Kira Town , a municipality in the Wakiso District of the Central Region of Uganda , is the country's second most populous city. It is administered by the Kira Town Council, an urban local government .
25-468: Kira town council was elevated to Municipal level by an Act of Parliament and became operational in financial year 2016/2017 under vote 781. Kira Municipality is bordered by Gayaza to the north, Mukono to the east, Lake Victoria to the south, Kampala to the west, and Kasangati to the north-west. The town is approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) north-east of the central business district of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of
50-420: A new apparent power ( S ), measured in volt-amperes: The relationship between real power and apparent power is described by the power factor . With a purely resistive load, they are the same: the apparent power is equal to the real power. Where a reactive (capacitive or inductive) component is present in the load, the apparent power is greater than the real power as voltage and current are no longer in phase. In
75-662: A palace on Kireka Hill , in Kireka Ward. Mandela National Stadium is the largest stadium in Uganda, with a sitting capacity of 45,202 people. It is at Namboole, in Bweyogerere Ward . The Kampala Northern Bypass Highway , also referred to as the Northern Bypass, is the first dual-carriage interstate highway to be built in Uganda. It forms an incomplete circle around the north-east, north, and north-west of
100-626: A private, multi-campus university, received a provisional license from the Uganda National Council for Higher Education . SAIU is one of a number of private universities accredited between 2010 and 2014. It maintains a campus at Namugongo , where it hosts its College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine. Gayaza Gayaza is a town in Wakiso District in the Buganda Region of Uganda . Gayaza
125-401: A relatively rapid rate compared to the national average over the last decade. Part of the rapid growth is attributable to the town's proximity to Kampala. Kira is a bedroom community for Kampala. The national census in 2002 estimated Kira's population to be 140,774 people, of whom 67,222 (47.8 percent) were males and 73,548 (52.2 percent) were females. The Uganda Bureau of Statistics estimated
150-601: Is Mr. Yiga Benon as the Municipal Town Clerk. Each division is politically led by the chairperson and a Senior Assistant Town Clerk as the technical head at that level. The supreme policy-making organ is the Municipal Council, composed of 17 elected councillors. Kira Municipality is the largest town (municipality) in Uganda by population. The town is the second-largest urban center in the country, after Kampala. The population of Kira Town has grown at
175-634: Is in the North Kyaddondo Constituency , Kyaddondo County. The town is approximately 2.5 kilometres (2 mi), north-east of Kasangati , on the Kampala–Ziroobwe Road . This is approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi), by road, north-east of Kampala , the capital and largest city of Uganda. The coordinates of Gayaza are 0°27'03.0"N, 32°36'42.0"E (Latitude:0.450833; Longitude:32.611667). Gayaza lies at an average elevation of 1,146 metres (3,760 ft), above sea level. In
200-422: Is the unit of measurement for apparent power in an electrical circuit . It is the product of the root mean square voltage (in volts ) and the root mean square current (in amperes ). Volt-amperes are usually used for analyzing alternating current (AC) circuits. In direct current (DC) circuits, this product is equal to the real power , measured in watts . The volt-ampere is dimensionally equivalent to
225-597: Is the neighborhood are (g) Kampala Ice Motel, an international-standard, Holiday Inn -like motel established in 2013. (h) the Gayaza–Kalagi Road , connects Gayaza to Kalagi in Mukono District , a distance of approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi). 00°27′03″N 32°36′42″E / 0.45083°N 32.61167°E / 0.45083; 32.61167 Volt-ampere The volt-ampere ( SI symbol : VA , sometimes V⋅A or V A )
250-484: The watt : in SI units , 1 V⋅A = 1 W. VA rating is most used for generators and transformers, and other power handling equipment, where loads may be reactive (inductive or capacitive). For a simple electrical circuit running on direct current , the electrical current and voltage are constant. In that case, the real power ( P , measured in watts ) is the product of the current ( I , measured in amperes ) and
275-535: The Ugandan government. Other points of interest include (d) Makerere University Agricultural Research institute, Kabanyolo , an animal and crop farm and research institute, shred between the Colleges of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine of Makerere University. (e) Kira Farm Training Center, a residential vocational training school situated on 22 acres (9 ha) of land. (f) Gayaza Fresh Produce Market Also
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#1732791799625300-738: The city of Kampala and return to Kira in the evenings to sleep. The Kampala Industrial and Business Park , an 894 hectares (2,210 acres) business development park developed by the Uganda Investment Authority at a cost of about US$ 180 million (about UGX:470.5 billion), is located at Namanve in Bweyogerere Ward in extreme southeastern Kira Town. The Catholic Basilica of the Uganda Martyrs has been built at Namugongo in Kyaliwajjala Ward, where
325-544: The city of Kampala. The northern and eastern portion of the highway traverses Bweyogerere and Kireka wards, in Kira Town. In 2015, the electricity distribution company Umeme built a 40 mega Volt-ampere substation in the Nsasa neighborhood of Kira Town, at a cost of US$ 7 million (UGX:24 billion). This substation is expected to stabilize the electricity grid and reduce power losses in this fast-growing urban area. Constructing
