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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

Kasese District is estimated to be having a population of 669,958 people with a population growth rate of 3.6% per annum. It is estimated that there are 133,992 households with an average of 4.9 people per household.

But 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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Kasese district produces several food and cash crops and livestock products. Over 85 percent of the people in the district depend on agriculture for their livelihood. Among the food crops produced in the area are finger millet, cassava, maize, ground nuts, sorghum, potatoes and matooke. The district also practices horticulture farming that includes fruits like passion fruits and vegetables.

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Kasese district has one district hospital and 63 health units, out of which 16 are government-aided while 46 are privately owned. The various healthy units owned by the government are categorised as Health Centre 1V which are units at county level; Health Centre III are at sub county level and Health Centre II which are operate at parish level.

Although the district health services have been facing many constraints that include inadequacy of health facilities, delayed disbursement of funds from the government and understaffing, some achievements have been made. Among them is the construction of two maternity wards at Kasanga and Karambi and an outpatient department block.

The district has also constructed a medical theatre at Busongora North health sub-district while a doctor’s house is under construction.

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