Kira Town
Kira Town, a municipality in the Wakiso District of the Central Region of Uganda, is the country's second most populous city.
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.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Kira Town
5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Mandela National Stadium
Mandela National Stadium, also known as Namboole Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Uganda. It is named after the former South African President and anti-apartheid icon, Nelson Mandela.
6 km · multi-purpose stadium in Kampala, Uganda · Wikipedia - 02Kyambogo University
Kyambogo University is a public university in Uganda. It is one of the largest universities in Uganda, and is among the eight public universities and degree-awarding institutions in the country.
5.3 km · public university in Uganda · Wikipedia - 03Basilica of the Uganda Martyrs
The Basilica of the Uganda Martyrs, Namugongo is a Latin Catholic minor basilica dedicated to the Ugandan Martyrs.
1.9 km · Christian basilica in Namugongo, Uganda · Wikipedia - 04Uganda Martyrs Museum
Uganda Martyrs Museum is a Ugandan museum located in Namugongo Kyaliwajjala Ward, in Kira Municipality, Wakiso District.
3.1 km · The Uganda Martyrs Museum in Namugongo is a renowned faith-based and pilgrimage-based tourist site located in Uganda. It commemorates the 25 Christian converts who were martyred for their faith. · Wikipedia - 05BRIMS Heritage Resource Centre
BRIMS Heritage Resource Centre is a community museum and heritage centre located in Namugongo, Uganda. It was founded by Emmanuel Ssemwanga and Aidah Nakitende and is dedicated to preserving, conserving and exhibiting Uganda’s cultural and technological heritage.
2.9 km · community museum and resource centre in Uganda · Wikipedia
Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Getting to Kira Town
- Airports
- Entebbe (EBB), 45 km · Kisumu (KIS), 239 km · Eldoret (EDL), 289 km
- Entebbe → Kira Town3486 km · quickest by air, 12h 54m · USh1,146,500–1,777,060
- Kisumu → Kira Town3529 km · quickest by road, 79h 51m · KSh23,150–30,900
- Eldoret → Kira Town3468 km · quickest by road, 79h 16m · KSh23,050–30,700
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Kira Town
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kira Town. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBy Rideshare (Uber/Faras/ Bolt) - at least 80,000 UGX, depending on your accommodation By Boda-Boda/shared taxi (matatu) - around 7000 UGX.
- Get inIn the city, take a Matatu to Kampala for around 3500.
- Get aroundThere are three methods of public transport: boda-bodas, matatu and special hires.
- Get aroundThe fastest and most dangerous method is the boda-boda.
- Get aroundBoda-bodas are dangerous however, as the drivers will do whatever it takes to get you to your destination quickly.
From Wikivoyage: Kampala, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Kira Town
- Bweyogerereplace in Wakiso District, Uganda4.6 km
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- Sondeplace in Mukono District, Uganda5.3 km