Nakaseke is a town in Nakaseke District in the Central Region of Uganda . It is the main municipal and commercial center of the district. However, the political and administrative capital in the district is Butalangu .
80-517: Nakaseke is approximately 66 kilometres (41 mi) northwest of Kampala , Uganda's capital and largest city. The road from Kampala to Wobulenzi , a distance of about 47 kilometres (29 mi), is all-weather tarmac , with the last 19 kilometres (12 mi) to Nakaseke on a gravel-dirt road. The coordinates of the town are 0°43'48.0"N, 32°24'54.0"E (Latitude:0.7300; Longitude:32.4150). Nakaseke Town sits at an average elevation of 1,276 metres (4,186 ft) above mean sea level . Nakaseke Town Council
160-664: A 120-bed public hospital owned by the Uganda Ministry of Health , is in Nakaseke town. The hospital is administered by the Nakaseke District Local Government The hospital is connected to other health units by a radio. The government of Uganda plans to build an industrial park in Nakaseke. During the national census and household survey of 27 and 28 August 2014, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), enumerated
240-670: A Sunni Islamist group based in Somalia , carried out two nearly simultaneous bombings in Kampala , killing 74 people. After eleven years of relative calm, on 16 November 2021, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist group based in eastern Congo with ties to the Islamic State , carried out two suicide bombings near the central police station and parliament, killing three people and injuring 36. The City of Kampala covers
320-564: A few months before the breeding season, resulting in greater aggressiveness and territoriality. The bulbourethral glands are heavier, testosterone levels are nearly twice as high in territorial males as in bachelors, and the neck of a territorial male tends to be thicker than that of a bachelor during the rut. Mating tends to take place between full moons. Rutting males fight over dominance, often giving out noisy roars and chasing one another; they walk stiffly and display their neck and horns. Males desist from feeding and allogrooming during
400-407: A major cause behind the high mortality of ungulates, as they can lead to tick paralysis . Impala have special adaptations for grooming, such as their characteristic dental arrangement, to manage ticks before they engorge; however, the extensive grooming needed to keep the tick load under control involves the risk of dehydration during summer, lower vigilance against predators and gradual wearing out of
480-498: A new and or different hill as they wished or desired. The first written description of this Kibuga (capital) was by the explorer Sir Richard Burton in his book, The Lake Region of East Africa , published in 1860. In the book, Burton, relying on the information collected by Snay Bin Amir, an Arab trader, described the Kibuga as: …the settlement is not less than a day's journey in length,
560-589: A quarter of the common impala populations occur in protected areas, such as the Okavango Delta ( Botswana ); Masai Mara and Kajiado (Kenya); Kruger National Park (South Africa); the Ruaha and Serengeti National Parks and Selous Game Reserve ( Tanzania ); Luangwa Valley ( Zambia ); Hwange , Sebungwe and Zambezi Valley ( Zimbabwe ). The rare black-faced impala has been introduced into private farms in Namibia and
640-453: A single calf is born and immediately concealed in cover. Calves are suckled for four to six months; young males—forced out of the all-female groups—join bachelor herds, while females may stay back. The impala is found in woodlands and sometimes on the interface ( ecotone ) between woodlands and savannahs ; it inhabits places near water. While the black-faced impala is confined to southwestern Angola and Kaokoland in northwestern Namibia ,
720-417: A study it was observed that oxpeckers selectively attended to impala despite the presence of other animals such as Coke's hartebeest , Grant's gazelle, Thomson's gazelle and topi . A possible explanation for this could be that because the impala inhabits woodlands (which can have a high density of ticks), the impala could have greater mass of ticks per unit area of the body surface. Another study showed that
800-521: A study of impala in South Africa, the number of worms in juveniles showed an increase with age, reaching a peak when impala turned a year old. This study recorded worms of genera such as Cooperia , Cooperoides , Fasciola , Gongylonema . Haemonchus , Impalaia , Longistrongylus and Trichostrongylus ; some of these showed seasonal variations in density. Impala show high frequency of defensive behaviours towards flying insects. This
