Buwama

Buwama is a town in the Buganda Region of Uganda.

Location

Buwama is in Mpigi District on the Kampala–Masaka Road, approximately, by road, south-west of Mpigi, the location of the district headquarters. This is approximately, north-east of Kayabwe, the town to Buwama's immediate south, along the Masaka Highway. Buwama is about, by road, south-west of Kampala, Uganda's capital city.
The coordinates of Buwama are 0°03'48.0"N, 32°06'23.0"E
. The town sits at an average elevation of above sea level.

Overview

Buwama is a growing urban centre along the Masaka Highway, just north of the Equator. The town is connected to the national electricity grid. The town has access to potable piped water following improvements between 2011 and 2017, funded with loans from the African Development Bank.
Other facilities available include three farmers markets, a soccer stadium, a police station and a magistrate's court. Also present are two petrol stations, a radio station and a number of schools. Buwama Health Centre III, a public healthcare facility offers healthcare services to the public.

Population

The population of Buwama was estimated at 16,000 people, as of June 2017.

Challenges

As of June 2017, the town had two major changes. The first was the town's inability to dispose of garbage in a sustainable, healthy, environmentally friendly manner. The other challenge was high level of homicide, with twenty murders in the two years prio to that.