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Luuka district is bordered by Buyende District in the north, Kaliro District to the northwest, Iganga District to the southwest, Mayuge district to the south, Jinja District to the southwest and Kamuli district to the northwest. Luuka, where the district headquarters are located is about 33 kilometers (21 Miles) byu road, northwest of Iganga, the nearest large town. The coordinates of the district are :00 42N, 33 18E
 
Politicians in Luuka
John B Bagoole Independent   Luuka District
Evelyn Naome Mpagi N. Kaabule NRM Woman Representative Luuka District
 
District Speaker - Luwaawo Baker
District Educational Officer - Nantale Nasabu
 
Statistics showing the Performance of Districts in Busoga with Luuka in Yellow.
District Male Female Total Div 1 Total (S4) Students in District

Av.
Students
in a
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 students not in 1 grade District Population Schools Population/ School % Students Girl % in 1 Div District Ranking girls to boys in 1 Div National raking
Bugiri 31 5 36 1.6% 2250 36 2214 266944 62          4,306 0.84% 14% 74th 93
Buyende 6 4 10 1.5% 667 35 657 191266 19         10,067 0.35% 40% 16th 95
Iganga 162 198 360 5.7% 6316 69 5956 355473 91          3,906 1.78% 55% 5th 38
Jinja 580 176 756 11.5% 6574 66 5818 387573 100          3,876 1.70% 23% 48th 13
Kaliro 87 44 131 6.9% 1899 83 1768 154667 23          6,725 1.23% 34% 26th 62
Kamuli 108 25 133 3.1% 4290 56 4157 361399 77          4,693 1.19% 19% 62nd 29
Luuka 14 3 17 1.3% 1308 35 1291 185526 37          5,014 0.70% 18% 65th 100
Mayuge 51 7 58 3.0% 1933 32 1875 324674 61          5,323 0.60% 12% 79th 64
Namatumba 29 5 34 2.7% 1259 70 1225 145451 18          8,081 0.87% 15% 72nd 70
Busoga 1,068 467 1,535 17.0% 26499 54 24961 2,372,973 488        4,863 1.12% 30%    
Uganda 14,510 8,216 22,630 11.0% 245482 55 242852 24,138,750 4450 5,424 1.02% 36%    
 

The performance of students at O level is a dismal 1.3% in Division I, and of that only 3 of the 17 are girls, out of 1308 who sat for the exams! This performance is near the bottom for the whole country. The district has enough schools, 37 schools to serve a population of 185,526 or each school serves about 5,000 better than the country average of one school to about 5,500 people.

When you consider that senior four student6s are a mere 1,308 of the district population of 185,526, or a mere 0.7% of the population, when the national average is 1%!

Afroed teamed up with BEST, (Busoga Educational Support Team); the Radio Station called BABA FM, based in Jinja and owned by Hon. Moses Balyeku; and ART ENGRAVED owned by Ben Ziraba Nyende, to boost the district's performance. BEST is a group of Basoga united by an internet group, BUSOGA YAIFE, who have volunteered to help fellow Basoga. BABA FM gave us an hour a week on Sundays to broadcast our efforts. Art Engraved provided all the print we needed, and made the brochures. Afroed provided the statistics, and provided the expertise

Afroed facilitated three meetings that were held and invited all in the education field, Head Teachers, Schools Board governors and the Education officer, Ms. Nantale and her team. Financial help was received from Mr. and Mrs. Benon Mukasa, California; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Kyeyune, Georgia, Mr. Bakama in Texas and Mr. and Mrs, Ben Ziraba Nyende, California. At the last meeting, Afroed promised a Million shillings to be awarded in 2013, reproduced below.