Kakira

Demographic figures from Uganda Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Kakira is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the location of the International headquarters of the Madhvani Group.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Apollo Kaggwa

intellectual and political leader in Uganda

E

Ezekiel Tenywa Wako of Busoga

Ugandan Busoga chief

Henry Kyemba

Ugandan politician

D

Deusdedit Muhumuza

cricketer

M

Mayur Madhvani

Ugandan businessman

N

Nimisha Jayant Madhvani

Ugandan diplomat

M

Mowzey Radio

Ugandan musician

Paul Okello

Founder & C.E.O of Visit Africa

Wilberforce Nadiope

Kyabanzinga of Busoga

M

Malyamu Amin

Uganda's First Lady wife to Idi Amin

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Eastern

• Namatumba
  35.5 mi away
• Manafwa
  74.7 mi away
• Stafylos
  2733.1 mi away
• Myli
  2735.2 mi away
• Patitiri
  2735.3 mi away
• Panormos
  2735.7 mi away
• Alonnisos (Chora)
  2735.8 mi away
• Neo Klima
  2737.9 mi away
• Mourtero
  2738.8 mi away
• Agioi Theodoroi
  2739.1 mi away · pop. 318
• Klima
  2739.6 mi away
• Gavriani
  2740 mi away · pop. 147

Browse all places in Eastern →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Pisilus tipuliformis

Pisilus tipuliformis

Seen 2026-08-09

Hairy Golden Orb-weaving Spider

Trichonephila fenestrata

Seen 2026-08-09

Eastern Plantain-eater

Crinifer zonurus

Seen 2026-07-19

Schmidt's Red-tailed Monkey

Cercopithecus ascanius schmidti

Seen 2026-07-16

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Seen 2026-07-14

African Pied Wagtail

Motacilla aguimp

Seen 2026-07-14

Pink-backed Pelican

Pelecanus rufescens

Seen 2026-07-14

Woodland Kingfisher

Halcyon senegalensis

Seen 2026-07-14

Reed Cormorant

Microcarbo africanus

Seen 2026-07-14

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).