Buwama

Buwama is in Mpigi District on the Kampala–Masaka Road, approximately 32 kilometres (20 mi), by road, south-west of Mpigi, the location of the district headquarters.^[3] This is approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi), north-east of Kayabwe, the town to Buwama's immediate south, along the Masaka Highway.^[4] Buwama is about 71 kilometres (44 mi), by road, south-west of Kampala, Uganda's capital city.^[5]

The coordinates of Buwama are 0°03'48.0"N, 32°06'23.0"E (Latitude:0.063333; Longitude:32.106389).^[6] The town sits at an average elevation of 1,185 metres (3,888 ft) above sea level.^[7]

Buwama is a growing urban centre along the Masaka Highway, just north of the Equator. The town is connected to the national electricity grid.^[2] The town has access to potable piped water following improvements between 2011 and 2017, funded with loans from the African Development Bank.^[8]

Other facilities available include three farmers markets, a soccer stadium (Archbishop Kasujja Stadium), a police station and a magistrate's court. Also present are two petrol stations, a radio station (103.3 Buwama FM) and a number of schools. Buwama Health Centre III, a public healthcare facility offers healthcare services to the public.^[2]

The population of Buwama was estimated at 16,000 people, as of June 2017.^[2]

As of June 2017, the town had two major changes. The first was the town's inability to dispose of garbage in a sustainable, healthy, environmentally friendly manner. The other challenge was high level of homicide, with twenty murders in the two years prio to that.^[2]