Kabamba, Uganda

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'''Kabamba''' is a location in Mubende District, Central Uganda.

==Location== Kabamba is located approximately {{convert|52|km|mi}}, by road, southwest of Mubende, the location of the district headquarters.<ref>[http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Mubende%20(Mubende)&toplace=Kabamba%20(Western%20Province)&fromlat=0.5891667&tolat=0.25&fromlng=31.36&tolng=31.1833333 Map Showing Mubende And Kabamba With Distance Marker]</ref> Its location lies close to the northern banks of River Katonga, where it intersects with ''Villa Road'', approximately {{convert|190|km|mi}}, west of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country.<ref>[http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?%20fromplace=Kampala%20()&toplace=Kabamba%20(Western%20Province)&fromlat=0.3155556&tolat=0.25&fromlng=32.5655556&tolng=31.1833333 Road Distance Between Kampala And Kabamba With Map]</ref> The coordinates of Kabamba are:0°15'00.0"N, 31°11'06.0"E (Latitude:0.2500; Longitude:31.1850).

==History== By 1981, Kabamba housed a military base, known as the "Kabamba Military Barracks"<ref>{{cite news| title = NRA attack on Kabamba causes tension between rebel groups| newspaper = Daily Monitor| date = 6 February 2016| url = https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/special-reports/nra-attack-on-kabamba-causes-tension-between-rebel-groups-1639604| access-date = 8 September 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210907224925/https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/special-reports/nra-attack-on-kabamba-causes-tension-between-rebel-groups-1639604| archive-date = 7 September 2021| url-status = live}}</ref> or "Kabamba Training School".{{sfn|Kainerugaba|2010|p=67}} This location housed "several companies" belonging to the Tanzania People's Defence Force (TPDF){{sfn|Kainerugaba|2010|p=65}} whose members were training soldiers of Uganda's then-national military, the Uganda National Liberation Army.{{sfn|Weinstein|2007|p=62}} In addition, the base hosted a large armoury.{{sfn|Kainerugaba|2010|p=64}}

In an attempt to capture the weapons of the armoury, the Popular Resistance Army (PRA) rebel group under Yoweri Museveni launched a raid on the Kabamba Military Barracks on 6 February 1981 during the early stages of the Ugandan Bush War. The attack failed, although the PRA retreated in good order.{{sfn|Kainerugaba|2010|pp=67–70}} The PRA later merged with other rebels, forming the National Resistance Army (NRA){{sfn|Kasozi|1994|pp=164–165}} which captured Kabamba later into the Bush War.<ref>{{cite news| title = Museveni initially disagreed with attack on Kabamba - Kafuniza| newspaper = Daily Monitor| date = 6 February 2016| url = https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/special-reports/museveni-initially-disagreed-with-attack-on-kabamba-kafuniza-1639608| access-date = 8 September 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210908125601/https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/special-reports/museveni-initially-disagreed-with-attack-on-kabamba-kafuniza-1639608| archive-date = 8 September 2021| url-status = live}}</ref>

==Population== At this time the human population of Kabamba is not publicly known.

==Points of interest== The following points of interest lie in or near Kabamba: * Kalama Armoured Warfare Training School (KAWATS) - Located at Kabamba, Mubende District<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201204074152/https://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/19/416815/Kabamba Kalama Warfare Training School Opened in 2005 at Kabamba]</ref><ref>[http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/853984/-/whx3jl/-/index.html Colonel Geoffrey Kyazze is Commandant of KAWATS]</ref><ref>[http://newvision.co.ug/D/8/19/427401 Kalama Warfare Training School Located at Kabamba] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102023842/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/19/427401 |date=2014-11-02 }}</ref> * River Katonga lies immediately south of Kabamba * ''Villa Road'' runs through Kabamba, in a north to south direction. The road connects the Mubende-Kyegegwa Road to the north, with ''Villa Maria'', a suburb of Masaka to the south. * Uganda Military Academy - Located at Kabamba, Mubende District.

==References== {{reflist}}

=== Works cited === {{refbegin}} * {{cite book| last = Kainerugaba| first = Muhoozi| title = Battles of the Ugandan Resistance: A Tradition of Maneuver| publisher = Fountain Publishers|location=Kampala| date = 2010| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nXMs6f3tlmsC| isbn = 978-9970-25-032-5}} * {{cite book| last = Kasozi| first = A.| title = Social Origins of Violence in Uganda, 1964–1985| publisher = McGill-Queen's Press| date = 1994| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=BSpTgR9XrccC&dq=| location= Montreal| isbn = 978-0-7735-6487-9}} * {{cite book |last=Weinstein |first=Jeremy M. |year=2007 |title=Inside Rebellion: The Politics of Insurgent Violence |location=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-86077-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N3-pSjAWGccC }} {{refend}}

==External links== * [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=0.2500N,+31.1850E&hl=en&ll=0.251784,31.193147&spn=0.016136,0.022745&sll=0.251784,31.181688&sspn=0.016136,0.039096&t=p&z=15 Location of Kabamba At Google Maps]

Category:Populated places in Central Region, Uganda Category:Cities in the Great Rift Valley Category:Mubende District