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Kiruhura 1990
Kiruhura District was created in July 2005 by an Act of Parliament. The district that
borders with seven districts lies in the cattle corridor in South-Western Uganda. The cattle
corridor stretches from the Karamoja region, through Teso, into parts of Eastern Uganda,
across the Lake Kyoga region, to Nakasongola and further down to Mbarara and Rakai. The
communities of Kiruhura were pastoralists living nomadic life and the animals reared were
NEMA file photo (2008)
Kiruhura
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