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Kampala

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Kampala , city (2002 pop. 1,189,142), capital of Uganda, on Lake Victoria. It is Uganda's largest city and its administrative, communications, economic, and transportation center. Manufactures include processed foods, beverages, furniture, and machine parts. Agricultural exports include coffee, cotton, tea, and sugar. It is linked by railroad with Kasese, a mining center in SW Uganda, and with Mombasa, Kenya, on the Indian Ocean coast. Steamers on Lake Victoria link the city with ports in Kenya and Tanzania. An international airport is nearby, at Entebbe . Kampala grew up around a fort constructed... Read more

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Kampala, Uganda Mengo, Fort Hill The original settlement, known...British East Africa Company on a nearby hill which was called Kampala by the Bagandans. Eventually the town grew to include Mengo...was Entebbe, but in 1962 Uganda achieved independence and Kampala, Lugard's headquarters in 1890–2, ... Read more

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	Uganda capital falls // Rebels seize Kampala after 2-day battle ; ...Kenya (AP) Uganda rebels took control of Kampala yesterday after two days of house-to-house...Western and United Nations officials said. "Kampala is in NRA {National Resistance Army} hands...shooting." Diplomats and UN personnel in Kampala said most government units were in an... Read more
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	Kampala Sprays Drugs to Kill Nairobi Fly ; Kampala City Council (KCC) has started spraying drugs in the most affected areas in Kampala and its neighboring areas to kill Nairobi fly. The insect...increasing and so KCC launched the spraying operation in Kampala and Mpigi District, the daily newspaper Monitor Friday... Read more
	KAMPALA DAYS; Ghosts that lurk in shadows of hotel's gory past ; ...know refuses to stay in the Nile Hotel in Kampala. Too many ghosts, he says. During Milton...to travel about and confined myself to Kampala. Untroubled by ghosts and memories of...Mukasa had once had two farms north of Kampala in an area which, during the Eighties... Read more
	Kampala to Host ; Kampala, capital of Uganda will host an international youth conference...preservation of humanity" will run from January 3 to 8 in Kampala, the paper said. Roy William Mayega, General Secretary...Uganda government, Pan African Movement secretariat in Kampala, Cable Corporation Ltd, Coca-Cola, and Shell ... Read more
	Kampala-Entebbe Highway Cut Off by Floods ; Kampala-Entebbe highway has been cut off by floods since Saturday, The New Vision...Saturday submerged the highway at Nakasuba, some five kilometers north of Kampala. Most of the buildings near Namasuba zone were in the water. John Nasasira...airport in Uganda is situated in Entebbe, a city southwest of the ... Read more
	Nando's, Pajeros and other signs of progress; Kampala, with its rising middle class and choking traffic, is a safe and sleepy city in a country still recovering from a brutal past, writes Maureen Isaacson.(Dispatches) ; When the tropical rains come down in Kampala the newspaper vendors jump up from their...that is on for several peak hours a day. Kampala is an accessible, hospitable city; from...Museveni wants to extend his presidency. In Kampala, Kinto Nyago, a political commentator... Read more
	Soc: Kampala City Council 1 Ajax Cape Town 1 CAF Cup result ; AAP Sports News (Australia) 04-15-2001 Soc: Kampala City Council 1 Ajax Cape Town 1 CAF Cup result KAMPALA, April 14 Reuters - Kampala City Council (Uganda) 1 Ajax Cape Town (South Africa) 1 - result Confederation... Read more

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	Chogm: of potholes and timepieces; With a little over four months to go until the much anticipated Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting takes place in Kampala, Uganda's capital, can the plethora of projects be completed in time?(Letter from Kampala)(Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting)
	Stock exchange is poised to open in Uganda. (Kampala Stock Exchange)
	Chogam spurs hotel construction boom: the Ugandan capital is abuzz with both the proposed and ongoing construction of luxury five star hotels. But the flurry of activity surrounding the numerous projects has come at a price. African Business' Stuart Price in Kampala investigates.(Uganda)

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