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Kakiri
Sign in to saveKakiri is a town located in Wakiso District in the Central Region of Uganda. Kakiri is the site of the headquarters of the first division of the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF). It is also the hometown of Gilbert Bukenya, who represents the town and the surrounding constituency of Busiro North in the parliament of Uganda and is a former vice president of Uganda.
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It sits within the topics Populated places in Central Region, Uganda and Wakiso District.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- Kikandwa
- Region
- Wakiso
- Country
- Uganda
- Population
- 28,100
- Timezone
- Africa/Kampala
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Kakiri is a town located in Wakiso District in the Central Region of Uganda. Kakiri is the site of the headquarters of the first division of the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF). It is also the hometown of Gilbert Bukenya, who represents the town and the surrounding constituency of Busiro North in the parliament of Uganda and is a former vice president of Uganda.
== History == Kakiri was affected by the Ugandan Bush War. On 5 April 1981, the town was the site of a Popular Resistance Army raid targeting a local Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) camp. In April 1982, UNLA soldiers murdered and buried 55 civilians at Kakiri, accusing them of superstitious activities. One month later, another 20 people were murdered by UNLA troops near the town; the soldiers dumped their corpses along the Kampala–Hoima Road. In late 1982, a National Resistance Army contingent under Salim Saleh raided Kakiri.
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