Bukeerere Explained

Official Name:Bukeerere
Mapsize:150px
Pushpin Map Caption:Map of Uganda showing the location of Bukeerere.
Pushpin Map:Uganda
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Uganda
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Mukono District
Utc Offset:+3
Coordinates:0.4075°N 32.7019°W
Elevation M:1121

Bukeerere, sometimes wrongly spelled as Bukerere, is a township in the Central Region of Uganda. The correct phonetic spelling is with two 'e's after the 'k'.[1]

Location

Bukeerere is in Mukono District, 11km (07miles), by road, northwest of Mukono, the headquarters of the district.[2] This is approximately 19km (12miles), by road, northeast of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.[3] The coordinates of Bukeerere are 0°24'27.0"N, 32°42'07.0"E (Latitude:0.407498; Longitude:32.701953). The average elevation of Bukeerere is approximately 1121m (3,678feet) above sea level.[4]

Overview

The town of Bukeerere is the headquarters of Bukeerere parish, in Goma sub-county, Kyaggwe county.[5] The Bukerere Road leads from Seeta on the Kampala–Jinja Highway through Bukeerere to join the Mukono-Kalagi Road at Kasaayi.[6]

All the land in Bukerere, approximately 1mi2, is mailo land that is owned by the descendants of Stanslaus Mugwanya, one of the three regents during the reign of Daudi Cwa II of Buganda. Settlers on this land are sitting tenants without land titles. They are expected to pay annual lease payments to the respective and owners.[7]

External links

0.4075°N 32.7019°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oluguudo lwe'Bukeerere lukolebwa ddi? (When will Bukerere Road be improved?). Ganda. 10 January 2016. 8 July 2011. Bukedde Newspaper Online. Kampala. 28 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170628185245/http://www.bukedde.co.ug/bukedde/buganda/1355420/oluguudo-lw-eur-bukeerere-lukolebwa-ddi. dead.
  2. Web site: 10 January 2016 . GFC . Distance between Bukerere Health Center II, Mukono, Central Region, Uganda and Mukono, Central Region, Uganda . 10 January 2016 . Globefeed.com (GFC).
  3. Web site: Distance between Kampala, Central Region, Uganda and Bukerere Health Center II, Mukono, Central Region, Uganda . 10 January 2016 . 10 January 2016 . Globefeed.com (GFC) . GFC.
  4. Web site: Bukerere populated place, Uganda . 10 January 2016 . 10 January 2016 . Geoview.info (GVI) . GVI.
  5. Web site: 10 January 2016 . Villages in Bukerere Parish . 10 January 2016 . Lcmt . Lcmt.org.
  6. Web site: Alarm Bells: Ministry should tamarck Bukerere Road . 23 July 2011 . . 10 January 2016 . Joseph . Okedi . Kampala.
  7. Web site: Bukerere, the virgin area with investment potential . . 27 March 2019 . 27 March 2019 . Paul Murungi . Kampala.