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15-498: Bweyogerere is located on the Kampala-Jinja Highway , approximately 12 kilometres (7.5 mi), east of Kampala , Uganda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of the township are:0°21'09.0"N 32°39'49.0"E (Latitude:0.352500; Longitude:32.663611). Bweyogerere is on a hill that rises to a peak of 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) above sea level. Mandela National Stadium is located in the southwestern corner of Bweyogerere, on

30-474: A government teacher training college in 1948 at Nyakasura, Kabarole District . In 1954, it transferred to Kyambogo Hill as a national teachers’ college and later became ITEK by statute of parliament in 1989. UNISE was affiliated to the Department of Special Education at the faculty of education of Makerere University , becoming an autonomous institution by Act of Parliament in 1998. The university campus

45-771: A winding journey that ends in Busega on the Kampala–Mityana Road . During the 2002 national census, Bweyogerere constituted 26.7 percent of the population of Kira Municipality . In 2014, the national household and population census enumerated the population of Kira Municipality at 317,157. The following additional points of interest lie within Bweyogerere township or close to its borders: (1) Kampala Business and Industrial Park : A designated industrial area measuring 894 hectares (2,210 acres). (2) Bweyogerere central market. (3) Bweyogerere Mosque. (4) Kampala-Jinja Highway traverses

60-656: Is a public university in Uganda . It is one of the largest and prestigious University in Uganda and is among the eight public universities and degree-awarding institutions in the country with the motto, "Knowledge and Skills for Service." Kyambogo University was established in 2003 by the Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions Act 2001 by merging Uganda Polytechnic Kyambogo (UPK), the Institute of Teacher Education, Kyambogo (ITEK), and

75-510: Is a busy road, with several towns, trading centers and other points of interest along the way. As of October 2016, a new, wider, four-lane dual carriageway expressway, the Kampala–Jinja Expressway , is proposed to be constructed south of the present highway to relieve traffic and complement existing transport infrastructure between Kampala and Jinja. The highway stretches from Kampala , Uganda's capital and largest city, to Jinja ,

90-573: Is a natural tropical rain forest in Central Uganda. The highway passes through the forest for over 30 kilometres (19 mi) between Lugazi and Njeru. (15) Njeru Town ; is the largest town in Buikwe District . (16) Nalubaale Power Station ; Uganda's oldest public hydropower station was commissioned in 1954. The highway passes over the dam. (17) Kiira Power Station ; was commissioned in 2003. The highway passes within 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) of

105-624: Is located in Nakawa , Kampala. (3) Kyambogo University ; in Kyambogo , Kampala. (4) Banda Hill ; this is hill on which Kyambogo University is located. The name also refers to the residential and commercial neighborhoods on and around that hill. (5) Kireka ; is a township located in Kira Municipality . (6) Bweyogerere ; is another township in Kira Municipality. (7) Mandela National Stadium ;

120-823: Is the largest sports stadium in Uganda, with a seating capacity of 45,202. (8) Namilyango College ; is an all-boys boarding high school which is located about 4 kilometres (2 mi), south of the highway, at Seeta in Mukono Town . (9) Mukono Town ; is the point where the Mukono–Kayunga–Njeru Road and the Mukono–Kyetume–Katosi–Nyenga Road branch off the Kampala–Jinja Highway. Both reconnect to it at Njeru , 55 kilometres (34 mi) east of Mukono. (10) Sezibwa Falls ; which are located approximately 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi), south of

135-635: The Highway at Kayanja, in Mukono District . (11) Mount St Mary's College Namagunga ; an all-girls boarding secondary school at Namagunga, Buikwe District . (12). Lugazi Town ; located in Buikwe District , it is the headquarters of Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited . (13) University of Military Science and Technology ; in Lugazi, is an institution of the Uganda People's Defence Force . (14) Mabira Forest ;

150-649: The Kenyan port of Mombasa . The road is a vital commercial link to the outside world for the three land-locked countries. It is also a vital road link to the sea, for many parts of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo . The following points of interest lie along or near the Kampala–Jinja Highway: (1) Uganda Management Institute ; in the Central Division of Kampala. (2) Makerere University Business School ; which

165-565: The Uganda Nationalstitute of Special Education (UNISE). In 1928, the trade and technical courses at Makerere College (now Makerere University ) were split off into the new Kampala Technical School. The school moved to Nakawa and became the Kampala Technical Institute. In 1958, that school was moved to Kyambogo renamed Uganda Technical College and then was finally renamed Uganda Polytechnic, Kyambogo. ITEK started as

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180-803: The country's second largest commercial center, a distance of approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi). The coordinates of this highway near the town of Lugazi are:0°22'27.0"N, 32°54'56.0"E (Latitude:0.374175; Longitude:32.915550). The highway is an all-weather tarmac single carriageway road in good condition. The highway forms a section of the Northern Corridor , a road system that connects the East African cities of Bujumbura , in Burundi , Kigali , in Rwanda and Kampala , in Uganda to Nairobi , in Kenya and ultimately to

195-482: The dam and hydropower plant. (18) Nile Breweries Limited; is a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev . The highway passes next to the factory at Njeru. (19) The Source of the Nile lies approximately 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) south of the highway at Njeru. 00°22′27″N 32°54′56″E  /  0.37417°N 32.91556°E  / 0.37417; 32.91556 Kyambogo University Kyambogo University (KYU)

210-624: The southern side of the Kampala–Jinja Highway . Kampala Industrial and Business Park , one of the designated industrial areas within the greater Kampala Metropolitan Area is in Namanve , to the east and southeast of Bweyogerere. The Kampala Northern Bypass Highway , a 21-kilometre (13 mi) dual carriageway road forming an arc around the northern half of the city of Kampala , leaves the Kampala-Jinja Highway at Bweyogerere and begins

225-412: The township in an east/west direction. (5) Railway line traversing the neighborhood in a west to east direction. 00°21′09″N 32°39′49″E  /  0.35250°N 32.66361°E  / 0.35250; 32.66361 Kampala-Jinja Highway The Kampala–Jinja Highway is a road in Uganda , connecting the cities of Kampala and Jinja . Sometimes referred to as Kampala–Jinja Road , it

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