Kaberamaido is one of the new districts in Uganda formed by an act of parliament in July 2001.It covers an approximate total area of 1646 sq Km and lies at an approximate altitude between 1000m-1500m above sea level. It receives an annual rainfall between 1200-2000m with an average maximum temperature of 33.6 degrees centigrade.

There are two rain seasons every year coming between April-June and August-November.

Before, in 1970, Kaberamaido had been granted a sub-district status in 1970, by the then president, Idi Amin. But some elders in the area rejected the offer and chose to stay under the mother district (Soroti)
But later, they realized the development importance and advantages of a district status to their area and in July 2001, it was granted by the government of Uganda.

NEIGHBOURING DISTRICTS

The district is bordered by; Lira in the west, Katakwi district in the north- east, Soroti to east and shares part of the water of Lake Kyoga to the south.

POPULATION

Kaberamaido district is one of the districts with the fast growing population in the country. It has a projected population of 133,186 of which 51.5 per cent are female and 48.5 per cent are male.

The district is basically rural with 99 people per Sq km of land and has many up-coming trading centres scattered all over the district.

LANGUAGES SPOKEN

The majority of the residents are Kumam speaking flock constituting 65% of the total district population and Ateso.
There are also other small groups of people from different ethnic backgrounds like the Acholi, Lugbara, and lango in Lira.

INFRASTRUCTRAL DEVELOPMENTS

Communication is among the major factors the district has tried to improve. Although the district has not yet been connected with to the national grid, there are many plans set to improve the sector.

At the moment the main source of energy for lighting is fire wood and solar power. However, there are high hopes that under the government Rural Electricity Program, the district will be connected.

Also there are ongoing pans by the major telephone companies to connect the district the modern telecommunication network.

Already, MTN and UTL have started to develop the necessary infrastructures aimed at extending there services in the district.

The district however, has an excellent all terrain marrum road network. It can also be accessed by air transport at Soroti air training school via Soroti district to Katene-kalaki and Bululu.

The district however, has a potential for water transport owing to the navigability of Lake Kyoga that borders much of the district to the south. In the 1960’s and 1970s, water transport thrived and enabled booming trade with Busoga and Buganda Administration.

The lake also provides a great opportunity for tourism, spot canoeing and fishing.

EDUCATION

The district has received improved and increased number of primary school enrollment especially in primary schools. Year 2001 figures indicated that Primary school enrollment in the district is at 43,835 pupils.

Much emphasis has been put on education of the girl child and improvement of the basic subjects like Mathematics and English language.

The district has 78 government-aided primary schools, 8 community primary schools and 3 nursery schools.

It also has 5 government-aided secondary schools and nine privately owned secondary schools.

All the 8 sub-counties have at least a secondary school with the exception of Kobulubulu sub-county that has only a technical institute.

Achievements have been realized in construction of more classrooms using the School Facilitation Gants (SFG) and Local Government Development Program (LGDP)

By 2001, 482 classrooms had been built and accommodated 43,835 pupils. Formerly, the situation was bad and most schools operated under tree shades.
Also 1458 desks were distributed to primary schools and 81 classrooms are under construction.
Other achievements were realized in the improvement of water and sanitation in most schools.

But Education still faces shortage of teachers particularly in remote schools, accommodation for staff members and inadequate learning aids.

There is also the challenge of the future education of the UPE products. The government Universal Secondary Education (USE) is yet to come and the district is facing high levels of school drop out.

HEALTH

Kaberamaido district does not have a government hospital, but has five government aided mini-hospitals located at Kaberamaido, Otuboi, Bululu, Kobulubulu and Alwa.

These mini-hospitals have minor surgical theatres, laboratories, resident medical officers.

The district faces many challenges in the health sector but it has hopes to improve by strategically constructing 10 more health centres at parishes.

It also intends to recruit 30 health workers to strengthen the human resource in the sector.
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

The people of Kaberamaido are basically peasant farmers. The district still uses rudimentary methods of farming in production.

They use animal traction (oxen) to plough the land while hand hoe is the basic tool for cultivation.

The district is among the largest producer of cassava, sorghum, millet, potatoes, maize, Rice, simsim, beans citrus and groundnuts.

Most of these products find their markets in the neighboring districts and sometimes in the capital city (Kampala).

Kapchorwa shares borders with the districts of Mbale in the west and south, Nakapiripirit in the north and the Republic of Kenya in the east and south. It covers an area of 1,738 sq km. The main languages spoken in the district are Kupsabiny, Lumasaba, Kiswahili and English.

WEATHER

The district is characterized by the Mt. Elgon rainfall zone which is a westward extension of the conditions prevailing on the plateau and mountains of neighboring Kenya. The district’s climate is also affected by altitude.

There are two wet seasons in the district and their duration varies from area to area depending on the altitude and topography. The annual rainfall ranges between 920mm to 1,650mm. Areas in the north tend to have drier and sometimes erratic conditions while it is wetter in the south-western areas.

