Kakiri is a town located in

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in the Central Region of

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Location

Kakiri is approximately , by road, northwest of

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, the capital of Uganda. The town is located on the Kampala–Hoima Road, connecting Kampala to Uganda's oil capital of

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". The coordinates of Kakiri are 0°25'12.0"N, 32°23'24.0"E (Latitude:0.4200; Longitude:32.3900).

Overview

Kakiri is the site of the headquarters of the first division of the

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(UPDF). It is also the hometown of

Gilbert Bukenya Gilbert Balibaseka Bukenya is a Ugandan politician and physician who was the seventh vice president of Uganda from 23 May 2003 until 23 May 2011. He has represented the constituency of Busiro County North in the Ugandan Parliament since 1996. H ...

, who represents the town and the surrounding constituency of Busiro North in the

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and is a former vice president of Uganda.

Population

In 2002, the national population census put the population of the town at about 4,200. In 2010, the

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(UBOS) estimated the population at 5,800. In 2011, UBOS estimated the population at 6,000 inhabitants. In 2014, the national population census put the population at 19,449. In 2015, UBOS estimated the population of Kakiri at 20,300. In 2020, the population agency estimated the mid-year population of the town at 28,100. Of these, 14,400 (51.2 percent) were females and 13,700 (48.8 percent were females). UBOS calculated that the population growth rate between 2015 and 2020, averaged 6.7 percent annually.

Points of interest

The following additional points of interest lie in Kakiri or near the town limits: (a) The offices of Kakiri Town Council (b) a branch of

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, a government-owned financial institution (c) Kakiri Central Market and (d) Kampala–Hoima Road passes through the middle of town in a northwest/southeast direction. The headquarters of the First División of the UPDF are located about southeast of downtown Kakiri.

Photos

Photo of the compound of the SOS Primary School in Kakiri

References

External links

Power Outage Disrupts Water Supply In Kakiri
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