Timeline of Kampala

The following is a timeline of the history of Kampala, Buganda, Uganda.

Prior to 20th century

• 1881 - Kasubi Tombs built.
• 1885 - Mengo Palace built.
• 1890
  • East Africa Protectorate established.^[1]
  • Anglican church built on Namirembe Hill.
• 1897 - Mengo Hospital founded.

20th century

• 1901 - Kampala Sports Club formed.^[1]
• 1903 - Nsambya Hospital founded.
• 1904 - St. Paul's church built in Mengo.^[2]
• 1905 - Government station relocated to Nakasero Hill.^[1]
• 1906
  • Kampala designated a township; its area includes Mengo, Nakasero, Namirembe, Nsambya, and Lubaga hills.^[1]
  • Population: 30,000.^[3]
• 1908 - Uganda Museum founded.
• 1910 - Goan Institute established.^[1]
• 1911 - Kamapala Club founded.^[1]
• 1913 - Indian Association formed.^[1]
• 1915 - Port Bell-Kampala railway begins operating.^[4]
• 1917 - Kampala Public Library established.^[1]
• 1921 - Central Council of Indian Associations of Uganda headquartered in Kampala.^[1]
• 1922
  • Technical school established.
  • Population: 40,000 (approximate).^[5]
• 1925 - Speke Hotel in business.
• 1929 - Entebbe airfield begins operating.
• 1931 - Uganda Railway begins operating.
• 1948 - Catholic Vicariate of Kampala established.^[6]
• 1949
  • Kampala gains "municipal status".^[3]
  • Population: 58,000.^[3]
• 1950 - 28 July: Knifing at hospital.
• 1955 - Butabika Hospital opens.
• 1957 - Lugogo Cricket Oval in use.
• 1958 - Bulange constructed.
• 1959 - Serwano Kulubya becomes mayor.^[3]
• 1962 - Kampala becomes capital of Uganda.^[3]
• 1963 - City becomes part of republic of Uganda.^[7]
• 1964
  • Uganda Public Libraries Board headquartered in city.^[8]
  • Nommo Gallery established.^[9]
• 1965 - Apollo Hotel in business.
• 1966 - Battle of Mengo Hill.
• 1967
  • East African Development Bank headquartered in Kampala.
  • Ugandan National Theatre established.^[10]
• 1968 - Kawempe, Kyambogo, Luzira, Makindye, Mmengo, Nakawa, Nakulabye, Natete, and Ntinda villages become part of Kampala.^[3]
• 1969
  • Catholic pope visits city.^[3]
  • Population: 330,700.^[11]
• 1970 - Crested Towers built.
• 1971 - 25 January: Coup.
• 1975
  • July: Organisation of African Unity summit meeting held.^[3]
  • Kibuli Hospital founded.
• 1978 - October: Uganda–Tanzania War begins.
• 1979 - 11 April: Fall of Kampala.^[12]
• 1980
  • Uganda House built.
  • Population: 458,503.^[11]
• 1986
  • City taken by National Resistance Army rebels.^[7]
  • Watoto Church founded.^[13]
• 1991 - Population: 774,241.^[11]
• 1994
  • Monitor newspaper begins publication.
  • 26 June: Shooting at wedding.
  • Sanyu TV begins broadcasting.^[14]
• 1996
  • Nasser Sebaggala becomes mayor.
  • International Hospital Kampala founded.
• 1997 - Namboole Stadium opens.
• 1998 - Bugala study center established.
• 1999
  • John Ssebaana Kizito becomes mayor.
  • Communications House built.

21st century

• 2001
  • City limits expanded.
  • Red Pepper newspaper begins publication.^[15]
  • Workers' House and Amamu House built.
• 2002
  • Baganda political demonstration.^[16]
  • Population: 1,189,142.^[11]
• 2004 - The Observer newspaper begins publication.^[15]
• 2005
  • East African Business Week begins publication.^[15]
  • Uganda Buddhist Centre founded.
  • October: Funeral of Milton Obote.
• 2006
  • Nasser Sebaggala becomes mayor again.
  • Kampala Mosque and skateboarding half-pipe built.^[17]
  • Kampala Serena Hotel in business.
• 2007
  • April: Racial unrest.^[7]
  • November: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2007.^[18]
  • The Independent news magazine begins publication.^[15]
  • Uganda Community Libraries Association headquartered in Kampala.^[19]
  • Imperial Royale Hotel in business.
  • Tabu Flo dance troupe formed.^[20]
• 2008 - Memonet (media network) formed.^[15]
• 2009 - September: Conflict between Buganda partisans and police.^[21][22]
• 2010
  • March: Student unrest.^[23]
  • 11 July: Bombing.^[7]
  • Rolling Stone newspaper begins publication.
• 2011
  • April: Economic protest.^[24]
  • Erias Lukwago becomes mayor.
  • Population: 1,659,000.^[25]
• 2012 - Mapeera House (Centenary Bank) built.
• 2013
  • Google office in business.^[26]
  • Writivism Literary Festival begins.^[27]
  • Air pollution in Kampala reaches annual mean of 104 PM2.5 and 170 PM10, much higher than recommended.^[28]
• 2014
  • DFCU Group & DFCU Bank move into their new headquarters at DFCU House.^[29]

