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1908 - Uganda Museum founded. 1910 - Goan Institute established. [1] 1911 - Kampala Club founded. [1] 1913 - Indian Association formed. [1] 1915 - Port Bell-Kampala railway begins operating. [4] 1917 - Kampala Public Library established. [1] 1921 - Central Council of Indian Associations of Uganda headquartered in Kampala. [1] 1922 Technical ...
Kampala is home to the City Oilers, one of East Africa's top basketball club teams. It is the only East African team that competes in the FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup. The Oilers play their home games in the MTN Arena, which is based in Kampala's Lugogo Area. [59] The city hosted the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 2017.
Makerere (/ m ə ˈ k ɛr ər i / mə-KERR-ər-ee) [1] is a neighborhood in the city of Kampala, Uganda's capital city. The name also applies to the hill on which this neighborhood is perched; one of the original seven hills that constituted Kampala at the time of its founding, in the early 1900s.
When the city expanded to other neighbouring hills, the place began to be referred to as Old Kampala, a name that is still in use today, 120 years later. As of June 2014 [update] , the hill is a mixed commercial and residential neighbourhood with high-rise apartment complexes, shops, restaurants, bars, cafes, bed-and-breakfast establishments ...
The office of Mayor of Kampala was created in 1950 by the government of the Protectorate of Uganda, and headed the Kampala City Council. In 1998, the mayor was elected directly for the first time. The office of Mayor was elevated to Lord Mayor in 2011 by the newly established Kampala
The points of interest within or near Kansanga include: [1] [3] (a) the Main Campus of Kampala International University, a private university [5] (b) Kansanga Miracle Center, a place of worship, affiliated with the Pentecostal Movement [6] (c) Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church (d) Kivebulaaya Protestant Church (e) Kansanga Islamic Mosque (f) Rainbow International School and (g) the main ...
The town is situated in Wakiso District, approximately 34 kilometres (21 mi) south of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. [7] The metropolis is located on a peninsula into Lake Victoria, covering a total area of 56.2 square kilometres (21.7 sq mi), out of which 20 km 2 (7.7 sq mi) is water.
After the erection of vicariates in territories beyond the Nile on the southern side, the name of Northern Victoria Nyanza Vicariate became the Vicariate of Uganda on January 15, 1915. Vicariate of Kampala. On June 10, 1948, the name of Upper Nile Vicariate was changed to the Vicariate of Kampala which later became the diocese of Kampala in 1953.