Other landmarks include the Kasubi tombs, the magnificent mosque at old Kampala, Namirembe and Rubaga Cathedral, at the very edge there is Kasumba Square Mall at the intersection of Northern Bypass and Busega roundabout.

The NRA advance on Kampala had been very rapid, and during this process hundreds of new recruits had been incorporated into the NRA.

The mismanagement of Uganda's economy during the 1970s and 1980s meant that there were fewer employment opportunities outside Kampala.

A month before the liberation of Kampala, during the Uganda-Tanzania War, representatives of twenty-two Ugandan civilian and military groups were hastily called together at Moshi, Tanzania, to try to agree on an interim civilian government once Amin was removed.

That same year, German national Rolf Steiner, who had been clandestinely advising the rebels, was captured in Kampala, Uganda and deported to Khartoum, where he was put on trial for his anti-government activities.

East Africa became an associate member of the ICC in 1966 and India toured the following year, winning a match against Uganda by 6 wickets before a first-class match against East Africa in Kampala which India won by 8 wickets.

* April 11 – Tanzanian troops take Kampala, the capital of Uganda ; Idi Amin flees.

* Streets were also named after him in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, in Budapest, Hungary ( between 1961 and 1990 ); Jakarta ( between 1945 to 1967 ); Belgrade, Serbia ; Sofia, Bulgaria ( until 1991-2 ) Skopje, Republic of Macedonia ; Bata and Malabo, Equatorial Guinea ; Tehran, Iran ; Algiers, Algeria ( Rue Patrice Lumumba ); Santiago de Cuba, Cuba ( since 1960, formerly Avenida de Bélgica ); Łódź, Warsaw, Poland ; Kiev, Ukraine ; Perm, Russia ; Rabat, Morocco ; Maputo, Mozambique ; Leipzig, Germany ; Lusaka, Zambia (" Lumumba Street "); Kampala, Uganda (" Lumumba Avenue "); Tunis, Tunisia ; Fort-de-France, Martinique ; Montpellier, France ; Accra, Ghana ; Antananarivo, Madagascar ; Rotterdam, Netherlands ; Alexandria, Egypt and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

Kampala has a tropical wet and dry climate ; however, due to the city ’ s higher altitudes, average temperatures are noticeably cooler than what is typically seen in other cities with this type of climate.

Its shores are dotted with cities and towns, including Kisumu, Kisii, and Homa Bay in Kenya ; Kampala, Jinja, and Entebbe in Uganda ; and Bukoba, Mwanza and Msoma in Tanzania.

During a 12-month period, 8 % of women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil reported assaults ; 4. 5 % in Kampala, Uganda ; 5. 8 % in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The district headquarters at Arua are located about, by road, northwest of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and that country's ; largest city.

; Capital: Kampala

The same month, another of Museveni's rivals, Milton Obote, died in South Africa, and was given a state funeral in Kampala.

* Kampala International University-began operations in January 2009 operating from Quality Plaza along Pugu road. Currently, the University Centre is situated on a of land, at Gongo la Mboto area in Ilala District, 7 km from Mwalimu Julius Nyerere International Airport along Pugu road.

Kampala is the largest city and capital of Uganda.

The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division and Lubaga Division.

The city is coterminous with Kampala District.

Kampala is also home to the headquarters of the East African Development Bank, located on Nakasero Hill.

Kampala is said to be built on seven hills, although this is not quite accurate.

# The seventh is Kampala Hill, ( also known as Old Kampala ), meaning " the hill of the impala " and whence Kampala got its name, is where the ruins of Lugard's Fort were.

Kampala is also known for its nightlife, which includes several casinos, notably Casino Simba in the Garden City shopping center, Kampala Casino and Mayfair Casino.

The Ahmadiyya Central Mosque in Kampala is the central mosque of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, which has six minarets and can hold up to 9, 000 worshippers.

Kampala is served by Entebbe International Airport, which is the largest airport in Uganda.

In January 2007, the mayor of Kampala City announced plans to introduce a congestion fee of Sh30, 000 per vehicle per day when the bus network is launched.

Another facet of Kampala ’ s weather is that it features two annual wet seasons.

Inter-tribal marriage in Uganda is still rare, and although many Kampala residents have been born and raised in the city, they still define themselves by their tribal roots and speak their ancestral language.

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Although agreeing in late 1985 to a cease-fire, the NRA continued fighting, and seized Kampala and the country in late January 1986, forcing Okello's forces to flee north into Sudan.

In the early morning hours of January 25, 1971, mechanized army units loyal to him attacked strategic targets in Kampala and the airport at Entebbe, where the first shell fired by a pro-Amin tank commander killed two Roman Catholic priests in the airport waiting room.

As if determined to replay the January 1971 events, Obote once again left the capital after giving orders for the arrest of a leading Acholi commander, Brigadier ( later Lieutenant General ) Bazilio Olara-Okello, who mobilized troops and entered Kampala on July 27, 1985.

In January 1986, welcomed enthusiastically by the local civilian population, Museveni moved against Kampala.

* M. Mugishu, Jewel of the Nile, Sunday Vision, Kampala, 16 January, 2005

* Dradenya Amazia, Archaeologists in Madi, New Vision, Kampala, 23 January, 2006

In January 1986, the government of Ugandan President Tito Okello was overthrown by the rebel National Resistance Army ( NRA ) under the command of Yoweri Museveni, which took the capital city of Kampala.

In January 2010, the university announced the opening of two new campuses, one in the city of Fort Portal, approximately, by road, west of Kampala, and another one in the city of Jinja, approximately, by road, east of Kampala.

In January 1986, Salim Saleh commanded NRA's assault on Kampala, which eventually led to the demise of Tito Okello's regime, with Museveni becoming president.

Part of the controversial Kampala Accord's conditions, the agreement would also see the mandates of the President, the Parliament Speaker and Deputies extended until August 2012, after which point new elections are to be organized.

Part of the controversial Kampala Accord's conditions, the agreement saw the mandates of the President, the Parliament Speaker and Deputies extended until August 2012.

On April 11, 1979, Idi Amin was forced to quit the capital, Kampala, ending the Uganda-Tanzania War.

** At least 81 people drown when a boat capsizes 120 kilometres east of Kampala, Uganda.

* In Kampala, Uganda, " Lumumba Hall " of Residence at Makerere University continues to carry his name.

of Buganda, had chosen the area that was to become Kampala as one of his favorite hunting grounds.

So K ' empala formally became ' Kampala ' with repeated usage, and when the British colonial rulers needed a name for the city they adopted this reference.

Traditionally, Kampala was a city of seven hills, but over time it has come to have a lot more.

Hospitals include Kibuli Hospital, St. Francis Hospital Nsambya and the International Hospital Kampala ( IHK ).

Kampala hosts one of only seven Bahá ' í houses of worship in the world.