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In the News (Wed 30 Dec 09)

  
  District Information Portal :: Kasese District
Kasese district was formed in 1974 under the Provincial Administration of Rwenzori district that was curved out of Tooro.
Kasese district is located along the Equator in the western region of Uganda.
Kasese receives an average rainfall ranging between 900-1600mm annually and two rain seasons that come between March to May and August to November.
www.kasese.go.ug   (488 words)

  
 Kasese, Uganda - Accommodation finder, hotels, guesthouses and tourism activities
Kasese was the end of the line for ardent rail travel enthusiasts.
Visitors to Kasese prior to 1997 came primarily with the intensions of organising trekking trips to the nearby Rwenzori Mountains National Park.
The national park re-opened to visitors in 2001 and Kasese is starting to see a return of tourists to the town.
traveluganda.co.ug /kasese.asp   (759 words)

  
 RealTravel - Kasese
Price compare hotels, flights, and packages to Kasese across multiple sites to help plan your trip.
By: Kasper, a 31 year old male, on a trip to: Kasese, Kasese
My trip to Kasese had two purposes, one was to visit a fellow trainee who lived there and the other was to go for a Safari in Queen Elisabeth National...
realtravel.com /kasese-kasese-reviews-hotels-d1646979.html   (141 words)

  
 Kasese District :: Background Information
Like most districts in Uganda, Kasese district is predominantly agricultural, relying on farming for employment and income.
Land tenure in the district is mostly customary and freehold and there is a high potential for agricultural mechanisation.
Generally, the district is served by many safe water sources that include boreholes, protected wells and springs and piped water mostly in the urban areas.
www.kasese.go.ug /background/index.htm   (535 words)

  
 News
Kizza Besigye arrived in Kasese District at 9:30 a.m.
The candidate said Museveni and Kiyonga had tried to link him to ADF in 2001 and even alleged that he was behind the attack on Kasese Town after the presidential elections but he said these were lies caused by fear of his candidature.
FDC has identified Kasese as one of the regions that are still lagging behind like Bundibugyo and Northern Uganda and KB promised to ensure that these regions catch up with other areas of the country.
www.fdcuganda.org /pages/Kasese.html   (607 words)

  
 Vanilla Moon
A large portion of Kasese's 2,724 square kilometers is comrpised of Queen Elizabeth National Park, one of the premier game parks in east Africa.
The total population of Kasese District is estimated at 450,000, with about 50,000 living in the town of Kasese.
Kasese is one of poorest regions in Uganda, having received less development assistance than other areas closer to the capital of Kampala.
www.vanillamoon.org /about.asp   (451 words)

  
 Kasese Region Map: Bukonjo — Busongora | Uganda Google Satellite Maps
Regions are sorted in alphabetical order from level 1 to level 2 and eventually up to level 3 regions.
You are in Kasese (Uganda), administrative region of level 1.
If you would like to recommend this Kasese map page to a friend, or if you just want to send yourself a reminder, here is the easy way to do it.
www.maplandia.com /uganda/kasese   (609 words)

  
 Kasese, Uganda
Kasese was the end of the line for ardent rail travel enthusiasts.
Visitors to Kasese prior to 1997 came primarily with the intensions of organising trekking trips to the nearby Rwenzori Mountains National Park.
The national park re-opened to visitors in 2001 and Kasese is starting to see a return of tourists to the town.
www.traveluganda.co.ug /kasese.asp   (695 words)

  
 AEGiS-NV: Kasese Lc5 Raps Clergy On Condoms
KASESE district LC5 chairman LC5 Yokasi Bihande has criticised religious leaders decampaigning condom use as a protective device against HIV/AIDS.
He was on Tuesday speaking at Kasese Catholic Diocese Social Services Hall in Kasese town, where he presented certificates to 103 medical trainees after completing a three-month course as nursing assistants.
Kasese district acting CAO Eseri Ngene warned the medical staff against stealing government drugs.
www.aegis.com /news/nv/2002/NV021002.html   (354 words)

