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Busia
district, which is at the Uganda-Kenya border
in the eastern region, was originally part of
Tororo district. It became a district on March
20 1997.
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Neighbours
The
district is bordered by Bugiri district to the
west, Tororo district to the north and the Republic
of Kenya to the east.
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| Busia
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Population
According
to the 1991 housing and population census, Busia district
had a total population of 163,597. This was composed
of 79,218 males and 84,379 females. The preliminary
results of the 2002 housing and population census indicate
that the district has a total population of 227,561,
of whom males are 109,960 and females 117,601
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Infrastructure
The
district has a total road network of 710 km composed
of 30km of tarmac roads and 56 km earth / gravel. Community
roads cover about 200 km, while feeder road coverage
is 251.3 km or 62 percent of the district, according
to January 2003 figures from the district’s Works
department.
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The
district does not have a hospital, which means
it has to depend on neighbouring districts for
secondary health care services. This calls for
an efficient referral system (e.g. radio communication,
ambulances, etc), which are all lacking.
There
are 18 health centres in the district. Of them,
Masafu and Busia are categorised at Health Centre
IV; Dabani, Busitema, Buteba, Bulumbi, Lumino,
Lunyo, Buhehe and Masaba as Health Centre III.
Hasyule, Buwembe, Lunyo, Bumunji, Lumino, Sibona,
Habuleke and Busime are Health Centre II.
It
is estimated that only 37 percent of the entire
district population was within a radius of less
than 2 km from a health facility. The furthest
some people have to travel to get to a facility
is 10 km.
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Busia
district is graced with 12 Nursery schools, 124
Primary schools, 31 Secondary schools, 1 Technical
institution, 1 National Agricultural College and
1 Technical school.
Primary
school enrollment has risen from 73,105 in 2001
to 78,069 by July 2002 and is projected to be
83,534 in 2003. The number of school age pupils
(6-17years) is estimated to be 85,876 in 2002
and out of these 7,807 are children out of school.
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Busia
District has a total land area of 743 sq. km,
of which 611.3 sq. km. is arable land. The average
farm size is 2.5 ha, and commercial agriculture
uses up to 0.5 percent of this land.
The
major crops grown in Busia include millet, maize,
ground nuts, cassava, cotton, sweet potatoes,
soya beans, coffee, and sorghum
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