Kirinnya | |
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Coordinates: 00°19′55″N32°40′09″E / 0.33194°N 32.66917°E | |
Country | ![]() |
District | Wakiso District |
City | Kira, Uganda |
County | Kyaddondo |
Constituency | Kyaddondo East |
Government | |
• Member of parliament | Ibrahim Semujju Nganda |
Elevation | 3,810 ft (1,160 m) |
Kirinnya, is one of the six administrative wards in Kira Municipality in Wakiso District in the Central Region of Uganda. [1]
Kirinnya is located in Kirinnya Ward in south-eastern Kira Municipality. Kirinnya is approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi), by road, east of downtown Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. [2] Kirinnya is bordered by Bweyogerere to the north, Namanve to the north-east, Namilyango to the east, Murchison Bay to the south, and Butabika to the west and north-west. The coordinates of Kirinnya are 0°19'55.0"N, 32°40'09.0"E (Latitude:0.331944; Longitude:32.669167). [3]
Kirinnya is a middle-class residential neighborhood. In between the residential dwellings, are schools, churches, soccer fields, shops and supermarkets. [1] The Member of Parliament in the 10th Parliament (2061 to 2021) and the 11th Parliament (2021 to 2026), for Kira Municipality, (which includes Kirinnya) maintains his home in Kirinnya. [4]
1. Kirinnya Housing Estate: A development by Akright Projects Limited, the largest indigenous real estate developer in Uganda. It consists of about 150 bungalows in a gated planned community. [5]
2. St. Luke's Catholic Church [6]
3. Kirinnya Seventh Day Adventist Church [7]
4. St. John's Church, Kirinnya Parish: A place of worship affiliated with the Church of Uganda [8]
5. St. John's Primary School - Affiliated with St. John's Church of Uganda.
6. Maama Manjeri Boarding Primary School. [9]
7. Bukasa Inland Port: Approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi), south of Kirinnya, on the northern shores of Lake Nalubaale, is the site where Bukasa Inland Port is being developed. [10]
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