Fort Portal–Kasese–Mpondwe Road
Ugandan road in the Western Region
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The Fort Portal–Kasese–Mpondwe Road, also Fort Portal–Mpondwe Road, is a road in the Western Region of Uganda, connecting the towns of Fort Portal, Hima, Kasese, Kikorongo and the border town of Mpondwe.
Location
The road starts at Fort Portal, the headquarters of Kabarole District. It travels southwest through Rwimi, Hima, Kasese and Kikorongo. At Kiorongo, the road makes a 90 degree turn west to end at Mpondwe, at the international border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a total distance of about 135 kilometres (84 mi).[1]
Upgrade to bituminous surface
This road was improved to class II bituminous surface before 2013.[2]
Points of interest
The following lie along or near this road
- Virika Hospital, located in Fort Portal's central business district[3]
- The town of Rwimi, about 45 kilometres (28 mi), south of Fort Portal[4]
- Hima, lies about 56 kilometres (35 mi) south of Fort Portal[5]
- Kasese Airport, in the middle the town of Kasese, about 77 kilometres (48 mi) south of Fort Portal[6]
- Kasese Cobalt Company Limited lies in Kasese, south of the central business district.
- At Kikorongo, the road takes a 90 degrees turn to the right and heads west towards the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kikorongo is a town in Kasese District, about 22 kilometres (14 mi), south of Kasese.[7]
- At Katojo Village a road branches off this road and proceeds south to Katwe Village and Mweya Safari Lodge, inside Queen Elizabeth National Park.[8]