Tororo Town

Location
The Tororo Town with  coordinates 00 41 34N, 34 10 52E is located in eastern Uganda and only 10 km from the Malaba  border with Kenya.  The town is  about 230 km from Kampala City, the capital city of Uganda.

History Of Tororo Town

Tororo was garrisoned by the Uganda Army's Air and Sea Battalion during the Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–79). On 2 March 1979, rebels loyal to Milton Obote attacked the town, whereupon part of the garrison defected while the rest was routed. Tororo was recaptured by the Uganda Army in a counter-attack two days later, though many local civilians were displaced by the fighting. A few weeks later, however, Ugandan President Idi Amin's rule throughout Uganda collapsed and the garrison of Tororo reportedly mutinied yet again. In late April 1979, the Tanzania People's Defence Force's (TPDF) 19th Battalion, 208th Brigade, moved into Tororo. They encountered no resistance. The town was largely deserted and completely looted. Journalists Tony Avirgan and Martha Honey stated that the local UA garrison had fled the city, whereas Tom Cooper and Adrien Fontanellaz claimed that the mutinous troops helped the anti-Amin forces to secure the town.

Tororo was captured by the National Resistance Army from the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) in early February 1986 during the Ugandan Bush War. The UNLA counter-attacked in an attempt to retake Tororo and turn the tide in the war, but was repelled.

Climate

Tororo has a tropical monsoon climate with a short dry season. The average annual temperature is 22.4 °C (72.3 °F) (average high 28.7 °C (83.7 °F) and average low 16.2 °C (61.2 °F)). Average annual precipitation is 1,494 millimetres (58.8 in). Tororo has many thunderstorms and may be the place where thunder occurs on more days than any other place on Earth. From September to December there is rain most days in the late afternoon. The drier and hotter season starts in December.

Tororo Cement Limited

Tororo Town is the home of Tororo Cement Factory  that produces the well known Tororo Cement.  Tororo Cement Limited (TCL) is the largest manufacturer of cement in Uganda producing an estimated 1million metric tons annually.

Key Attractions In Tororor

The key attractions in Tororo Town include the following:

• Tororo Rock. It is a steep volcano rock  located  about 5 km from Tororo Town. The tourist attraction of the town is the dominating rock outcrop that overlooks the town known as Tororo Rock. It is a hike that takes around an hour to the top. There used to be a cable car that took people to the top but this was closed down after a couple of people died in an accident. There is a fee for a tour guide at the bottom of the rock, just off the golf course.
• Golf club. The club is located in Osukuru Village near Tororo Town.

Points of interest

The following additional points of interest lie within the town limits or near its edges:

1. Offices of Tororo Town Council
2. The Tororo central market was knocked down in September 2017, to make way for a new indoor shopping centre that was predicted to be finished in 2020. This has led to a new market starting nearby in Water Village.
3. Tororo General Hospital, a 200-bed public hospital administered by the Uganda Ministry of Health.
4. Uganda Martyrs' Cathedral, the seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo
5. St. Anthony's Hospital, a 150-bed mission hospital affiliated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo
6. Christ the King Priory, a Benedictine monastery of the Congregation of Missionary Benedictines of Saint Ottilien
7. Tororo Airport, a public airport administered by the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda
8. Tororo Solar Power Station
9. Busitema University, one of the public universities in Uganda, located 28 kilometres (17 mi), by road, southwest of the central business district of Tororo town.

Sources

• Wikipedia