HEALTH

Kapchorwa district has one hospital (Kapchorwa Hospital has a total of 64 beds), 27 health units, two health centers grade IV, 11 health centers grade III and 17 health centre grade II. The district has 598 villages, therefore it is still very under-developed in terms of health unit coverage.

According to the district health inspector Mr Ekau Oluga, malaria remains top in the district disease burden. Others are respiratory tract infections, intestinal worms, malnutrition, eye diseases, trauma, ear diseases, diarrhea and sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS.

POPULATION

With the population of 193,000 people, housing is improving year by year from grass thatched houses to corrugated iron sheets. The housing coverage is at 50%.

The improvement of housing has been attributed to the improvement on feeder roads. People are now building along feeder roads and many are securing plots along the main roads.

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

Agriculture is the main economic activity with emphasis on food crops like maize, wheat, beans, sunflower, groundnuts, yams, peas, Irish potatoes and finger millet. The cash crops include cotton, coffee and wheat. There are also vegetables like tomatoes, onions, cabbages as well as passion fruit.

Land shortage, however, makes it hard to open large-scale commercial farms in most parts of Kapchorwa. Further, the mountainous terrain makes agricultural mechanization harder.

Live stock farming is another economic activity with Cattle population of 64,738, 73,493 Goats, and 39,534 Sheep.

TOURISM POTENTIAL IN KAPCHORWA

Sipi water falls still stands as the main tourist attraction in the district besides at geographical attractions like its mountainous landscape that makes Kapchorwa a Switzerland of Uganda.

Sipi water falls, scenery beyond reproach. Kapchorwa is endowed with numerous streams rising out of Mount Elgon. It also has the Mise cave where early man used to stay.

FACILITIES

Kapchorwa is linked to the rest of the country by road. There is ample electricity to support industrial development. The district has a hospital and 25 health units.

Kanungu district is located in south-western Uganda. It is bordering the districts of Rukungiri in the north, Kabale in southeast, Kisoro in the south and the Democratic Republic of Congo in the west. The district comprises of one county with nine sub-counties and one Town Council, 50 parishes, four wards in the town council and 415 villages. It is a new district, having been created by the sixth parliament of the Republic of Uganda in July 2001.
WEATHER

Kanungu district has a tropical type of climate, receiving moderate and fairly well distributed annual rainfall of about 1,200mm. The district receives a bimodal type of rainfall from February to May and September to December; while the rest of the months are dry. Temperatures range from 15oC to 20 degrees C on average.

INFRASTRUCTURE

The district has a fairly distributed feeder road network and community access roads that facilitate transport within the district and beyond. There are two small airstrips at Kayonza Tea Factory and Ishasha Sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park.

Hotels include Savanna Resort situated in Kihihi, a number of tourist camps in Bwindi and many smaller ones in Kanungu Town, Kihihi and Butogota trading centres.
AGRICULTURE

Agriculture provides the livelihood for the vast majority of Kanungu residents, with major staple food crops being bananas, sweet and Irish potatoes, rice, sorghum, beans and millet. The district also produces a number of cash crops including tobacco and tea.

There is a tea factory in Kayonza sub-county that produces tea for local, national and international markets. The tobacco grown in the district is primarily sold to British American Tobacco Uganda (BATU) which trains and facilitates farmers that grow the crop.

Silk production was only recently introduced. Mulberry has also been found to grow well but shortage of market has hampered expansion in production.

EDUCATION

Kanungu district also intends to reduce the illiteracy rate by encouraging functional Adult Literacy and support Universal Primary Education; provide improved hybrid seeds and animal; and safe drinking water.

Among the priorities to be addressed are Universal Primary Education (UPE), Primary Health Care, Provision of office accommodation, Maintenance of Feeder Roads, Agriculture Extension and Water and Sanitation.

Others are Adult Literacy Programmes, Promotion of Programmes for the Youth, Women and people with disabilities; widening the revenue base; Accountability and Transparency.
HEALTH

The district aims to deliver health services to all the people of Kanungu in affordable distances; link all commercial centres by road net to enable farmers sell their produce in order to raise household income.

INTRODUCTION
Kamwenge district lies in the Ankole/Masaka cattle corridor famous for the long horned cattle. On the Northern side of Kamwenge lie the rocky, wild and rugged Mahyoro escarpments with the riverine forests on the slopes and uproar steep River Mpanga falls at the bottom elevated at 70 metres high.

The escarpments host a variety of flora and fauna such as the sycad birds, collubus monkeys, phoenix reclinata and kayanyasika tree species which are good for tourism.

POPULATION

The district has a population of 267,364 people i.e. 136,896 females and 130,468 males. District Population growth rate 3.3% per annum compared to the National average of 3.4% p.a.95% of the population is rural based, and 55% of this population is females.80% of the district economy is agro-based.

