Kyankwanzi District: History
Kyankwanzi District was carved out of Kiboga District by an Act of Parliament in July 2010, with eight sub-counties in Kiboga North County. Prior to the creation, district services operated from the town of Kiboga, approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) from Butemba. Further in the past, Kyankwanzi District was carved out of Kiboga District. The reasons given for forming Kyankwanzi District included the long distances that residents had to travel to access district services at Kiboga.
The district's name derives from the town of Kyankwanzi, 20 km from Kampala-Hoima Road, as the region is historically associated with the National Resistance Movement (NRM), which started the Ugandan Bush War of 1981-86 from cattle-herding Kyankwanzi under the direction of President Museveni. Up to this day, Kyankwanzi serves as the strong foothold of the NRM and hosts the National Leadership Institute that provides training to serving military troops and public servants of Uganda. Meanwhile, Butemba was chosen as the district seat for accessibility and land availability reasons.