Kabamba, Uganda

Place in Central Uganda, Uganda

00°15′00″N 31°11′06″E / 0.25000°N 31.18500°E / 0.25000; 31.18500Country

UgandaRegionCentral UgandaDistrictMubende DistrictElevation

3,900 ft (1,200 m)Time zoneEST

Kabamba is a location in Mubende District, Central Uganda.

Location

Kabamba is located approximately 52 kilometres (32 mi), by road, southwest of Mubende, the location of the district headquarters.^[1] Its location lies close to the northern banks of River Katonga, where it intersects with Villa Road, approximately 190 kilometres (120 mi), west of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country.^[2] The coordinates of Kabamba are:0°15'00.0"N, 31°11'06.0"E (Latitude:0.2500; Longitude:31.1850).

History

By 1981, Kabamba housed a military base, known as the "Kabamba Military Barracks"^[3] or "Kabamba Training School".^[4] This location housed "several companies" belonging to the Tanzania People's Defence Force (TPDF)^[5] whose members were training soldiers of Uganda's then-national military, the Uganda National Liberation Army.^[6] In addition, the base hosted a large armoury.^[7]

In an attempt to capture the weapons of the armoury, the Popular Resistance Army (PRA) rebel group under Yoweri Museveni launched a raid on the Kabamba Military Barracks on 6 February 1981 during the early stages of the Ugandan Bush War. The attack failed, although the PRA retreated in good order.^[8] The PRA later merged with other rebels, forming the National Resistance Army (NRA)^[9] which captured Kabamba later into the Bush War.^[10]

Population

At this time the human population of Kabamba is not publicly known.

Points of interest

The following points of interest lie in or near Kabamba:

Kalama Armoured Warfare Training School (KAWATS) - Located at Kabamba, Mubende District^[11]^[12]^[13]
River Katonga lies immediately south of Kabamba
Villa Road runs through Kabamba, in a north to south direction. The road connects the Mubende-Kyegegwa Road to the north, with Villa Maria, a suburb of Masaka to the south.
Uganda Military Academy - Located at Kabamba, Mubende District.

References

^ Map Showing Mubende And Kabamba With Distance Marker
^ Road Distance Between Kampala And Kabamba With Map
^ "NRA attack on Kabamba causes tension between rebel groups". Daily Monitor. 6 February 2016. Archived from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
^ Kainerugaba 2010, p. 67.
^ Kainerugaba 2010, p. 65.
^ Weinstein 2007, p. 62.
^ Kainerugaba 2010, p. 64.
^ Kainerugaba 2010, pp. 67–70.
^ Kasozi 1994, pp. 164–165.
^ "Museveni initially disagreed with attack on Kabamba - Kafuniza". Daily Monitor. 6 February 2016. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
^ Kalama Warfare Training School Opened in 2005 at Kabamba
^ Colonel Geoffrey Kyazze is Commandant of KAWATS
^ Kalama Warfare Training School Located at Kabamba Archived 2014-11-02 at the Wayback Machine

Works cited

Kainerugaba, Muhoozi (2010). Battles of the Ugandan Resistance: A Tradition of Maneuver. Kampala: Fountain Publishers. ISBN 978-9970-25-032-5.
Kasozi, A. (1994). Social Origins of Violence in Uganda, 1964–1985. Montreal: McGill-Queen's Press. ISBN 978-0-7735-6487-9.
Weinstein, Jeremy M. (2007). Inside Rebellion: The Politics of Insurgent Violence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-86077-2.