District of Eastern Uganda

Agriculture, with a main emphasis on food crops

Kaberamaido has an underdeveloped road network. Roads do not exist in some parts of the district greatly hindering transport

The district has a total of 86 primary schools with 79 government and 7 community schools. For secondary schools, the district has over 15 schools, 5 are government, 3 private and 7 community.

There is no Government dispensary, 7 health centres at the county level, 1 health centre at sub-county level. There are 2 private/NGO dispensaries, 1 clinic and no health centre.

The main languages are :

• Ateso
• Kumam
• Kiswahili

Area Specific Profiles

Population Statistics – National Population and Housing Census 2014

Area Specific Profiles – Kaberamaido District

Male: 102,250 Female 104,245 Urban 57,902 Rural 148,593 Total 206,495

• Two out of every 25 (8%) children less than 18 years of age were orphaned;
• One in every 16 (6% ) of the girls aged 12 to 17 years had already given birth;
• One in every 15 (6.5%) of the girls aged 12 – 17 had ever been in a marriage union;
– National Population and Housing Census 2014 Area Specific Profiles – Kaberamaido District

Kaberamaido District local government Statistical Abstract- June 2012

Uganda Bureau of Statistics 2017, The National Population and Housing Census 2014 – Area Specific Profile Series- Kampala, Uganda.