Uganda Research Paper

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I was born on a sunny day in a dry season of 1993 in Mulago Hospital in Kampala a city with many hills covered with many trees and swamps in hill slopes. Kampala is in southern part of Uganda bordering the Africa’s largest “Lake Victoria.”
Uganda is agricultural land locked country found in East Africa bordered by Kenya in east, South Sudan in north, Democratic Republic of Congo in west, Rwanda in south west and Tanzania in South. It is the country with the largest number of refugees second to Turkey in the whole world from South Sudan, Congo, Somalia and Burundi passing through Rwanda. Uganda is commonly referred to as “The pearl of Africa” because of its climate. “ Tropical climate ” and beautiful scenery comparing of
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These range of tribal groups features diverse practices, customs, languages, norms and values and other aspects that keep them unique from one another. Most of these tribes follow into four major groups. These include; Bantu speaking people who speak related languages e.g. Baganda, Banyankole, Basoga, Bakiga, Banyoro, Batooro etc and these dominate greater part of east, central and western Uganda; The Nilotics in northern Uganda e.g. Acholi, Longi, Alur, etc; the Sudanese in north west e.g. Madi-Moro, Mertu, Okebu, Nubietc; The Nilo-Hamites in north east e.g. Kalamajongs, Sebai etc lake Kyoga and river Nile acting as a boundary between Bantu people and these northern tribes. Others on small percentage include Indians, Chinese, Europeans, whites etc. there is many kingdoms in Uganda almost all tribes have their monarchy kingdom but Buganda kingdom of Baganda people (singular …show more content…
Kanyanya is still developing with many roads still under construction including water tanks on hill by the government with the help of USAID and UKAID but we have many schools, many small scale retail businesses and large scale businesses such: petro stations like Gaz, Kobil, Total; large stores like De Jvu supermarket; campanies like IFTRA Uganda Ltd, hotels like Fair mile hotel, Palm Gardens, Greenfield Gardens etc are owned by Indians and Europeans some by

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