Busia District

Busia District borders Tororo District to the north, Busia County, Kenya to the east, Namayingo District to the south, and to the south-west, and Bugiri District to the west. Busia, Uganda, the site of the district headquarters, is approximately 35 km (22 mi) by road south of Tororo, the nearest large town.^[1]

At the 1991 national population census, the population in the district was estimated at 163,600. In 2002, the national census estimated the population at 225,000. In 2012, the mid-year population was estimated at 297,600.^[2]

Notable people from Busia District include:

• Aggrey Awori -,Former Uganda Minister of Information Technology (2009-2011)
• Barbara Nekesa Oundo, former state minister for Karamoja affairs and the Busia District women's representative in the parliament (since 2011)
• Benjamin Joseph Odoki, former chief justice of Uganda
• James Munange Ogoola, former principal judge of Uganda
• Denis Onyango, Ugandan international association football goalkeeper
• Gabriel Opio, former minister of gender, culture and labour (2009-2011)
• Fred Wabwire-Mangen, professor of epidemiology, Makerere University School of Public Health
• Erasmus Desiderius Wandera, Roman Catholic bishop, Diocese of Soroti (1980-2007)
• Kevinah Taaka Wanaha Wandera, former Member of Parliament, Busia Municipality (2011-2016)
• Barnabas Nawangwe, Professor of Architecture and current Vice Chancellor of Makerere University

The following points of interest are in the district:

• Majanji landing site on Lake Victoria for fish, which is one of the main foods in the district.
• Busitema Forest is roughly 25 km² (10 sq mi); it is bisected by the main highway between Uganda and Kenya in Busia.
• Busitema University is a Government University located within the district.

• Busia County
• Districts of Uganda