Katwe is an area in the city of Kampala , Uganda 's capital. Katwe, located in Makindye Division , [1] is bordered by Nakasero to the north, Nsambya to the east, Kibuye and Makindye to the southeast, Ndeeba to the south and Mengo to the west. The road distance between Kampala's central business district and Katwe is approximately 3 kilometres 1. At the time of Uganda's Independence from Britain in , Katwe was a center of African ingenuity, where artisans , craftsmen and technicians repaired imported electronics , automobiles , televisions , refrigerators and all kinds of appliances.
Over the next half a century, that ingenuity has sharpened, the industry has thrived and taken in more apprentices and the range of articles locally manufactured has increased. In , it was estimated that Katwe employed over 3, artisans and metal fabricators in over individual small enterprises. The Katwe artisans now collaborate with Makerere University 's Faculty of Technology, to take their industry to the next level.
These have included cooked food vendors , wholesalers of local foodstuffs, herbalists and owners of small transportation companies. One such an entrepreneur is Namutebi, a herbalist and owner of a transportation company. Katwe has also attracted young men and women, with little education and practical skills who have resorted to all manner of crime, ranging from prostitution and petty thievery to armed robbery and murder.
Katwe remains one of the highest crime-ridden areas in Kampala. The residential areas of Katwe have been a slum , right from when human habitation started to appear along the railway tracks leading from Kampala to Kasese in the first half of the 20th century.
However, starting around , respectable office space started to appear on Katwe's main streets. Equity Bank maintains its headquarters in the area, having acquired Uganda Microfinance Limited which had established its headquarters there in August From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
