Southeastern Uganda

Busesa is located in the South East of Uganda, not far from the Kenyan border.

If we look on the map, although Busesa is not marked on it, we can say that Busesa is located on the jinja busia/malaba highway in Iganga district as we have already said.

About 11 kilometers away from the main town of iganga. It is located in the sub county of Ibulanku, which is in Bugweri sub county. The sub county comprised of approximately, 30 local villages.

Busesa is what they call a trading center in Uganda, because it is located on the highway. It is a link between villages and the bigger towns like Iganga. Many people travel from their villages to come to Busesa for trading and education purposes.

For a long time, Busesa has been the main trading center of nearly the whole county. But as the country has developed, many villages have developed into trading centers and some to move on to towns.
Busesa still serves as the trading center of the sub county. It still works as the main political center of the county, because the county headquarters are located there.

The only government aided secondary school in the sub county is located in Busesa. And because it is government aided students travel from even other sub counties to come and study in the school. Though people try to work hard, with the level of literacy being lower in Iganga than other places, the poverty level is very high too. The only income is mainly through trade
and small scale farming.