880-421: A total area of 189 km (73 square miles), comprising 176 km (68 square miles) of land and 13 km (5.0 square miles) of water. Kampala is a hilly place with its valleys filled with sluggish rivers/ swamps. The highest point in the city proper is the summit of Kololo hill at 1,311 metres (4,301 ft), located in the center of the city and the lowest point at the shores of Lake Victoria south of
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#1732869495950960-417: Is a dark stripe, on either side of the nose, that runs upward to the eyes and thins as it reaches the forehead. Other differences include the larger black tip on the ear, and a bushier and nearly 30% longer tail in the black-faced impala. The impala has a special dental arrangement on the front lower jaw similar to the toothcomb seen in strepsirrhine primates , which is used during allogrooming to comb
1040-536: Is between February and June that Kampala sees substantially heavier rainfall per month, with April typically seeing the heaviest amount of precipitation at an average of around 169 millimetres (6.7 in) of rain. Pre-primary education Pre-primary education is offered only by private entities which are located in the various neighbourhoods of Kampala and is lightly regulated by the Ministry of Education and Sports and starts from age of 6 weeks. Education in Kampala city
1120-674: Is born, and is immediately concealed in cover for the first few weeks of its birth. The fawn then joins a nursery group within its mother's herd. Calves are suckled for four to six months; young males, forced out of the group, join bachelor herds, while females may stay back. The impala inhabits woodlands due to its preference for shade; it can also be found on the interface (ecotone) between woodlands and savannahs. Places near water sources are preferred. In southern Africa, populations tend to be associated with Colophospermum mopane and Acacia woodlands. Habitat choices differ seasonally – Acacia senegal woodlands are preferred in
1200-477: Is estimated at 6,709,900 people in 2019 by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics in an area of 8,451.9 km (3,263.3 square miles). Other estimates estimate put the size of the metropolitan area at around four million people. In 2015, this metropolitan area generated an estimated nominal GDP of $ 13.80221 billion (constant US dollars of 2011), which was more than half of Uganda's GDP for that year, indicating
1280-497: Is known for two characteristic leaps that constitute an anti- predator strategy. Browsers as well as grazers, impala feed on monocots , dicots , forbs , fruits and acacia pods (whenever available). An annual, three-week-long rut takes place toward the end of the wet season, typically in May. Rutting males fight over dominance , and the victorious male courts females in oestrus . Gestation lasts six to seven months, following which
1360-465: Is probably the reason for Vale 1977 and Clausen et al 1998 only finding trace levels of feeding by Glossina ( tsetse fly ) upon impala. Theileria of impala in Kenya are not cross infectious to cattle : Grootenhuis et al 1975 were not able to induce cattle infection and Fawcett et al 1987 did not find it naturally occurring. Impala browse as well as graze; either may predominate, depending upon
1440-502: Is provided by a vast number of public and private institutions offering a wide range of educational training that includes pre-primary, primary, secondary, vocational, technical undergraduate and post-graduate education. Primary and secondary education in Kampala Impala The impala or rooibok ( Aepyceros melampus ) is a medium-sized antelope found in eastern and southern Africa . The only extant member of
1520-776: Is relatively minimal despite a protracted mating season. Moreover, territorial males often tolerate bachelors, and may even alternate between bachelorhood and territoriality at different times of the year. A study of impala in the Serengeti National Park showed that in 94% of the males, territoriality was observed for less than four months. The impala is an important prey species for Africa's large carnivores , such as cheetahs , leopards , wild dogs , lions , hyenas , crocodiles and pythons . The antelope displays two characteristic leaps – it can jump up to 3 m (9.8 ft), over vegetation and even other impala, covering distances of up to 10 m (33 ft);
1600-427: Is the capital and largest city of Uganda . The city proper has a population of 1,875,834 (2024) and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala , Kawempe , Makindye , Nakawa , and Rubaga . Kampala's metropolitan area consists of the city proper and the neighboring Wakiso District , Mukono District , Mpigi District , Buikwe District and Luweero District . It has a rapidly growing population that
