Overview
Kanungu District was created by the Sixth Parliament of the Republic of Uganda in July 2001. The district comprises one county with nine sub-counties and one Town Council. It is known for the mass murder/suicide committed by the town's Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God cult in 2000. The district has a distributed feeder road network and community access roads. There are two small airstrips at Kayonza Tea Factory and in the Ishasha Sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park. The charitable organisation, CHIFCOD, operates schools, colleges and health centres in the district.
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