EDUCATION

The district has 140 government aided primary schools and seven government secondary schools. 11 secondary schools are private schools.

The enrolment in primary school stands at 69,318 while the number of teachers is 1,205. The teacher pupil ratio for Kamwenge is 1:57 and where as the classroom pupil ratio for Kamwenge is 1:74, the desk pupil ratio is 1:7

HEALTH

Kamwenge has two health sub-districts, each health centre IV now has a medical officer while other health units have staff ranging from clinical officers, nurses, and midwives.

INFRASTRUCTURE

The district road network is quite small but 14 roads have been upgraded to feeder roads status.

Facility/Service No
Total kilometres of feeder road 157
Total kilometres of main road (Trunk road) 45

Telephone Providers
• MTN Uganda
• Uganda Telecom

AGRICULTURE

Most of the people in Kamwenge engage in subsistence agriculture. A cross-section of people in the district is engaged in sizeable cultivation of maize crop beyond subsistence level.

Other food crops grown are bananas, beans finger millet, cassava, groundnuts, sweet potatoes and Irish potatoes. The cash crops include coffee in Kitagwenda and parts of Kibale County and cotton in Mahyoro sub-county.

There is a lot of cattle rearing in the sub-counties of Nkoma and Bwizi and Kitagwenda County too. The latter also accounts for a large proportion of improved livestock rearing and fish farming.

The Byabasambu seed multiplication centre carries out multiplication of high yielding crop seeds and animals at the moment. Demonstration in animal traction is also undertaken here. The centre’s training and hostel facilities are nearing completion.

New crops and technologies successfully introduced from Byabasambu in the district include among others: Upland rice in areas of Mahyoro
Improved banana species in areas of Kahunge, Kamwenge, Kicheche and Ntara, Mosaic andResistant cassava and demonstration in animal traction now popular in areas of Kamwenge, Kahunge and parts of Nkoma and Nyabbani.

The district now has over 200 animal traction units and maize production in those areas has greatly increased. There is a lot of indigenous cattle rearing in the sub-counties of Nkoma and Bwizi while Kitagwenda County accounts for a large proportion of improved livestock rearing. Generally, animals kept in the district are mainly indigenous. These include cattle, goats, sheep, pigs and chicken. For commercial value, cattle are a viable enterprise, followed by goats and pigs.

They are kept more or less on free-range basis. In order to improve on the current breeds, provision of better breeds such as boran bulls, Boer goats is essential.

Apiary
This is a new enterprise that is gaining popularity among peasant farmers. However, great potential exists in Kicheche, Kahunge Bwizi and Nkoma sub-counties where the lush vegetation provides enough nectar for honey production.

Kamuli district is located in southeastern Uganda.
It lies at average altitude of 1083m above sea level and extends from latitude 00- 56’ N /330-05’ E to longitude 01- 20 N /330- 20’ E.
Kamuli covers an area of 4,348km2 of which 3332km2 is land and 1016km2 (23%) is water.

POPULATION

The total population is 712, 079{2002 census} projected to be 856,563 by 2005; 346,847 males and 365,232 females.
The annual growth rate is 5.1%. Kamuli has a population density of 236 persons per Km2.

Kamuli district is a multi cultural society (owing to its history of various decentralized communities) that breeds with a fast developing district. This is a multi-ethnic community, with the predominant ethnic group being the Basoga with 76% followed by the Itesot at 3.9% and the Banyoro-Bagungu with 1.8%.The Basoga people who inhabit it are warm and welcoming with a success record in trade and farming. The district is covered with a mixture of forest remnant and Savannah wood land. The predominantly language spoken in Kamuli is Lusoga, a little Luganda and English. Kamuli’s peace and serene has favoured social and economic development.

CLIMATE AND VEGETATION

The predominant vegetation cover in the district is the forest/ savannah type of mosaic consisting of a mixture of forest remnants and savannah trees with grass and shrubs. Much of it is secondary vegetation that has succeeded the original forest cover as a result of farming, fuel harvesting and other forms of land use.

The district experiences a bimodal type of rainfall with peaks in March – June as well as August – November. The annual average rainfall is 1350 mm, while the monthly mean is 75 mm to 100 mm.
Kamuli is a warm district with average annual temperature range in most areas of 190 C – 250C. Temperatures are a little higher in the south.

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES AND INVESTMENTS

The major form of trade in the district is retail. The major centers of trade are Kamuli Town Council and Kaliro Town Board, which is also to be upgraded to a town council status.

Fishing is a major economic activity in the waters of L. Kyoga and River Nile. This would be a big potential for revenue area for the district but there is still a lot of mismanagement. The fishermen entirely depend on fishing with no alternative income generation projects. This has caused temptations and use of unscrupulous methods of fishing such as use of undersized nets and smuggling accelerating the depletion of the fish resource. This is a threat to tomorrow.