1680-690: Is the loud roar , delivered through one to three loud snorts with the mouth closed, followed by two to ten deep grunts with the mouth open and the chin and tail raised; a typical roar can be heard up to 2 km (1.2 mi) away. Scent gland secretions identify a territorial male. Impalas are sedentary; adult and middle-aged males, in particular, can hold their territories for years. Common ixodid ticks collected from impala include Amblyomma hebraeum , Boophilus decoloratus , Hyalomma marginatum , Ixodes cavipalpus , Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and R. evertsi . In Zimbabwe , heavy infestation by ticks such as R. appendiculatus has proved to be
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#17328694959501760-479: Is weak, and breaks soon after weaning; juveniles leave the herds of their mothers to join other herds. Female herds tend to be loose and have no obvious leadership. Allogrooming is an important means of social interaction in bachelor and female herds; in fact, the impala appears to be the only ungulate to display self-grooming as well as allogrooming. In allogrooming, females typically groom related impalas, while males associate with unrelated ones. Each partner grooms
1840-734: The Katikiro (Prime Minister) of Buganda, Stanislaus Mugwanya, the Mulamuzi (Chief Judge) of Buganda, and Zakaria Kisingiri, the Muwanika (Chief Treasurer) of Buganda, with Bishop Alfred Tucker ), signed the Buganda Agreement on behalf of Buganda with Sir Harry Johnston , who signed on behalf of the British government . This agreement with Sir Harry Johnston created new land tenures such as freehold, Crown land, and mailo , and divided up and allocated
1920-534: The East African Rift and on the northern limits of Tanzania Craton . Kampala has a humid subtropical climate ( Cfa ) under the Köppen-Geiger climate classification system . A facet of Kampala's weather is that it features two annual wetter seasons . While the city does not have a true dry season month, it experiences heavier precipitation from August to December and from February to June. However, it
2000-504: The Kibuga area occupied by the Baganda and other natives. In 1931, the Uganda Railway line reached Kampala, connecting Kampala to Mombasa Port , thirty-five years after the commencement of its construction. In 1938, The East African Power & Lighting Company was granted a licence for thermal electric power generation and distribution for the towns of Kampala and Entebbe , and in
2080-463: The Pliocene of Ethiopia . The oldest fossil discovered suggests its ancient ancestors were slightly smaller than the modern form, but otherwise very similar in all aspects to the latter. This implies that the impala has efficiently adapted to its environment since prehistoric times. Its gregarious nature, variety in diet, positive population trend, defence against ticks and symbiotic relationship with
2160-557: The United Kingdom and were allocated Namirembe Hill . Two years later, in 1879, the Catholic White Fathers also arrived, first settling at the present-day village of Kitebi near Lubaga; subsequently, they would be allocated Lubaga Hill. The arrival of these two missionary groups laid the ground for the religious wars of 1888 to 1892 between their new converts and forced the missionaries from Great Britain to then lobby for
2240-461: The alcelaphines , given its resemblance to the hartebeest . A 1999 phylogenetic study by Alexandre Hassanin (of the National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris ) and colleagues, based on mitochondrial and nuclear analyses, showed that the impala forms a clade with the suni ( Neotragus moschatus ). This clade is sister to another formed by the bay duiker ( Cephalophus dorsalis ) and
2320-468: The genus Aepyceros , and tribe Aepycerotini , it was first described to Europeans by German zoologist Hinrich Lichtenstein in 1812. Two subspecies are recognised—the grassland-dwelling common impala (sometimes referred to as the Kenyan impala ), and the larger and darker black-faced impala , which lives in slightly more arid, scrubland environments. The impala reaches 70–92 cm (28–36 in) at
