Kabamba is a location in

Mubende District Mubende is a district in the Central Region of Uganda. The town of Mubende is the site of the district headquarters. The district was reduced in size in July 2005 with the creation of the Mityana District and reduced again in 2019 when Kassanda ...

, Central Uganda.

Location

Kabamba is located approximately , by road, southwest of

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, the location of the district headquarters. Its location lies close to the northern banks of River Katonga, where it intersects with ''Villa Road'', approximately , west of

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, the

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and the largest city in that country. The coordinates of Kabamba are:0°15'00.0"N, 31°11'06.0"E (Latitude:0.2500; Longitude:31.1850).

History

By 1981, Kabamba housed a military base, known as the "Kabamba Military Barracks" or "Kabamba Training School". This location housed "several

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" belonging to the

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(TPDF) whose members were training soldiers of Uganda's then-national military, the

Uganda National Liberation Army The Uganda National Liberation Front (UNLF) was a political group formed by exiled Ugandans opposed to the rule of military dictator Idi Amin. The UNLF had an accompanying military wing, the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA). UNLA fought alo ...

. In addition, the base hosted a large armoury. In an attempt to capture the weapons of the armoury, the

Popular Resistance Army The Popular Resistance Army, also known as Movement for the Struggle for Political Rights, was a rebel group organized around late 1980 and early 1981 by Yoweri Museveni to fight against the regime of Milton Obote in Uganda. It was a predecessor of ...

(PRA) rebel group under

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launched a raid on the Kabamba Military Barracks on 6 February 1981 during the early stages of the

Ugandan Bush War The Ugandan Bush War was a civil war fought in Uganda by the official Ugandan government and its armed wing, the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA), against a number of rebel groups, most importantly the National Resistance Army (NRA), from 19 ...

. The attack failed, although the PRA retreated in good order. The PRA later merged with other rebels, forming the

National Resistance Army The National Resistance Army (NRA) was a guerilla army and the military wing of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) that fought in the Ugandan Bush War against the government of Milton Obote, and later the government of Tito Okello. NRA wa ...

(NRA) which captured Kabamba later into the Bush War.

Population

At this time the human population of Kabamba is not publicly known.

Points of interest

The following points of interest lie in or near Kabamba: * Kalama Armoured Warfare Training School (KAWATS) - Located at Kabamba,

Kalama Warfare Training School Located at Kabamba
* River Katonga lies immediately south of Kabamba * ''Villa Road'' runs through Kabamba, in a north to south direction. The road connects the

- Kyegegwa Road to the north, with ''Villa Maria'', a suburb of

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to the south. *

Uganda Military Academy The Uganda Military Academy, is a military academy in Uganda, East Africa. Traditionally, graduates of the Military Academy are commissioned as officers in the Uganda People's Defence Force. Other African countries also send their cadets to t ...

- Located at Kabamba,

References

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External links

Location of Kabamba At Google Maps
{{coord, 00, 15, 00, N, 31, 11, 06, E, display=title Populated places in Central Region, Uganda Cities in the Great Rift Valley Mubende District