Most livestock kept in the district are the local breeds. There are very few cross breeds on some of the fenced farms. There have been annual sporadic out breaks of livestock and crop diseases. These could not fully be contained due to under funding of the disease control programmes. Livestock Statistics can be seen below;
Cattle are 160,000 heads, Goats total to 148,000, fenced farms are up to 140, Zero grazing units number to 150.

Upland rice has been selected as the strategic enterprise for development in the whole district under the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) programme. Production is predominantly small scale and subsistence with the hand hoe as the dominant tool and no modern farming skills/ technology used such as irrigation.
The commercial aspect of farming has only been introduced through the NAADS programme which is one year old now in the district.

INFRUSTRUCTURE

Railway and water transport are not significant in the district. The main railway line was the one popularly known as the Namasagali line linking Bugogo to Kampala and Mombassa port but, it is no longer in use following the decline in cotton production.

WATER SUPPLY
Kamuli largely depends on boreholes as the main source of reliable water. The areas around Lake Kyoga in the North and Northeast fetch from those sources. These include parts of the sub-counties of Kagulu, Kidera, Nkondo, Namwiwa and Buyende. The district currently has water supply coverage of approximately 49.6%. Kamuli Town Council is supplied with piped water from the valley tank at Namalemba, 4 kms from town and 3 production boreholes just outside the council boundaries. The district currently has water supply coverage of approximately 49.6%.

The Government of Uganda has been the main actor in the sub-sector through conditional grants or Poverty Action Fund, though some NGOs such as Plan International and Christian Children Fund (CCF) supplied some sources.

Kamuli Town Council is supplied with piped water from the valley tank at Namalemba, 4 kms from town and 3 production boreholes just outside the council boundaries.
The Eastern Centers Water and Sanitation project finalized the piped water network for Kamuli Town Council and Kaliro Town Council. 94.5% of the water points installed are functional.
A mechanism of sustaining the operation and maintenance of the water sources in Kamuli has been put in place with water committees in charge.

The district is ably serviced by MTN, Celtel Uganda and Uganda telecom telephone companies which have improved communication.

Postal services are also available by Posta Uganda and private courier companies in the towns of Kalilo and Kamuli.

Kamuli district is served with a 24 hour hydro electricity supply all year round.

HEALTH

Immunization coverage stands at 82.4% of all the children in the district. Rehabilitative Health – Provision of wheel chairs and clutches to people with disability has been done support by the Norwegian Government (NORAD) through the Ministry of Health.

Immunization coverage stands at 82.4% of all the children in the district…
Rehabilitative Health – Provision of wheel chairs and clutches to people with disability has been done support by the Norwegian Government (NORAD) through the Ministry of Health

1 Government Hospital of (100 beds)
3 Health Centre IVs of Kidera, Bumanya and Namwendwa plus Nankandulo
10 Health Centre IIIs (at Sub County

Nankandulo Health Centre IV has been completed With Local Government Development Plan (LGDP). Nawankofu Health Centre II in Namasagali Sub County is complete and has structures and equipped under the Spanish Loan programme.

Programmes are in place to prevent the spread and in order to minimize the negative effects HIV/AIDS has had on the people of Iganga. These include;

Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) for HIV/AIDS
Health Education especially for adolescents in and out of school.
Treatment of STDs and other HIV Opportunistic infections.
Community Led HIV/Aids Initiative CHAIs programme – 127 sub projects funded.
Another 279 projects are to be funded soon.

When it comes to serene white sandy beaches, natural rain forests and water speculate world, there is non other than Kalangala with the best. The many Islands that make up the Ssese Islands provide more breathtaking experiences of life in Africa’s’ biggest lake, Lake Victoria. This is a paradise in its making that provides a perfect get away destination from the hustle and bustle of the main land with in Uganda.

Kalangala is a paradise in Lake Victoria with Island resorts such as the Bulago Island beaches and the Chimpanzee sanctuary on Ngamba Island. With over 13 forests, uncountable beaches and over seven hours of sunshine, Kalangala provides the perfect holiday or relaxation retreat. This is just a tip of the iceberg that has continuously attracted both local and foreign tourists to the Island district. Besides a growing tourist destination, the Ssese Islands are rich lands with fertile soils, abundant water resource, natural tropical forests and above all smiling faces when ever you visit.

POPULATION

Kalangala has a population of 34,907 whereby 20,886 are male and 14,021 are female.

HEALTH

The district is divided into two sub health districts whose centres of operation are the health centre (HC) IVs. These are headed by a medical officer. Kalangala is served by 12 health units;

Two (2) HC IVs, Six (6) HC IIIs and four (4) HC IIs, one (1) HC – Bumangi is operated by an NGO; The Roman Catholic Church. All the HC IVs have a maternity ward, general ward, laboratory and store. The HC IIIs have an Out Patient Department, maternity ward and staff houses.