2400-661: The klipspringer ( Oreotragus oreotragus ). An rRNA and β-spectrin nuclear sequence analysis in 2003 also supported an association between Aepyceros and Neotragus . The following cladogram is based on the 1999 study: Sheep ( Ovis aries ) Bontebok ( Damaliscus pygargus ) Sable antelope ( Hippotragus niger ) Klipspringer ( Oreotragus oreotragus ) Bay duiker ( Cephalophus dorsalis ) Impala ( Aepyceros melampus ) Suni ( Neotragus moschatus ) Grant's gazelle ( Nanger granti ) Mountain reedbuck ( Redunca fulvorufula ) Up to six subspecies have been described, although only two are generally recognised on
2480-470: The specific name melampus ( lit. ‘black-foot’) from μελάς ( melas , 'black') + πούς ( pous , 'foot'). The impala is the sole member of the genus Aepyceros and belongs to the family Bovidae . It was first described by German zoologist Martin Hinrich Carl Lichtenstein in 1812. In 1984, palaeontologist Elisabeth Vrba opined that the impala is a sister taxon to
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2560-527: The 1930 plan to an area of 28 km (11 square miles) incorporating areas like Kololo Hill, and the Industrial Area. However, like the first two planning schemes, the 1951 plan failed to achieve many of its stated objectives. On 9 October 1962, Uganda gained independence; subsequently the capital city was transferred from Entebbe to Kampala and in the same year, Kampala was granted city status . In 1968, six years after Uganda attained independence,
2640-761: The 1972 plan, was also never implemented. In 2010, the Kampala Capital City Authority Act was enacted, giving the Ugandan Government more control of the administration of Kampala. The act also created the Kampala Metropolitan Physical Planning Authority with the stated aims of improving the infrastructure of the City of Kampala and the surrounding districts of Wakiso , Mukono , Buikwe , Mpigi and Luwero . On 11 July 2010, suicide bombers affiliated with al-Shabaab ,
2720-633: The British government to take over Buganda/Uganda as a protectorate. In 1890, Frederick Lugard , an agent of the Imperial British East Africa Company , arrived in Buganda during the reign of Kabaka Mwanga II , with whom he signed a treaty of protection by the British government over Buganda, and the Kibuga (capital) was located at Mengo Hill. Captain Lugard would, later on, be allocated
2800-592: The Busulu and Envujo law of 1928. In 1906, the Crown lands consisting of Old Kampala, Nakasero hills etc. and covering 567 hectares (5.67 km ; 1,400 acres) was consolidated and gazetted as Kampala Township. In 1912, Kampala Township received its first land-use plan and had a European and Asian population of 2,850. In 1922, Kampala's oldest university, Makerere , was founded as the Uganda Technical College at
2880-476: The Impala". The Baganda, in whose territory this British settlement was located, then translated "Hill of the Impala" as Akasozi ke'Empala. This was then shortened to K'empala and finally Kampala. Kasozi means "hill", ke "of", and empala the plural of "impala". Hence the name "Kampala" came to refer to this initial British colonial settlement that would later on spread out from the occupied Old Kampala hill near
2960-508: The Kampala hill that would soon be known as Old Kampala , and on which he built a fort. In 1895, Mengo Senior School , the first school offering Western education in Kampala, was opened by the Church Missionary Society at Namirembe hill , where mostly the children of chiefs and pages of the royal palaces were students. In 1897, Mwanga launched a rebellion but was defeated and was subsequently captured and exiled , in 1899, to
3040-772: The Protestant Church Missionary Society got Namirembe Hill, the Muslims under Prince Nuhu Mbogo's leadership received Kibuli Hill, the British Catholic Mill Hill Missionaries received most of Nsambya Hill. The Uganda Protectorate government obtained land classified as Crown lands in the area such as Old Kampala Hill, Nakasero Hill, etc. To legalise the above changes, the following laws and ordinances were subsequently passed: The Crown lands Ordinance of 1903, The Land Law of 1908, The Registration of Land Titles ordinance of 1922, and
3120-508: The Seychelles alongside Omukama Kabalega , and his 3-year-old son was made Kabaka by the combined forces of the European officers leading Nubian and Baganda colonial soldiers . This state of affairs later culminated in the signing of the Buganda Agreement (1900) that formalised British colonial rule in Buganda. Also in 1897, Kampala's first Western-style health facility, Mengo Hospital ,
3200-570: The availability of more dry season browse. Earlier, the Baikiaea woodland, which has now declined due to elephants, provided minimum browsing for impala. The newly formed Capparis shrubland, on the other hand, could be a key browsing habitat. Impala are generally not associated with montane habitats; however, in KwaZulu-Natal , impala have been recorded at altitudes of up to 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) above sea level . The historical range of
