a Counties of Kenya, county in the former Western Province (Kenya), Western Province of Kenya. It borders Kakamega County to the east, Bungoma County to the north, Lake Victoria and Siaya County to the south and Busia District, Uganda t ...

to the east, amyingoto the south, and to the south-west, and

Bugiri District Bugiri District is a district in Eastern Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Bugiri, where the district headquarters are located. Location Bugiri District is bordered by Namutumba District and Butaleja ...

to the west.

Busia, Uganda Busia is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of the Busia District, with the district headquarters located there. Location Busia is at the border of Kenya, adjacent to the sim ...

, the site of the district headquarters, is approximately by road south of

Tororo Tororo is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Tororo District. History Tororo was garrisoned by the Uganda Army's Air and Sea Battalion during the Uganda–Tanzania War ( ...

, the nearest large town.

Population

During the 1991 national population census, the population in the district was estimated at 163,600. In 2002, the national census estimated the population at 225,000. In 2012, the mid-year population of was estimated at 297,600.

Notable people

Notable people from Busia District include: *

Aggrey Awori Aggrey Siryoyi Awori (23 February 1939 – 5 July 2021) was a Ugandan economist, politician and Olympic hurdler, who served as Minister for Information and Communications Technology in the Cabinet of Uganda from 16 February 2009 to 27 May 2011. ...

-,Former Uganda Minister of Information Technology (2009-2011) * Barbara Nekesa Oundo, former state minister for Karamoja affairs and the Busia District women's representative in the parliament (since 2011) * Benjamin Joseph Odoki, former chief justice of Uganda * James Munange Ogoola, former principal judge of Uganda *

Denis Onyango Denis Masinde Onyango (born 15 May 1985) is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for South African Premier Soccer League club Mamelodi Sundowns. Having begun his career in his native country, Onyango went on to play in th ...

, Ugandan international association football goalkeeper *

Gabriel Opio Gabriel Opio (born 9 November 1945) is a Ugandan economist and politician. He was the Minister of Gender, Labor & Social Development in the Cabinet of Uganda from 16 February 2009 to 27 May 2011. Before his service at the Gender Ministry, he se ...

, former minister of gender, culture and labour (2009-2011) * Fred Wabwire-Mangen, professor of

epidemiology Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population. It is a cornerstone of public health, and shapes policy decisions and evidenc ...

Makerere University School of Public Health Makerere University School of Public Health (MUSPH) is one of the schools that comprise the Makerere University College of Health Sciences, a constituent college of Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university. Location MU ...

Erasmus Desiderius Wandera Erasmus Desiderius Wandera (16 April 1930 – 8 December 2022) was a Ugandan Roman Catholic priest who served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Soroti, from 29 March 1981 until 27 June 2007. Wandera died on 8 December 2022, at the ...

, Roman Catholic bishop, Diocese of Soroti (1980-2007) *

Kevinah Taaka Wanaha Wandera Kevinah Taaka Wanaha Wandera is a Ugandan politician who has previously served as the Member of Parliament for Busia Municipality, Busia District. She was elected to that position under the flag of the Forum for Democratic Change The Forum f ...

, former Member of Parliament, Busia Municipality (2011-2016) * Barnabas Nawangwe, Professor of Architecture and current Vice Chancellor of

Makerere University Makerere University, Kampala (; Mak) is Uganda's largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922. It became an independent national university in 1970. Today, Makerere University is composed of ni ...

Points of interest

The following points of interest are in the district: *

Majanji Majanji is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. Location Majanji is approximately , by road, south of Busia, the nearest large town and the location of the district headquarters. This is approximately , by road, east of Kampala, the capital ...

landing site on

Lake Victoria Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. With a surface area of approximately , Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, the world's largest tropical lake, and the world's second-largest fresh water lake by surface area after ...

for fish, which is one of the main foods in the district. * Busitema Forest is roughly ; it is bisected by the main highway between Uganda and Kenya in Busia. *

Busitema University Busitema University (BU) is a university in Uganda. It is one of the eight public universities and degree-awarding institutions in the country. BU has its main focus on the instruction of agricultural sciences, agricultural engineering, agricult ...

is a Government University located within the district.

References

{{Authority control Districts of Uganda Eastern Region, Uganda Districts in Uganda

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