350-439: The device. When a UPS powers equipment which presents a reactive load with a low power factor, neither limit may safely be exceeded. For example, a (large) UPS system rated to deliver 400,000 volt-amperes (400 kVA) at 220 volts can deliver a current of 1818 amperes (these are RMS values). VA ratings are also often used for transformers; maximum output current is then VA rating divided by nominal output voltage. Transformers with
375-508: The early 20th century, Gayaza started as a road junction, where the road to Gayaza High School branched off the main road from Kampala to Kalagi . Shops began to appear in the middle of the century when the Uganda Ministry of Agriculture opened an agricultural research center at Namulonge . Later, Makerere University opened a crop and animal farm at Kabanyolo to cater for the faculties of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine. Today,
400-413: The limiting case of a purely reactive load, current is drawn but no power is dissipated in the load. Some devices, including uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs), have ratings both for maximum volt-amperes and maximum watts. A common prefixed derived unit is "kilovolt-ampere" (symbol kVA). The VA rating is limited by the maximum permissible current, and the watt rating by the power-handling capacity of
425-553: The majority of the 22 Catholic Uganda Martyrs (now Saints ) were burned alive on the orders of Ssekabaka Mwanga II in the late 19th century. An Anglican shrine, administered by the Church of Uganda , is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of the basilica, at the site where another group of martyrs were murdered for their beliefs. Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II and the Nnabagereka of Buganda , Sylvia Nagginda , maintain
450-665: The mid-year 2010 population to be 172,300 and the mid-year 2011 population to be 179,800. The town planner, however, estimated the population to be 300,000 in 2010. In August 2014, the national population census put the population at 317,157. In 2020, UBOS estimated the population of Kira Town to be 462,900 people. The population agency calculated that the population of the municipality grew at an average rate of 6.68 percent annually, between 2014 and 2020. A large number of young adults are engaged in boda boda (motorcycle and bicycle) for-hire transportation. Increasingly, residents of Kira Town are employed in salaried and non-salaried positions in
475-453: The same sized core usually have the same VA rating. The convention of using the volt-ampere to distinguish apparent power from real power is allowed by the SI standard. In electric power transmission and distribution , volt-ampere reactive ( var ) is a unit of measurement of reactive power . Reactive power exists in an AC circuit when the current and voltage are not in phase. The term var
500-698: The substation cost US$ 5 million, while US$ 2 million was spent on the erection of feeder lines. The Public Health Department of Kira Municipality is determined to improve the living conditions of its citizens, through detailed attention to sanitation, provision of safe drinking water, safe disposal of human and other waste, and the maintenance of hygiene in schools, markets, and other public places. Plans are underway to formulate minimum acceptable hygiene standards for private and public buildings and open spaces. Efforts are underway to assist citizens in starting income-producing activities, including growing mushrooms. A number of first class primary and secondary schools are in
525-528: The town are 0°23'50.0"N, 32°38'26.0"E (Latitude:0.397237; Longitude:32.640557). The town is approximately 98 square kilometres (24,000 acres) in size. Kira Municipality is made up of three divisions of Namugongo, Kira and Bweyogere which are further divided into six administrative parishes . These are: The political head of the Municipality is His Worship the Mayor. Julius Mutebi Nsubuga and Technical head
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#1732791799625550-838: The town. In January 2011, the Shimoni Core Primary Teachers' College opened at Kitikifumba village in Kira Town. The college, formerly located on Nakasero Hill in Kampala, was established by the British government in 1952. In 2006, the former location was sold to an investor to construct the Kampala Intercontinental Hotel . The new location occupies 25 acres (10 ha). The facilities can accommodate approximately 450 students. The new college cost approximately UGX:8 billion to build. In 2011, St. Augustine International University (SAIU),
575-710: The township continues to grow and is continuous with Kasangati , a short distance to the south-east. The following points of interest lie within Gayaza township or close to its borders: (a) Gayaza High School , an all-girls' boarding middle and high school established in 1905. (b) the Gayaza–Ziroobwe Road , a 27 kilometres (17 mi) road that connects Gayaza to Ziroobwe in Luweero District (c) National Crops Resources Research Institute (NACRRI) at Namulonge , an agricultural research institute belonging to
600-590: The voltage from one side of the circuit to the other ( V , measured in volts ): For alternating current , both the voltage and current are oscillating. Instantaneous power is still the product of instantaneous current and instantaneous voltage, but if both of those are ideal sine waves driving a purely resistive load (like an incandescent light bulb), average power becomes (with subscripts designating average (av), peak amplitude (pk) and root mean square (rms)): More generally, when voltage and current are not in phase, these products no longer represent average power but
625-756: Was proposed by the Romanian electrical engineer Constantin Budeanu and introduced in 1930 by the IEC in Stockholm , which has adopted it as the unit for reactive power. Special instruments called varmeters are available to measure the reactive power in a circuit. The unit "var" is allowed by the International System of Units (SI) even though the unit var is representative of a form of power. Per EU directive 80/181/EEC (the "metric directive"),
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