3280-420: The availability of resources. The diet comprises monocots , dicots , forbs , fruits and acacia pods (whenever available). Impala prefer places close to water sources, and resort to succulent vegetation if water is scarce. An analysis showed that the diet of impala is composed of 45% monocots, 45% dicots and 10% fruits; the proportion of grasses in the diet increases significantly (to as high as 90%) after
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3360-510: The base. Their arch-like structure allows interlocking of horns, which helps a male throw off his opponent during fights; horns also protect the skull from damage. The glossy coat of the impala shows two-tone colouration – the reddish brown back and the tan flanks; these are in sharp contrast to the white underbelly. Facial features include white rings around the eyes and a light chin and snout . The ears, 17 cm (6.7 in) long, are tipped with black. Black streaks run from
3440-526: The basis of mitochondrial data. Though morphologically similar, the subspecies show a significant genetic distance between them, and no hybrids between them have been reported. According to Vrba, the impala evolved from an alcelaphine ancestor. She noted that while this ancestor has diverged at least 18 times into various morphologically different forms, the impala has continued in its basic form for at least five million years. Several fossil species have been discovered, including A. datoadeni from
3520-445: The boundaries of Kampala were expanded incorporating the Kibuga (then known as Mengo Municipality), Kawempe and Nakawa Townships, and areas including Muyenga and Ggaba. This increased the administrative area of Kampala from 28 km (11 square miles) to the current 189 km (73 square miles). In 1972, the fourth physical plan for Kampala was made covering the newly incorporated areas of Kampala's boundary extensions of 1968, but
3600-431: The buildings are of cane and rattan. The sultan's (Kabaka) palace is at least a mile long and the circular huts neatly arranged in a line are surrounded by a strong fence which has only four gates. In 1862, when explorer John Speke arrived in Buganda, the Kibuga (capital) was at Bandabarogo, present-day Banda Hill , and the reigning Kabaka (King) was Mutesa I . In 1875, explorer Henry Morton Stanley reported
3680-471: The buttocks to the upper hindlegs. The bushy white tail, 30 cm (12 in) long, features a solid black stripe along the midline. The impala's colouration bears a strong resemblance to the gerenuk , which has shorter horns and lacks the black thigh stripes of the impala. The impala has scent glands covered by a black tuft of hair on the hindlegs. 2-Methylbutanoic Acid and 2-Nonanone have been identified from this gland. Sebaceous glands concentrated on
3760-586: The capital I found the vast collection of huts crowning the eminence were the Royal Quarters, around which ran several palisades and circular courts, between which and the city was a circular road, ranging from 100 ft [30 meters] to 200 ft [60 meters] in width with gardens and huts... In 1877, the first missionaries from the Church Mission Society , who were of the Protestant faith, arrived from
3840-528: The capital as being at present-day Lubaga Hill, where he met the same Kabaka , Mutesa I. During this visit, Stanley wrote a letter that was published in The Daily Telegraph , inviting missionaries to come to Buganda. He also described the Kibuga in his 1870s dispatches to The New York Herald , thus: As we approached the capital, the highway from Usavara [Busabala] increased in width from 20 ft [6 meters] to 150 ft [45 meters]...Arrived at
3920-469: The city center at altitude of 1,135 metres (3,724 ft). Kampala was originally built on seven hills , but it has expanded to cover more than the original seven hills. The original seven hills are: Due to Kampala's hilly nature and tropical climate, the valleys have slow rivers/swamps that tend to flow southwards towards Lake Victoria or northwards. These seasonal and or permanent swamps cover 15% of Kampala's land area. They include: Kampala, due to
4000-454: The common impala is widespread across its range and has been reintroduced in Gabon and southern Africa. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies the impala as a species of least concern ; the black-faced subspecies has been classified as a vulnerable species , with fewer than 1,000 individuals remaining in the wild as of 2008. The first attested English name, in 1802,
