Kyenjojo District
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Kyenjojo is a district in western Uganda. Like other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town'. It was made a district in 2000. Several sources state that the population is around 400,000 people. The district is divided into two counties, Mwenge and Kyaka. Kyenjojo means: "the place where elephants live"; it is derived from the lutooro word "enjojo", elephant(s). Like in most Ugandan Bantu languages, "Mwenge" means "banana beer". Mwenge county is famous for its banana beer. The meaning of the word "Kyaka" is unclear.
Kwemara Ngabu William a lecturer at Uganda's premier university Makerere says originally Kyaka was called Nyakibimba. The capital of then Bunyoro was in Kyaka at a place called Kitara hence the name Bunyoro Kitara. However the capital was shifted to Masindi. At one time a crown prince died in Nyakibimba on his way to a cattle raiding mission in Kaarokarungi (present day Ankole). The Queen mother wailed saying "Zankorente" meaning cattle have brought me the problem. Kaarokarungi has since then been called Nkore. The rest of the Banyoro said Nyakibimba was 'Kyaka' to them. Kwaka means to snatch something from someone. The crown prince had died in Nyakibimba then Nyakibimba had snatched a crown prince from Bunyoro. Since then Nyakibimba came to be known as Kyaka.
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