Nansana is booming
Sep 10, 2011
EIGHTY-year-old Janet Najeeno Mujoona has lived in Nansana all her life, but has been awestruck by the changes she has seen in the recent years.
By Job Nantakiika
EIGHTY-year-old Janet Najeeno Mujoona has lived in Nansana all her life, but has been awestruck by the changes she has seen in the recent years.
Found in Wakiso district on Hoima Road, Nansana is growing at a supersonic speed. Not so long ago it was a forest with a few residents. Its locals lived like any of our rural folk. Clearly Nansana was a village.
“Nansana was a forest with many fruits like mangoes, guavas and jack fruit. People used to live in houses made of dry banana leaves (ebisoowa). Those who lived in houses made of mud were regarded the rich ones,†says Mujoona.
Esero Kizito was the rich man of the time because he owned a bakery in Kibuye that supplied bread to the whole of Kampala. His nickname was Bakery Kizito, explains Mujoona. Kizito was also the first to build a modern bungalow in the area which is still standing to date.
If you visited Nansana today, you will find a place called Nansana Masitoowa and another called Nansana Yesu Amala. The former was named after a man called Ssengooba who gave up his mud and wattle house for a coffee business. Whoever visited Nansana and wanted to trade in coffee or cotton, was sent to masitoowa.
Nansana Yesu Amala, on the other hand was named after a man called Wamala. He was a butcher and whenever people thanked him for his services he would tell them Yesu amala yakola byonna (Jesus is enough he does everything).
In the past, Nansana was believed to be haunted by a ghost called Mayanja which used to appear when the moon had just come up. It is because the ghost used to appear when the moon is out, that King Daudi Chwa called this place Nansana.
Currently, the area has embraced people from all walks of life and as such many buildings have been constructed, both commercial and residential.
Along the main road you find so many storied buildings and off the main road people have built posh bungalows.
Lasto Kizito, 35, of Bakato property consultants Nansana says, it is almost impossible for one to get a plot of land of 100 by 100 feet on the main road. However, if you chanced on one it would cost between sh250m and sh300m. This price goes for all pieces of land in the heart of the town (that is Nabweru Road to Yesu Amala). From Nabweru Road to Lubigi one can get the same piece of land at sh150m.
A small plot of land of 50 by 70 feet on the main road costs between sh70m to sh80m.
When you go 200 metres away from the main road a plot of land of 50 by 100 feet ranges from sh25m to sh40m. Small plots of 60 by 35 feet cost sh13m.
Some years back people used to look at Nansana as very far from the city centre, but this has changed with the Northern Bypass, which has made the place accessible and a busy business hub.
The storied buildings along the main road and Nansana Town Council Authority laws that require people to construct storied building in town have made Nansana town look gorgeous.
EIGHTY-year-old Janet Najeeno Mujoona has lived in Nansana all her life, but has been awestruck by the changes she has seen in the recent years.
Found in Wakiso district on Hoima Road, Nansana is growing at a supersonic speed. Not so long ago it was a forest with a few residents. Its locals lived like any of our rural folk. Clearly Nansana was a village.
“Nansana was a forest with many fruits like mangoes, guavas and jack fruit. People used to live in houses made of dry banana leaves (ebisoowa). Those who lived in houses made of mud were regarded the rich ones,†says Mujoona.
Esero Kizito was the rich man of the time because he owned a bakery in Kibuye that supplied bread to the whole of Kampala. His nickname was Bakery Kizito, explains Mujoona. Kizito was also the first to build a modern bungalow in the area which is still standing to date.
If you visited Nansana today, you will find a place called Nansana Masitoowa and another called Nansana Yesu Amala. The former was named after a man called Ssengooba who gave up his mud and wattle house for a coffee business. Whoever visited Nansana and wanted to trade in coffee or cotton, was sent to masitoowa.
Nansana Yesu Amala, on the other hand was named after a man called Wamala. He was a butcher and whenever people thanked him for his services he would tell them Yesu amala yakola byonna (Jesus is enough he does everything).
In the past, Nansana was believed to be haunted by a ghost called Mayanja which used to appear when the moon had just come up. It is because the ghost used to appear when the moon is out, that King Daudi Chwa called this place Nansana.
Currently, the area has embraced people from all walks of life and as such many buildings have been constructed, both commercial and residential.
Along the main road you find so many storied buildings and off the main road people have built posh bungalows.
Lasto Kizito, 35, of Bakato property consultants Nansana says, it is almost impossible for one to get a plot of land of 100 by 100 feet on the main road. However, if you chanced on one it would cost between sh250m and sh300m. This price goes for all pieces of land in the heart of the town (that is Nabweru Road to Yesu Amala). From Nabweru Road to Lubigi one can get the same piece of land at sh150m.
A small plot of land of 50 by 70 feet on the main road costs between sh70m to sh80m.
When you go 200 metres away from the main road a plot of land of 50 by 100 feet ranges from sh25m to sh40m. Small plots of 60 by 35 feet cost sh13m.
Some years back people used to look at Nansana as very far from the city centre, but this has changed with the Northern Bypass, which has made the place accessible and a busy business hub.
The storied buildings along the main road and Nansana Town Council Authority laws that require people to construct storied building in town have made Nansana town look gorgeous.