4080-467: The diversity of habitats that include wetlands and hills, was previously covered with short grasses on the tops of the hills, elephant grass ( Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.), Cyperus papyrus , African water lily etc. in the swamps and evergreen forests with trees such as African olive (mpafu) and Natal fig (mutuba) . Kampala is located on the East African Plateau between the two arms of
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#17328694959504160-570: The female, holding his head high and clasping her sides with his forelegs. Mounting attempts may be repeated every few seconds to every minute or two. The male loses interest in the female after the first copulation, though she is still active and can mate with other males. Gestation lasts six to seven months. Births generally occur in the midday; the female will isolate herself from the herd when labour pain begins. The perception that females can delay giving birth for an additional month if conditions are harsh may however not be realistic. A single calf
4240-528: The first rains, but declines in the dry season . Browsing predominates in the late wet and dry season, and diets are nutritionally poor in the mid-dry season, when impala feed mostly on woody dicots. Another study showed that the dicot proportion in the diet is much higher in bachelors and females than in territorial males. Impala feed on soft and nutritious grasses such as Digitaria macroblephara ; tough, tall grasses, such as Heteropogon contortus and Themeda triandra , are typically avoided. Impala on
4320-413: The forehead and dispersed on the torso of dominant males are most active during the mating season, while those of females are only partially developed and do not undergo seasonal changes. There are four nipples . Of the subspecies, the black-faced impala is significantly larger and darker than the common impala; melanism is responsible for the black colouration. Distinctive of the black-faced impala
4400-907: The fur on the head and the neck and remove ectoparasites . The impala is diurnal (active mainly during the day), though activity tends to cease during the hot midday hours; they feed and rest at night. Three distinct social groups can be observed – the territorial males, bachelor herds and female herds. The territorial males hold territories where they may form harems of females; territories are demarcated with urine and faeces and defended against juvenile or male intruders. Bachelor herds tend to be small, with less than 30 members. Individuals maintain distances of 2.5–3 m (8.2–9.8 ft) from one another; while young and old males may interact, middle-aged males generally avoid one another except to spar. Female herds vary in size from 6 to 100; herds occupy home ranges of 80–180 ha (200–440 acres; 0.31–0.69 sq mi). The mother–calf bond
4480-438: The impala – spanning across southern and eastern Africa – has remained intact to a great extent, although it has disappeared from a few places, such as Burundi . The range extends from central and southern Kenya and northeastern Uganda in the east to northern KwaZulu-Natal in the south, and westward up to Namibia and southern Angola. The black-faced impala is confined to southwestern Angola and Kaokoland in northwestern Namibia;
4560-490: The importance of Kampala to Uganda's economy. Kampala is reported to be among the fastest-growing cities in Africa, with an annual population growth rate of 4.03 percent, by City Mayors. Mercer (a New York –based consulting firm) has regularly ranked Kampala as East Africa's best city to live in, ahead of Nairobi and Kigali . Kampala originally referred to only the present-day Old Kampala hill, on whose summit Fort Lugard
4640-515: The land in such a way that would come to define the development of Kampala. The land in Buganda 's Kibuga (capital), including Mengo Hill and Makerere Hill, was allocated to the young Kabaka , the Baganda colonial collaborators, etc., under mailo and freehold. The religious missions were also formally allocated land they were previously occupying. Thus, the Catholic White Fathers got Lubaga Hill,
4720-429: The other six to twelve times. Social behaviour is influenced by the climate and geography; as such, the impala are territorial at certain times of the year and gregarious at other times, and the length of these periods can vary broadly among populations. For instance, populations in southern Africa display territorial behaviour only during the few months of the rut , whereas in eastern African populations, territoriality