There are a total of 20 hospital beds in the district and only one Voluntary Counselling and Testing – VCT centre.

Public health in the district is still very poor. Latrine coverage stands at only 45%, this means that very many of the people use the bushes. This has led to many infections such as diarrhea and unclean water. People are cramped up in the already congested landing sites without pit latrines such sites include Busindi in Mazinga and Lwamba in Bukasa.

The health situation in the district is that;

There are no functional theatres at the HC IVs and most health centres do not have adequate space, equipment and staff for the effective delivery of health services.

All the health centres have not yet been upgraded to acquire the minimum approved building structures to address the problem of working space.

Five (5) parishes do not have infrastructure for health facilities.
The district faces staffing problems. There are a few trained staff. The knowledge and skill for some of the staff is inadequate to provide a minimum health package to the population. For the few staff better accommodation needs to be provided especially in the peripheral areas such as on Mazinga Island.

The HIV/Aids prevalence in the district has not yet been ascertained but it is widely believed that the infection rate is increasing. At Kalangala HC IV; the only centre with VCT facility, the rate stands at 34% a lot higher than the national rate of 6.1%. Districts’ efforts in the fight against HIV/AIDS prevalence include community sensitization.

A local quality assessment survey in the district indicated that most of the participants about 72.6% men, 53% women and 61% youths had knowledge of at least two ways on prevention of HIV/AIDS. But, the problem is that very few of the interviewed actually used condoms regularly. Only 51.6% men, 205 women and 20.6% youths regularly used the condoms with their partners.

Prostitution, rape, high mobility of people, drug and substance abuse and myths and misconceptions about condom use rage high among the population. And also, there are fewer women; many AIDS widows, high promiscuity rates and the inability of the women to negotiate safe sex with partners have led to the increase in the infection rate in Kalangala.

EDUCATION
? 18 government aided schools
? One privately owned
? 3 community schools
? Enrolment stands at 3,867 pupils (1,764 are girls)
? Pupil – teacher ratio is at 37:1
? There are three (3) secondary schools
? Enrolment is at 572
? There are two (2) Tertiary Institutions

By 2005, the enrolment of pupils had increased to 3,867 from 2,400 in 1997 thanks to the Universal Primary Education (UPE) programme. However this is still low because from the analysis of the population structures in Kalangala, it has been noted that only 38% go to school. This means that 62% of the school going age children are not accessing primary education.
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

Fishing and fish related businesses. This industry employs over 75% of the economically active population. The total fish catch in metric tons in the years 2003 and 2004 was; 10,000 and 11,430 – Nile perch and 1,930 and 1,820 – Tilapia respectively. The district has a total of 55 gazetted landing sites. Out of these, only six (6) have the proper fish handling infrastructure. However, there are plans to construct other infrastructure. These have been classified into three categories/ classes. The facilities will include; fish slabs, toilets, piped water, waste pits, a fence, a fish inspector and fish tabs.

Mweena and Kitobo fish landing sites have been included in the Local government plan to be developed into first class fish landing sites with funds from African Development Bank.

The estimated number of boats in the district is 2,800. These include motorised boats, canoes and sails.

The problems faced by the fishing industry in Kalangala include; 25 – 30% of the fish caught going bad. This is so because of the lack of fish handling facilities and limited local capacity to ensure that the quality of fish is maintained.

Food crops grown include cassava, sweet potatoes, bananas, pineapples, and leafy vegetables. Cash crops include coffee (2,371 acres), sugar cane (124 acres) and Oil palm (80 acres).

The other crops being introduced are the fruit trees (Oranges and mangoes) as and the Moringa tree which is good in fighting disease is at the same time nutritious.

Bidco an International cooking fat/oil producer have set up a palm tree plantation in the district. The palm project is the first and largest big scale plantation in the Island district. This has provided employment opportunities to the locals.

For Livestock farming, Kalangala district is involved in production of cattle, goats, ducks and poultry (chicken).Recent estimates have the livestock population at 2,999 cattle, 1,235 goats, 7,000 pigs and 250,000 poultry.

INVESTMENT

Kalangala has a number of private businesses and co-operative societies. However there is lack of working capital in Cooperative Societies and lack of trading facilities as well as financial assistance.

LOCATION

Kabarole district is located in the western part of Uganda, some 320 km south-west of Kampala. Kabarole has a total area of 1,844.25 sq km of which 137, 802 hectares is covered by forests. Kabarole borders the districts of Bundibugyo in the west and north, Kasese and Kamwenge in the south and Kyenjojo in the East.

HEALTH

Kabarole district has three hospitals which are government aided – Buhanga, Virika and Kabarole- all of them situated in Fort Portal Municipality. They are referral hospitals and serve five districts namely Kasese, Bundibugyo, Kamwenge, Kyenjojo and Kabarole. But sometimes patients come from as far as Kibaale district for treatment.

