Official Name: | Kirinnya |
Pushpin Map: | Uganda |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uganda |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Uganda |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Wakiso District |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | Kira, Uganda |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Kyaddondo |
Subdivision Type4: | Constituency |
Subdivision Name4: | Kyaddondo East |
Leader Title: | Member of parliament |
Leader Name: | Ibrahim Semujju Nganda |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 0.3319°N 32.6692°W |
Elevation M: | 1160 |
Kirinnya, is one of the six administrative wards in Kira Municipality in Wakiso District in the Central Region of Uganda.
Kirinnya is located in Kirinnya Ward in south-eastern Kira Municipality. Kirinnya is approximately 13km (08miles), by road, east of downtown Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. Kirinnya is bordered by Bweyogerere to the north, Namanve to the north-east, Namilyango to the east, Murchison Bay to the south, and Butabika to the west and north-west. The coordinates of Kirinnya are 0°19'55.0"N, 32°40'09.0"E (Latitude:0.331944; Longitude:32.669167).
Kirinnya is a middle-class residential neighborhood. In between the residential dwellings, are schools, churches, soccer fields, shops and supermarkets. The Member of Parliament in the 10th Parliament (2061 to 2021) and the 11th Parliament (2021 to 2026), for Kira Municipality, (which includes Kirinnya) maintains his home in Kirinnya.[1]
1. Kirinnya Housing Estate: A development by Akright Projects Limited, the largest indigenous real estate developer in Uganda. It consists of about 150 bungalows in a gated planned community.[2]
2. St. Luke's Catholic Church
3. Kirinnya Seventh Day Adventist Church
4. St. John's Church, Kirinnya Parish: A place of worship affiliated with the Church of Uganda
5. St. John's Primary School - Affiliated with St. John's Church of Uganda.
6. Maama Manjeri Boarding Primary School.
7. Bukasa Inland Port: Approximately 7km (04miles), south of Kirinnya, on the northern shores of Lake Nalubaale, is the site where Bukasa Inland Port is being developed.