| Official Name: | Mukono |
| Mapsize: | 150px |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Map of Uganda showing the location of Mukono. |
| Pushpin Map: | Uganda |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Uganda |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mukono District |
| Area Total Km2: | 31.4 |
| Population As Of: | 2014 Census |
| Population Total: | 161996 |
| Population Density Km2: | 5159 |
| Timezone: | EAT |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 0.36°N 32.75°W |
| Elevation M: | 1246 |
Mukono Town is a municipality in Mukono District in the Central Region of Uganda. The town is administered by the Mukono Town Council. The district headquarters are located in this town.[1]
Mukono Municipality is 21 km east of Kampala along the Kampala-Jinja Highway.[2] It is bordered by Kalagi to the north, Kira Town to the west, Lake Victoria to the south, and Lugazi to the east. The town is about east of the central business district of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.[3] This is approximately, west of the town of Lugazi, in neighboring Buikwe District.
The town occupies approximately 31.4km2 of land area. The coordinates of the town of Mukono are 00 21 36N, 32 45 00E (Latitude:0.3600; Longitude:32.7500).Mukono Town sits at an average elevation of 1246m (4,088feet), above mean sea level.[4]
Mukono is one of Uganda's fastest growing urban areas.[5] The 2002 national census estimated the population of the town at 46,506. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 57,400. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 59,000.[6] On 27 August 2014, the national population census put the population at 162,710.[7]
Mukono Municipality administration is divided into (a) the political arm headed by the Mayor, (b) the technical arm headed by the Town Clerk and the legislative arm, headed by the Speaker of the town council. The council is the supreme policy-making organ in the town. It is composed of 26 elected councilors. Members of the town council serve four-year terms.The mayor of the town is elected to a five-year term by universal adult suffrage using a secret ballot. The technical staff of the town council are headed by the town clerk under whom there are four municipal departments: the Management Department, the Treasury Department, the Public Health Department, and the Engineering Department.[8]
The following additional points of interest are located within the town limits or close to its edges:
1. Mukono Central Market
2. Uganda Christian University, a private university affiliated to the Church of Uganda
3. Namilyango College - the oldest boys boarding high school in Uganda, located, by road, south-west of Mukono
4. Kampala-Jinja Highway, passing through the center of town in a general west to east direction
5. Mukono Health Centre IV
6. Various supermarkets located among the Kampala-Jinja highway, most notably City Shoppers, Sombe Supermarket and Paris Corner Supermarket.
8. Abacus Parenteral Drugs Limited, a pharmaceutical company that manufactures intravenous fluids and sterile water for use in injections, ear drops, and eye drops.[9]