The district takes health as an important and sensitive sector because it determines the productivity of the society. Hence, with government support, it has opened up 17 health centres, 11 of them at parish levels. It has 13 health centres each manned by a qualified medical worker.

AGRICULTURE

Agriculture is the heart of the district’s economy. The district grows both food crops and cash crops. The common food crops include maize, finger millet, beans, bananas, cassava, yams, potatoes, cabbages and tomatoes.

Despite the fact that most farmers practice a subsistence type of farming, there is always some surplus that is sold to both internal and external markets.

The cash crops include tea and Robusta coffee which contribute a substantial percentage to the

National economy. The district is also among the few districts in Uganda which grow high quality tea, a huge percentage of which is sold for cash.
Tea plantation in Kabarole District.
The land is very fertile and the Mountain Rwenzori ranges that can be accessed from the district provide a favorable atmosphere for farming.

Livestock is the second economic activity to crop production. Cattle are the main livestock item but poultry and goat keeping are widespread too. They provide a significant supply of animal proteins and also serve as a source of income.

There is also pig rearing particularly in areas with land shortages and around heavily populated centres.

The district also has benefited from the 1,187 colonial coffee trees per sub-county from the Uganda Coffee Development Authority to help revive coffee growing that had been affected by the coffee wilt disease.

The agriculture sector is, however, affected by the problem of low funding from the government, which has made the extension services inefficient. Lack of hybrid seeds and fertilizers as well as long distances to the market for some commodities are also challenges in the agriculture sector.

EDUCATION

Just like other districts in the country, Kabarole district has successfully increased the enrollment in primary schools following introduction of the government’s Universal Primary Education (UPE) programme.
Currently, the district has 119 primary schools, 24 secondary schools, three teacher training colleges and one national technical institute at Kichwamba.

LOCATION

Hoima district is located in Mid-western Uganda, bordered by Lake Albert to the West, Kibaale to the South, Masindi (North – East) and Kiboga (East). Hoima district is one of the three districts that evolved from the famous Omukama Kabalega’s Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom.
POPULATION

It has a population of about 341,700 people and a total area of 5,775 Sq. km
The major language spoken is Runyoro although other tribes which infiltrated the area speak Rutoro, Rukiga, Alur and Rugungu.

CLIMATE

Hoima gets an average rainfall of 1,000mm with two heavy rain seasons running from March-May and from August-November.

INFRASTRUCTURE

The district has a good road network connecting the rural productive areas to the urban centres located in Hoima district. It has a 200 km trunk road that runs from Kampala to Hoima and 550 km of feeder roads.

EDUCATION

Education overview of Hoima:
Hoima like other districts in the country has implemented successfully the government Universal Primary Education Program known as UPE. Hoima has got a total of 123 primary schools, 37 secondary schools and the primary college at Butera.

Currently the total number of primary schools enrollment is 79577(2002 statistics) and is expected to reach 110,000 by the year 2006.

The district has put much emphasis on education of the girl child and reducing on the high rates of school drop outs in the district.

So far, the district has been able to improve on the school infrastructure using the government School Facility Grant (SFG), TDMS and the LGDP.

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

80% 0f the total labour force in the district depend on agriculture. The district has a great potential of Agricultural Mechanization and industrialization. There is a variety of food stuffs produced which include sweet potatoes, bananas, maize, cassava, beans, Soya beans, rice, finger millet, sorghum, cowpeas and pigeon peas, ground nuts, Simsim, yams and Irish potatoes. The common cash crops include cotton, tea and coffee. But the district has picked interest in horticultural farming with production of products like fruits, vegetables and spices. Others include tomatoes, cabbages, onions and pine apples.

Horticulture

Local breeds graze remotely in villages in Hoima.

Livestock farming is also practiced and mainly keeping local breeds such as Zebu & Ankole cattle. But the introduction of exotic breeds is expected to increase on the productivity of dairy products.

Poultry farming, Bee-keeping is picking up with the increasing demand for their products.

Generally the district has a high potential for extensive agriculture and agro-industrialization.

HEALTH

Hoima district has one government aided regional and referral hospital.
It offers both curative and preventive services.

However, there are also many health centres constructed under the Poverty Alleviation Program (PAP) and with the support of non-government organizations like AUSI –Italian Aid.

LOCATION

Gulu district covers an area of 11,732 sq km, comprised of open waters and swamps (180 sq.km), arable land (10,301 sq.km), national parks and Games Reserves (982 sq.km) and forest coverage (371 sq .km). Lying 332 km from the national capital Kampala, Gulu district has traditionally been widely acknowledged as the regional capital of the northern region.

CLIMATE

Gulu’s climate consists of wet and dry seasons. The average total rainfall received is 1,500 mm per annum with a monthly average rainfall varying between 14 mm in January and 230 mm in August .Normally the wet seasons extends from April to October with the highest peaks in May, August and October. Dry seasons begin in November and extend up to March .