4800-405: The other type of leap involves a series of jumps in which the animal lands on its forelegs, moves its hindlegs mid-air in a kicking fashion, lands on all fours ( stotting ) and then rebounds. It leaps in either manner in different directions, probably to confuse predators . At times, the impala may also conceal itself in vegetation to escape the eye of the predator. The most prominent vocalisation
4880-519: The oxpeckers prefer the ears over other parts of the body, probably because these parts show maximum tick infestation. The bird has also been observed to perch on the udders of a female and pilfer its milk . Lice recorded from impala include Damalinia aepycerus , D. elongata , Linognathus aepycerus and L. nevilli ; in a study, ivermectin (a medication against parasites) was found to have an effect on Boophilus decoloratus and Linognathus species, though not on Damalinia species. In
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#17328694959504960-422: The periphery of the herds are generally more vigilant against predators than those feeding in the centre; a foraging individual will try to defend the patch it is feeding on by lowering its head. A study revealed that time spent in foraging reaches a maximum of 75.5% of the day in the late dry season, decreases through the rainy season, and is minimal in the early dry season (57.8%). Males are sexually mature by
5040-488: The population of Nakaseke at 7,238 people. In 2015, UBOS estimated the population of Nakaseke Town at 7,400. In 2020, the population agency estimated the mid-year population of the town at 8,600. UBOS calculated the rate of population growth of Nakaseke Town to average 3.05 percent annually, between 2015 and 2020. Kampala Kampala / k ɑː m ˌ p ɑː l ɑː -/ ( UK : / k æ m ˈ p ɑː l ə / , US : / k ɑː m ˈ -/ )
5120-499: The pre-existing Kibuga (capital) of the Buganda Kingdom. This area of numerous hills and swamps that later become known as Kampala was part of the core of the highly centralised Buganda Kingdom . It was also the site of the shifting Kibuga (capital) of the different Bassekabaka (kings) of the Buganda Kingdom, with each Kabaka (king) upon coronation, or subsequently during their reign, setting up their Kibuga (capital) on
5200-516: The present Makerere Hill and initially offered carpentry, building construction, mechanics, arts, education, agriculture, and medicine. In 1930, the first sewerage plan was prepared to target a population of 20,000 people in the Nakasero and Old Kampala areas of the Kampala township. This plan guided sewerage development from 1936 to 1940 in planned urban areas of the Kampala Township and excluded
5280-441: The rut, probably to devote more time to garnering females in oestrus; the male checks the female's urine to ensure that she is in oestrus. On coming across such a female, the excited male begins the courtship by pursuing her, keeping a distance of 3–5 metres (9.8–16.4 ft) from her. The male flicks his tongue and may nod vigorously; the female allows him to lick her vulva, and holds her tail to one side. The male tries mounting
5360-536: The same year Sir Philip Mitchel , the Governor of Uganda , switched on Kampala and Uganda's first electric street lights . In 1945, Ernst May , a German architect, was commissioned by the Uganda Protectorate Government to design a new physical plan for Kampala. Ernst May's plan of 1947 was intended to extend Kampala eastwards covering Kololo Hill and Naguru Hill, and with the commercial centre on
5440-418: The shoulder and weighs 40–76 kg (88–168 lb). It features a glossy, reddish brown coat . The male's slender, lyre -shaped horns are 45–92 cm (18–36 in) long. Active mainly during the day , the impala may be gregarious or territorial depending upon the climate and geography. Three distinct social groups can be observed: the territorial males, bachelor herds and female herds. The impala
5520-489: The southern slopes of Nakasero Hill, an industrial zone in the southeast of Kampala, and, for the first time, a planned residential zone for the Ugandan natives. The plan was never fully implemented, and in 1951 the third physical plan by Henry Kendall was instead adopted, though it incorporated some elements of Ernst May's 1947 plan. Henry Kendall's 1951 plan expanded Kampala from the 5.67 km (2.19 square miles) area of
5600-465: The status of this subspecies has not been monitored since the 2000s. The common impala has a wider distribution, and has been introduced in protected areas in Gabon and across southern Africa. The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) classifies the impala as a species of least concern overall. The black-faced impala, however, is classified as a vulnerable species ; as of 2008, fewer than 1,000 were estimated in
