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Thursday, 20 November 2008  
 
About Busoga: INFRASTRUCTURE
 



Right from the pre-colonial through the colonial and post colonial period, Busoga kingdom worked hard to improve and build better infrastructure for its population. The developed infrastructure ensured the high productivity, transportation of produce and goods to market centres and facilitated quick service delivery.

The area enjoyed an average level of infrastructural development including railway and road network hydro-electricity, telecommunication services and water.

Busoga kingdom benefits in the railway network that crossed through from Kenya - Mombasa, to Kampala via Jinja. During the colonial age 1921 - 1960s, Busoga accessed services, like transportation of cotton from north Busoga and across the Nile through Namasagali railway station. Also other resources like timber, coffee and food stuffs were siphoned from the region by railway while some the essential goods entered into into through the Jinja pier at ripon falls.

While the steady power supply at the Owen falls dam quickened the industrial revolution in Jinja, the steady supply of labour and raw materials facilitated the quick transformation of the area into an industrial herb in the east.

Busoga benefited alot from its location along the major coastal trade route that connects Port Mombasa to Kampala and extends to Congo and Kigali in Rwanda.The efficient road network throughout Busoga with both all wealther tarmac and murram roads enables movement of resources and mobility of people.

The rich natural endowments of both lake Victoria and River Nile; other geographical features that ensured good climate in th area, accompanied by an increasing telecommunication infrastructures; like internet services, phones and FM radio stations, today greatly contribute to the Kingdom’s development although not at a speed expected.

 

 
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