Kitikifumba is bordered by Bulindo to the east, Mulawa to the southeast, downtown Kira to the south, the village of Seeta to the west, Namavundu to the north-west, and Kitukutwe to the north. This is approximately 3.5 kilometres (2 mi), by road, northwest of downtown Kira, where the town council offices are located.[3] Kitikifumba is approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi), by road, north-east of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.[4] The coordinates of Kitikifumba are 0°25'14.0"N, 32°38'05.0"E (Latitude:0.420556; Longitude:32.634722).[5]
Overview
Up until the 1990s, Kitikifumba and neighboring Bulindo were villages with scattered low income residences and subsistence farms.[6] In 2001, the village was incorporated into Kira Town, the second-largest urban center in Uganda with a population of 313,761, according to the August 2014 national census.[7] During the 21st century, it has developed into an upper middle-class residential neighborhood with scattered business locations among the residences.[6]
In 2011, the government opened the Shimoni Primary Teachers College, which had been relocated from Kampala.[8] The college, built at an estimated cost of US$4 million (UGX:8 billion at that time), has a capacity of 450 student-teachers. During the construction, the Shimoni student-teachers were accommodated at Nyondo Teacher Training College in Mbale.[9][10] The teacher training college opened in January 2011.[2][8]
In January 2018, Shimoni Demonstration School, the teaching school for the Shimoni Primary Teachers College, was opened at Kitikifumba, adjacent to the college.[11]
