Kaweweta is a settlement in Nakaseke District of the Central Region of

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Location

Kaweweta is located in Ngoma sub-county, Nakaseke District, approximately northwest of

Luweero Luweero is a town in the Central Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Luweero District. History In 1982, in the Ugandan Civil War, Milton Obote's soldiers raided their village, from Kampala. Loca ...

, in

Luweero District Luweero District (also spelled as Luwero) is a district in the Central Region of Uganda. Luweero is the site of the district headquarters. Location Luweero District is bordered by Nakasongola District to the north, Kayunga District to the eas ...

, the nearest large town. This is northeast of Butalangu, the location of Nakaseke District headquarters and about , by road, northwest of

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, the capital and largest city in Uganda. The coordinates of Kaweweta are: 01°14'45.0"N, 32°10'46.0"E (Latitude:1.245833; Longitude:32.179444).

Overview

Kaweweta is the location of the "Oliver Tambo School of Leadership", an installation of the

Uganda People's Defence Force The Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), previously known as the National Resistance Army, is the armed forces of Uganda. From 2007 to 2011, the International Institute for Strategic Studies estimated the UPDF had a total strength of 40,000–4 ...

(UPDF). Established in 1989 to house freedom fighters (Umkonto we Sizwe) of the

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(ANC), the installation, over the years turned into a training camp for both the ANC from

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and the

National Resistance Army The National Resistance Army (NRA), the military wing of the National Resistance Movement (NRM), was a rebel army that waged a guerrilla war, commonly referred to as the Ugandan Bush War or Luwero War, against the government of Milton Obote, and l ...

(NRA) from Uganda. By 1994, it housed 3,000 South African soldiers, of whom 14 died of natural causes and are buried at Kaweweta. During the 2000s, the present-day school was constructed at a cost of US$4.5 million, with South Africa contributing US$3 million (about USh6 billion) and Uganda providing US$1.5 million (about USh3 billion) for the construction. The school consists of 13 buildings, a water supply system, an electricity supply network that runs on solar energy and diesel generator power, a hospital, staff houses, an administration block and a hall which can hold up to 600 people. This school, which is expected to be a regional ideological and leadership institution officially opened in March 2010. The second military installation in Kaweweta is the "Samora Machel UPDF Special Forces School", which opened in 2016. The infrastructure was erected by the Special Forces Command engineers led by Major Emmanuel Odongo and Lieutenant Chabo.

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