Places of interest - Uganda

Kampala - inner city:

Capital Kampala is far from a tourist goldmine with numerous sites but there are a number of interesting sights. First, you can still see a number of buildings in the center from the origin of Kampala. Most are situated in and around "Mengo" and "Kabaka's" palace in a walled city wall. You can view the Kasubi-tombs dating from the year 1881, the Parliament of Boeganda, the court of Justice of Boeganda and the place where the “Kabaka” were crowned. Kampala also has a number of religious buildings of different religions; for example, you can view the shiny white "Kibuli" mosque. The Roman Catholic "Rubaga" - and the Anglo "Namirembe" cathedral and the enormous "Hindu temple" in the city center complement the most important religious buildings. 

Other attractions:

The Uganda museum.

Before the arrival of the British, the area now called Kampala was one of the favorite hunting grounds of Mutesa I, the Kabaka, the king of Boeganda. The hilly area, with richly vegetated wetlands, lent itself well to the habitat of the impala and other antelopes. When the British arrived in the region they called them the “Impala Hills”. The present Kampala saw the light around 1880, when it was the capital of Boeganda. Ten years later the English built a fort on the Impala Hill and controlled the area from there. In 1962, when the country became independent, Kampala became the capital of Uganda. That was the responsibility of Entebbe.

In the conflict that led to the deposition of Idi Amin in 1979 (Ugandan-Tanzanian war) and the civil war afterwards, the city was badly damaged. The misery really came to an end when the army of the national resistance (under leadership of Yoweri Museveni) took over the city in 1986. Since then the city has been rebuilt with many new buildings such as banks, hotels, covered shopping centers, schools and hospitals. Kampala is severely affected by the AIDS issue. According to the Ministry of Health, 9.2% of adults and 47% of prostitutes are infected with HIV.