Kawanda
Kawanda is a town in Wakiso District, Central Uganda. Location. The town is in Kawanda Parish, Nabweru Sub-county, being one of the six parishes in that administrative unit. Kawanda is approximately , by road, north of Kampala, the capital and largest city in Uganda. This is approximately south of Karuma Falls, on the Kampala–Gulu Highway. The coordinates of the Kawanda are 0°25'14.0"N, 32°32'26.0"E (Latitude:0.420556; Longitude:32.540556). Overview. Kawanda is the location of Kawanda National Agricultural Research Laboratory (NARL), a unit of the "National Agricultural Research Organisation" (NARO). NARL carries out crop research, focusing primarily on  banana varieties and their diseases. The Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL), maintains a major electricity substation that receives high voltage power from Bujagali Power Station via of 220kV cables. A 440kV electricity power line from Karuma Power Station is under construction to the UETCL substation in Kawanda, under the supervision of Intec Gopa International Energy Consultants GmbH of the Federal Republic of Germany.