POPULATION

The district has a population of 479,496 according to the 2002 population census. Of these females are 243, 620 and males 55,134. Gulu is a multi-ethnic district though some 85 percent of the people are of the Acholi ethnic group. Other ethnic groups with a big presence in the district are the Langi, Madi and Alur. The main languages in Gulu are Luo, English, Swahili, Madi, Lugbara, Luganda, Acholi and Kinubi.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Gulu can be accessed by road, air and water;
The national railway line also extends to the district though it is not in operation at the moment.

The district has a 415 km feeder road network and a 600 km community road network

The district also accesses the Mobile Telephones Network (MTN) and Uganda telecom networks.

SOCIAL SERVICES

The main source of water in Gulu is spring wells and boreholes though there is piped water in the urban areas.

There is a borehole at Gulu district hospital Anaka.

Wood fuel is the main energy source, others being solar energy and hydro-power supplied by the national grid.

Electricity access is limited to a radius of about 15kms from Gulu town. Solar is widely used in institutions like schools, churches, hospitals and radio stations.

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

Agriculture ; Over a population of 90% of the population in the district engage and benefit from Agriculture .Agriculture contributes 45 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Some 10,301 sq km is under agriculture but insecurity has rendered big chunks of the district no-go areas.

The major cash crops grown are rice, tobacco, cotton, groundnuts, sun flowers and simsim while the staple foods are finger millet, sweet potatoes, cassava, sorghum, pigeon peas,
beans, bananas, cowpeas, soy beans and maize.

HEALTH

Gulu district has four main hospitals and five health sub district (HSD). The hospitals are Anaka

Gulu District hospital Anaka, Gulu Referral Hospital, St. Mary’s Lacor Hospital (Missionary founded) and the private Independent Hospital.

In Nwoya the health centres are at Koch-goma, Alero, Purongo and Agung/Todora. In Kilak County they are at Atiak, Pabbo (NGO owned), Pabbo (district owned), Pawel, Bibia, Awer, Pulwal, Amuru and Parabongo.

In Omoro County the health centres are at Lalogi, Bobi, Opit, Lakwat-omer, Acet, Odek and Awere which primarily serves internally displaced people.

Aswa’s health centres are located at Awach referral hospital, Cweru, Patiko, Labwor-omor, Babwor and Tegot –Atto.

There are 28 clinics operating in the district both licensed and non-licensed and
75 license drug shops.

District officials say there was overall improvement in performance in the health sector in 2002. Utilization of health facilities increased as well as absorption capacity for funds disbursed at the district level. Awash

In October 2000 the district was struck by a viral hemorrhage fever known as Ebola, which claimed a total of 150 lives including 14 health workers. 133 of the affected people survived and 400 orphans were left psychologically traumatized.

There is limited health infrastructure and diseases like malaria, malnutrition, skin and eye infections are on the increase. Over 60 percent of the people in the district are internally displaced and live in camps, characterized by lack of safe water, latrines, and good food.

The district is bordered by Bugiri district to the west, Tororo district to the north and the Republic of Kenya to the east. Busia district, which is at the Uganda-Kenya border in the eastern region, was originally part of Tororo district. It became a district on March 20 1997. The district has a total road network of 710 km composed of 30km of tarmac roads and 56 km earth / gravel. Community roads cover about 200 km, while feeder road coverage is 251.3 km or 62 percent of the district, according to January 2003 figures from the district’s Works department.
Busia District has a total land area of 743 sq. km, of which 611.3 sq. km. is arable land. The average farm size is 2.5 ha, and commercial agriculture uses up to 0.5 percent of this land.

POPULATION

According to the 1991 housing and population census, Busia district had a total population of 163,597. This was composed of 79,218 males and 84,379 females. The preliminary results of the 2002 housing and population census indicate that the district has a total population of 227,561, of whom males are 109,960 and females 117,601

The main languages spoken in Busia are Samia-Lugwe, Ateso, Swahili, Lugisu, Japadhola, Lusoga, Luganda, Lugwere and Ngakarimojong.

AGRICULTURE

The major crops grown in Busia include millet, maize, ground nuts, cassava, cotton, sweet potatoes, soya beans, coffee, and sorghum.

HEALTH

The district does not have a hospital, which means it has to depend on neighbouring districts for secondary health care services. This calls for an efficient referral system (e.g. radio communication, ambulances, etc), which are all lacking. There are 18 health centres in the district. Of them, Masafu and Busia are categorised at Health Centre IV; Dabani, Busitema, Buteba, Bulumbi, Lumino, Lunyo, Buhehe and Masaba as Health Centre III. Hasyule, Buwembe, Lunyo, Bumunji, Lumino, Sibona, Habuleke and Busime are

Health Centre II.
It is estimated that only 37 percent of the entire district population was with in a radius of less than 2 km from a health facility. The furthest some people have to travel to get to a facility is 10 km.

