Timeline of Kampala

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kampala, Buganda, Uganda.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

Prior to 20th century

• 1881 - Kasubi Tombs built.
• 1885 - Mengo Palace built.
• 1894
  • Uganda Protectorate established.
  • Anglican church built on Namirembe Hill.
• 1897 - Mengo Hospital founded.

20th century

• 1901 - Kampala Sports Club formed.
• 1903 - Nsambya Hospital founded.
• 1904 - St. Paul's church built in Mengo.
• 1905 - Government station relocated to Nakasero Hill.
• 1906
  • Kampala designated a township; its area includes Mengo, Nakasero, Namirembe, Nsambya, and Lubaga hills.
  • Population: 30,000.
• 1908 - Uganda Museum founded.
• 1910 - Goan Institute established.
• 1911 - Kampala Club founded.
• 1913 - Indian Association formed.
• 1915 - Port Bell-Kampala railway begins operating.
• 1917 - Kampala Public Library established.
• 1921 - Central Council of Indian Associations of Uganda headquartered in Kampala.
• 1922
  • Technical school established.
  • Population: 40,000 (approximate).
• 1925 - Speke Hotel in business.
• 1929 - Entebbe airfield begins operating.
• 1931 - Uganda Railway begins operating.
• 1948 - Catholic Vicariate of Kampala established.
• 1949
  • Kampala gains "municipal status".
  • Population: 58,000.
• 1950 - 28 July: Knifing at hospital.
• 1955 - Butabika Hospital opens.
• 1957 - Lugogo Cricket Oval in use.
• 1958 - Bulange constructed.
• 1959
  • Serwano Kulubya becomes mayor.
  • Population: 46,735 city; 123,332 urban agglomeration.
• 1962 - Kampala becomes capital of Uganda.
• 1963 - City becomes part of republic of Uganda.
• 1964
  • Uganda Public Libraries Board headquartered in city.
  • Nommo Gallery established.
• 1965 - Apollo Hotel in business.
• 1966 - Battle of Mengo Hill.
• 1967
  • East African Development Bank headquartered in Kampala.
  • Ugandan National Theatre established.
• 1968 - Kawempe, Kyambogo, Luzira, Makindye, Mmengo, Nakawa, Nakulabye, Natete, and Ntinda villages become part of Kampala.
  • A. G. Mehta, a Member of Parliament and member of the Uganda People's Congress (UPC), becomes the mayor of Kampala.
• 1969
  • Catholic pope visits city.
  • Mayor A.G. Mehta dies in office on March 10.
  • Population: 330,700 urban agglomeration.
• 1970 - Crested Towers built.
• 1971 - 25 January: Coup.
• 1975
  • July: Organisation of African Unity summit meeting held.
  • Kibuli Hospital founded.
• 1978 - October: Uganda–Tanzania War begins.
• 1979 - 11 April: Fall of Kampala.
• 1980
  • Uganda House built.
  • Population: 458,503.
• 1986
  • City taken by National Resistance Army rebels.
  • Watoto Church founded.
• 1991 - Population: 774,241.
• 1994
  • Monitor newspaper begins publication.
  • 26 June: Shooting at wedding.
  • Sanyu TV begins broadcasting.
• 1996
  • Nasser Sebaggala becomes mayor.
  • International Hospital Kampala founded.
• 1997 - Namboole Stadium opens.
• 1998 - Bugala study center established.
• 1999
  • John Ssebaana Kizito becomes mayor.
  • Communications House built.

21st century

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Aerial view of Kampala, 2014

• 2001
  • City limits expanded.
  • Red Pepper newspaper begins publication.
  • Workers' House and Amamu House built.
• 2002
  • Baganda political demonstration.
  • Population: 1,189,142.
• 2004 - The Observer newspaper begins publication.
• 2005
  • East African Business Week begins publication.
  • Uganda Buddhist Centre founded.
  • October: Funeral of Milton Obote.
• 2006
  • Nasser Sebaggala becomes mayor again.
  • Kampala Mosque and skateboarding half-pipe built.
  • Kampala Serena Hotel in business.
• 2007
  • April: Racial unrest.
  • November: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2007.
  • The Independent news magazine begins publication.
  • Uganda Community Libraries Association headquartered in Kampala.
  • Imperial Royale Hotel in business.
  • Tabu Flo dance troupe formed.
• 2008 - Memonet (media network) formed.
• 2009 - September: Conflict between Buganda partisans and police.
• 2010
  • March: Student unrest.
  • 11 July: Bombings.
  • Rolling Stone newspaper begins publication.
• 2011
  • April: Economic protest.
  • Erias Lukwago becomes mayor.
  • Population: 1,659,000.
• 2012 - Mapeera House (Centenary Bank) built.
• 2013
  • Google office in business.
  • Writivism Literary Festival begins.
  • Air pollution in Kampala reaches annual mean of 104 PM2.5 and 170 PM10, much higher than recommended.
• 2014
  • DFCU Group & DFCU Bank move into their new headquarters at DFCU House.
  • Population: 1,507,114.
• 2021 - Attempted assassination of Katumba Wamala

See also

• Kampala Capital City Authority
• List of mayors of Kampala
• History of Uganda

Bibliography

• (about Kampala)
• T. Goodfellow (2010). “’The bastard child of nobody’? Anti-planning and the institutional crisis in Kampala”, Crisis Research Centre.
• S. Lwasa (2010). “Adapting urban areas in Africa to climate change: the case of Kampala”, Current Opinion in Environment and Sustainability, Vol. 2.
• (Includes articles about Kampala)
• T. Goodfellow and K. Titeca. (2012). ‘Presidential intervention and the changing ‘politics of survival’ in Kampala’s informal economy’, Cities, Vol. 29 (4).
• Tom Goodfellow. ‘Urban planning in Africa and the politics of implementation: contrasting patterns of state intervention in Kampala and Kigali’, in: Arlt, V. and Macamo, E. and Obrist, B., (eds.) Living the City. Zurich: Lit Verlag, 2013.

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