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Kasese
district was formed in 1974 under the Provincial
Administration of Rwenzori district that was curved
out of Tooro. Prior to this, it was part of Toro
kingdom that comprised the present districts of
Bundibugyo, Kabarole, Kyenjojo, Kamwenge and Kasese.
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Neighbours
Kasese
district is located along the Equator in the western
region of Uganda. It borders the districts of
Kabarole and Bundibugyo in the north, Lake George
and Kamwenge in the east, Bushenyi and Lake Edward
in the south and the Democratic Republic of Congo
in the west.
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Kasese pursues her development vision
Determined to fulfil her mission “to efficiently and effectively provide quality services to the people in conformity with national policies and local priorities”, and vision “to have a poverty free society”, Kasese district has emerged on a number of strategies.
Provision of minimum health care package, adequate and quality infrastructure, quality basic education, effective management and sustainable utilisation of natural resources in addition to promotion of the vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, is one such strategy.
Apart from keeping law and order and strengthening Kasese's capacity to deliver its mandate, the district aspires to promote efforts aimed at increasing household incomes.
To achieve her objectives, Kasese draws a budget and work plans every financial year. Accordingly, the 2009/2010, Kasese district Local Government has budgeted for over Shs 30bn, which is expected from three main sources – central government, donors and local revenue.
Led by the Rev Canon Julius B. Kithaghenda, the district chairperson, the district is headquartered at Rukoki, on the Kasese-Fort Portal highway. The chairman, with other elected members councillors make up the 39-member district council, the supreme organ of the district.
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Kasese At a Glance |
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Training on Web 2.0 Tools: The Kasese District Departmental Officers ended a 2 days Training on 24th September, 2009 on the Web 2.0
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Weather
Kasese
receives an average rainfall ranging between 900-1600mm
annually and two rain seasons that come between March
to May and August to November. Temperatures normally
range between 23.9ºc and 30.0ºc. |
Population
The population of Kasese is estimated to be 646,677. Of this 51% (329,805) are females and 49% (316,872) are males. This population is projected from the population census of 2002 with a growth rate of 3.6%, where Kasese had 523,033 people, which was 2.1% of the Ugandan total population. With this population; there is an estimated 133,992 households with an average of 4.9 people per household.
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there are also other groups in the district who include
the Banyankole, Basongora and Bakiga. There is also
common usage of English, Swahili and Luganda. |
Infrastructure
The
presence of a tarmac road linking Kasese to other districts
like Kabarole and Bushenyi, however, enables the district
to transport its produce to other parts of the country.
Most
of the produce from Kasese gets markets in urban centres
in the western and central regions of Uganda. Passion
fruits for example are one of the main crops from Kasese
sold in most urban areas throughout the country. Kasese’s
position along the border with the Democratic Republic
of Congo encourages border trade..
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Demarcated into two countries, Busongora and Bukonzo, the district has two rural sub-counties, 105 parishes, 603 villages.
With the procurement and supply to farmers of 35,000? vanilla vines, 2,250? fruits and 200? bags of cassava, there is hope for improved household incomes. |
