Kawanda


Kawanda is a town in Wakiso District, Central Uganda.

Location

The town is in Kawanda Parish, Nabweru Sub-county, being one of the six parishes in that administrative unit. Kawanda is approximately, by road, north of Kampala, the capital and largest city in Uganda. This is approximately south of Karuma Falls, on the Kampala–Gulu Highway. The coordinates of the Kawanda are 0°25'14.0"N, 32°32'26.0"E.

Overview

Kawanda is the location of Kawanda National Agricultural Research Laboratory, a unit of the '. NARL carries out crop research, focusing primarily on banana varieties and their diseases.
The Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited, maintains a major electricity substation that receives high voltage power from Bujagali Power Station via of 220kV cables. A 440kV electricity power line from Karuma Power Station is under construction to the UETCL substation in Kawanda, under the supervision of
Intec Gopa International Energy Consultants GmbH''' of the Federal Republic of Germany.