5680-647: The subsequent political and economic turmoil of the 1970s and 1980s meant the plan was never implemented. The Battle of Kampala during the Ugandan Bush War occurred in January 1986. It resulted in the capture of the city by the National Resistance Movement , led by Yoweri Museveni and the subsequent surrender of the Ugandan government . Similarly, the fifth physical plan for Kampala, made in 1994, like
5760-443: The teeth. A study showed that impala adjust the time devoted to grooming and the number of grooming bouts according to the seasonal prevalence of ticks. Impala are symbiotically related to oxpeckers , which feed on ticks from those parts of the antelope's body which the animal cannot access by itself (such as the ears, neck, eyelids, forehead and underbelly). The impala is the smallest ungulate with which oxpeckers are associated. In
5840-759: The tick-feeding oxpeckers could have played a role in preventing major changes in morphology and behaviour. The impala is a medium-sized, slender-bodied antelope , comparable to the kob , puku and Grant's gazelle in size and build. The head-and-body length is around 130 centimetres (51 in). Males reach approximately 75–92 cm (30–36 in) at the shoulder, while females are 70–85 cm (28–33 in) tall. Males typically weigh 53–76 kilograms (117–168 lb) and females 40–53 kg (88–117 lb). Sexually dimorphic , females are hornless and smaller than males. Males grow slender, lyre-shaped horns 45–92 cm (18–36 in) long. The horns, strongly ridged and divergent, are circular in section and hollow at
5920-489: The time they are a year old, though successful mating generally occurs only after four years. Mature males start establishing territories and try to gain access to females. Females can conceive after they are a year and a half old; oestrus lasts for 24 to 48 hours, and occurs every 12–29 days in non-pregnant females. The annual three-week-long rut (breeding season) begins toward the end of the wet season , typically in May. Gonadal growth and hormone production in males begin
6000-449: The wet season, and A. drepanolobium savannahs in the dry season. Another factor that could influence habitat choice is vulnerability to predators; impala tend to keep away from areas with tall grasses as predators could be concealed there. A study found that the reduction of woodland cover and creation of shrublands by the African bush elephants has favoured impala population by increasing
6080-404: The wild. Though there are no major threats to the survival of the common impala, poaching and natural calamities have significantly contributed to the decline of the black-faced impala. As of 2008, the population of the common impala has been estimated at around two million. According to some studies, translocation of the black-faced impala can be highly beneficial in its conservation. Around
6160-547: Was carved out of Nakaseke sub-county and was demarcated in 2010. The town, in its early years, faces challenges related to physical planning. Most of the people in Nakaseke are Baganda , the largest ethnic group in the Central Region. An estimated 59.2 percent of the Nakaseke community is literate, which is largely limited to the Luganda language. A Primary Teachers' Training College has been built in Nakaseke. Nakaseke Hospital ,
6240-487: Was located, and the initial headquarters of the British colonial authorities in the soon to be Uganda Protectorate . Before the British construction of Fort Lugard, the hill was a hunting reserve of the Kabaka (King) of Buganda and had several species of antelope, especially the impala . As a result, when the British colonial officials were allocated this hill by the then Kabaka of Buganda, they referred to it as "The Hill of
6320-519: Was opened on Namirembe hill by British doctor and missionary Sir Albert Ruskin Cook . In addition, Sir Albert Ruskin Cook would in 1913 found Mulago Hospital , the current National Referral Hospital, at Mulago hill. In 1899, the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa founded Lubaga Hospital on Lubaga Hill. In 1900, the regents of the infant Kabaka Daudi Cwa II (who were Apolo Kagwa ,
6400-536: Was palla or pallah, from the Tswana phala 'red antelope'; the name impala , also spelled impalla or mpala , is first attested in 1875, and is directly from Zulu . Its Afrikaans name, rooibok 'red buck', is also sometimes used in English. The scientific generic name Aepyceros ( lit. ‘high-horned’) comes from Ancient Greek αἰπύς ( aipus , 'high, steep') + κέρας ( keras , 'horn');
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