  
 Kasese
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 Tourism On the Rise in Kasese - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
FOLLOWING the defeat of ADF rebels in 2001, the number of tourists visiting national parks in the west has risen to at least 30,000 annually, district leaders and Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) officials have said.
He was speaking at Ihango trading centre in Ihandiro sub-county, Kasese district, where a total of 450 poachers denounced the exercise and surrendered their tools including spears, pangas, traps and one dog to UWA.
He explained that Kasese airport was to be constructed mainly because of the park, but if the locals killed the animals, the airport would be wasted.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1Y1-103235816.html   (322 words)

  
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The eerie emptiness of Kasese contrasted with flights from other Rwandan camps where hundreds -- sometimes thousands -- were left behind because they were too old, weak or ill to run.
At Kasese there was no one, even though at least 5,000 hospital patients and 3,000 unaccompanied children had been waiting for help that never came.
When the team arrived at Kasese, there were gunshots and the occasional whistle of bullets over the palm-frond huts and crushed plastic fence.
www.mosquitonet.com /~prewett/somerefugeesflee.html   (593 words)

  
 The New Vision - Supplements - Kasese District Development Review
Despite threats to security, investment potential areas in Kasese are abundant in the sectors of agro-processing, tourism and cross border trade with Democratic Republic of Congo.
President Museveni recently also said Kasese would benefit from the establishment of an industrial estate and said an airfield and rail line were to be constructed.
Another contentious issue is the creation of the cultural institution of Obusinga bwa Rwenzururu, which threatens to divide the people along the lines of those in favour of the institution and those against.
www.enteruganda.com /brochures/kasese0607.html   (734 words)

  
 BOPA Daily News Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Speaking in an interview, Dr Kasese said Botswana was new at treating cancer of the prostate, but it had been established that most Batswana men were not aware of the disease.
According to Dr Kasese, the risk factors of prostate cancer, unknown to most people, include age, family history of the disease, westernised diet and race as it is most common among fls.
The PSA reading, according to Kasese, has to be four nanograms per millilitre or less and anything higher would be cause for concern.
www.gov.bw /cgi-bin/news.cgi?d=20030702&i=Prostate_cancer_prevalent_in_Botswana   (692 words)

  
 New Vision Online : NRM, FDC in fresh battle for Kasese votes
Which is why Kasese was the only district in western Uganda where Dr. Kizza Besigye defeated President Museveni in the February 23, 2006 presidential election.
The challenge for the voters, and not the candidates, is to choose between being portrayed as obstinately opposed to President Museveni or not.
Perhaps the biggest snag in his candidature is that the FDC leadership in the district is opposed to his candidature, citing the questionable acquisition of FDC membership.
www.newvision.co.ug /D/8/459/531090   (874 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: A Tainted Easter Message
Kasese is home to about 520,000 mostly illiterate people.
During the war in nearby Congo that ended four years ago, more than 150,000 of Kasese's residents were displaced; many ended up living in camps.
Kasese has the highest rate in Uganda, with five people dying of AIDS every week.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A2215-2005Mar25?language=printer   (726 words)

  
 Return to Kasese
Joel and I boarded a van back to Kasese, along with a number of locals.
She may not know I am back, since the Ibanda and Kasese branches of Rwenzori Mountaineering don't always communicate, and I returned rather late.
I had the man at the desk call Jumbo Nature Safaris, but it was now after 8, and they were closed.
www.vic.com /africa/journal/node12.html   (1493 words)

  
 Kasese 1
Activities: Change agent training, fuel saving stoves, biogas units construction, tree planting, soil and water conservation, resource centre establishment.
Physical Address:- Katunguru fishing village (Queen Elizabeth), Kasese.
Physical Address:- Mubuku Trading Centre Fort-portal Road, Kasese.
www.uganda.co.ug /ngo/dkasese.htm   (213 words)

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