The district has 246 functional boreholes and 113 protected springs. Safe water coverage is 51.6 percent in the district and 44 percent in rural areas. These statistics were based on the assumption that one borehole water point serves 300 people and one protected spring services 150 people. Average walking distance to the nearest source of water is 0.5 km during wet season and 3 km during the dry season. It is further estimated that 56 percent of the rural population is within a distance of less than 0.5 km and 88 percent within a distance of less than two kilometers from a water source for human consumption. 79 percent of the urban population is within a distance of less than 0.5 km from a water source for human consumption.

Bushenyi is a district in western Uganda. Like other Ugandan districts, it is named after its ‘chief town’
Bushenyi is an enigma of sorts. The district is not as richly endowed as it’s neighbour Kasese, but it ranks among the largest producers of agricultural products. There are also important aspects like the fish, honey and cattle products.
On the administrative side, anyone in Uganda will try, but not necessarily be able to finger why the district is one of the most organized in the country.
Bushenyi also has large gold deposits in Bunyaruguru County, exceptional cultural heritage and the Kitagata hot springs – which are both a local and international tourist attraction.
The Imaramagambo tropical forest and Queen Elizabeth National Park are also in Bushenyi.

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

Bushenyi’s enchantment is in agriculture with fields of tea covering much of the plains. It ranks high amongst the banana ,tea ,coffee and diary products producers in Uganda.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Infrastructure development in Bushenyi is a potential investment destination.
Two banking institutions: Stanbic Bank and Centenary Rural Development Bank.

It has access to the services of the major telephone providers: Uganda Telecom, CELTEL and MTN and most areas in the district have access to electricity.

Roads
- Rehabilitation of Kabwohe – Kabira Road 51km.
- Rehabilitation of Kashenyi – Nyakyera road – 27km
- Periodic Maintenance of Kyambura – Katerera – Buhindagye road – 21.5km
- Extension of wing walls at Kyambura 11 bridge
- These roads are still being graded:
- Rutokye – Kiyanga – Bitereko Road – 21km
- Rwentuha – Bugongi Road – 11km
- Nsiika – Bihanga road – 26km
- Nyakabirizi – Nsiika Road – 44km
- Butare – Kayembe Road – 24km

LOCATION
Bundibugyo District is located in the Western Region of Uganda. The district is bordered by the district of Kibale in the North-East, Kabarole in the East and South East and to the West by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). To the North, it shares its boundary with Lake Albert.
Bundibugyo district covers an area of 2,338 Sq Km. The district covers a total area of 2338 Square km. Of this area, open waters, swamps and Rivers cover 570 KM2, while 1243 square km is covered by mountains, forests, national Parks (Semliki and Mt. Rwenzori) and Forest reserves. 145 square km is covered by game reserves and 380 square km is used for Agriculture.

POPULATION
The district has a population of 174,800 people of which 87,700 are males and 87,100 are females. Of the total population, 32,831 are under five years of age. The district Population density is 58 person per sq. km.

Bundibugyo District experiences Bi-modal rainfall pattern. The first rains are short and occur during March-May, and the longer rains from August-December. Annual rainfall ranges from less than 800 mm to 1600 mm and is greatly influenced by altitude.
Rainfall distributions of the District enable Agriculture (crop growing) to take place all through the year.

HEALTH
Bundibugyo district has only one Hospital with a total bed capacity of 144 and average out Patients Department attendance of 200 people per day. There are 21 Health Units.

AGRICULTURE
Livestock farming is still under traditional practice. This means that veterinary services and marketing are still substandard due to a number of factors including poor roads, which hindered mobility. Cattle, goats, sheep and chicken are major animals kept.

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE

Bundibugyo District receives plenty of rainfall, has fertile soils and therefore production of domesticated hot cultural highly valued crops like vanilla, moringa, plums trees, and cocoa is highly favoured. Hence there is an abundance of food.
Also with plenty of raw materials and the cheap labour available production levels are relatively higher than other districts with the same settings.

In terms of security the district is safe, and there is a diversity of local languages, hence no language barriers. Commercial and banking facilities are available. There are well graded murram trunk roads and large pieces of land available for purchase from peasants. .

The fertile volcanic soils, and conducive hot and wet equatorial climate type have been a tremendous boost to the agriculture of the district.

The Staple Cash Crops of Bundibugyo district are Cassava, Moringa oleifera, Millet, vanilla, Rice, Cocoa, Irish Potatoes, a little Coffee being re-activated, Maize, Bananas and Palm trees. 641 Metric tons of Vanilla processed 3000 Metric tons of Cocoa produced per annum and 400,000 litres of Palm oil annually.

There are 120,000 heads of cattle, 80,000 sheep, 150,000 goats and 200,000 chicken. With 2 major Farms, 4 professional Veterinary Doctors and 8 Dips.