See also

• Kampala Capital City Authority
• History of Uganda

References

1. The Red Book 1922-23: Handbook and Directory for Kenya Colony and Protectorate, Uganda Protectorate, Tanganyika Territory, and Zanzibar Sultanate. Nairobi: East African Standard Ltd. 1922.
2. "Uganda", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
3. David Kiyaga-Mulindwa (2004). "Kampala". In Kevin Shillington. Encyclopedia of African History. Routledge. pp. 731–2. ISBN 978-1-135-45670-2.
4. "Railway Age Gazette". New York. 1915.
5. "Uganda", Encyclopaedia Britannica (12th ed.), London: Encyclopaedia Britannica Co., 1922
6. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Uganda". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 September 2014.
7. "Uganda Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
8. C.J. Endra (2002), "Public and School Libraries in Uganda", Proceedings of the PanAfrican PanArab Conference on Public and School Libraries, Netherlands: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, ISBN 9070916851
9. "Uganda National Cultural Centre". Retrieved 23 February 2013.
10. Don Rubin, ed. (1997), World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre, London: Routledge
11. "Uganda". www.citypopulation.de. Oldenburg, Germany: Thomas Brinkhoff. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
12. "Uganda". Political Chronology of Africa. Political Chronologies of the World. Europa Publications. 2001. ISBN 0203409957.
13. "Watotochurch.com". Retrieved 23 February 2013.
14. "Uganda: Directory". Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857431839.
15. Karen Fung (ed.). "Uganda: News". Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources. USA: Stanford University. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
16. Ari Nave (2010). "Kampala". In Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates. Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. p. 630. ISBN 978-0-19-533770-9.
17. Bosman, Julie (15 July 2012). "Big Air In Kampala". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
18. Andreas Mehler; et al., eds. (2008). "Uganda". Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2007. 4. Koninklijke Brill. ISBN 90-04-16805-2.
19. "Uganda Community Libraries Association". Retrieved 30 October 2014.
20. "Economist". 24 February 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
21. "Kampala hit by renewed violence". BBC News. 11 September 2009.
22. "Nine Dead in Kampala Riots". Global Voices. 11 September 2009.
23. "Uganda: Students riot, Kampala burns". Global Voices. 17 March 2010.
24. "Protests in Uganda Over Rising Prices Grow Violent", New York Times, 21 April 2011
25. "The State of African Cities 2014". United Nations Human Settlements Programme. ISBN 978-92-1-132598-0.
26. "Company: Locations". Google Inc. Archived from the original on 15 August 2013.
27. "We need to create awareness about African literature produced here", The EastAfrican, 4 July 2014
28. World Health Organization (2016), Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database, Geneva
29. Ladu, Ismail Musa (27 June 2014). "Dfcu Shareholders Get Dividends Despite Difficult Business Times". Daily Monitor (Kampala). Retrieved 20 June 2015.

Further reading

• David Parkin (1969). Neighbours and Nationals in an African City Ward. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-53248-1. (about Kampala)
• Noelle Watson, ed. (1996). "Kampala". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa. UK: Routledge. ISBN 1884964036.
• Kampala City Development Strategy, UN-HABITAT, 2003
• Creole and Tribal Designs: Dar Es Salaam and Kampala as Ethnic Cities in Coalescing Nation States, London: Crisis States Research Centre, 2008 – via International Relations and Security Network
• T. Goodfellow (2010). “’The bastard child of nobody’? Anti-planning and the institutional crisis in Kampala”, Crisis Research Centre.
• S. Lwasa (2010). “Adapting urban areas in Africa to climate change: the case of Kampala”, Current Opinion in Environment and Sustainability, Vol. 2.
• T. Goodfellow and K. Titeca. (2012). ‘Presidential intervention and the changing ‘politics of survival’ in Kampala’s informal economy’, Cities, Vol. 29 (4).
• Philip Briggs (2013). "Kampala". Uganda. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 133+. ISBN 978-1-84162-467-9.
• Tom Goodfellow. ‘Urban planning in Africa and the politics of implementation: contrasting patterns of state intervention in Kampala and Kigali’, in: Arlt, V. and Macamo, E. and Obrist, B., (eds.) Living the City. Zurich: Lit Verlag, 2013.
• E.N. Sabiiti; C.B. Katongole (2014). "Urban Agriculture: a Response to the Food Supply Crisis in Kampala City, Uganda". In Basant Maheshwari. Security of Water, Food, Energy and Liveability of Cities: Challenges and Opportunities for Peri-Urban Futures. Springer. ISBN 978-94-017-8878-6.

External links

• "(Articles related to Kampala)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre.