Editing Kampala (section)

===21st century===
In 2010, the [[Kampala Capital City Authority]] Act was enacted, giving the Ugandan Government more control of the administration of Kampala. The act also created the Kampala Metropolitan Physical Planning Authority with the stated aims of improving the infrastructure of the City of Kampala and the surrounding districts of [[Wakiso District|Wakiso]], [[Mukono District|Mukono]], [[Buikwe District|Buikwe]], [[Mpigi District|Mpigi]] and [[Luweero District|Luwero]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Kampala Capital City Act, 2010 | website=Uganda Legal Information Institute | date=2010-12-28 | url=https://ulii.org/ug/legislation/act/2015/1-8 | access-date=2019-08-27 | archive-date=2019-08-23 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823201202/https://ulii.org/ug/legislation/act/2015/1-8 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 11 July 2010, suicide bombers affiliated with [[al-Shabaab (militant group)|al-Shabaab]], a Sunni [[Islamism|Islamist]] group based in [[Somalia]], carried out [[2010 Kampala bombings|two nearly simultaneous bombings in Kampala]], killing 74 people.<ref>{{Citation |last=Boyle |first=Emma Leonard |title=Eleven years since the Kampala world cup bombings: what we remember and why |date=2023-03-30 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003377863-23 |work=9/11 Twenty Years On |pages=94–97 |access-date=2024-01-12 |place=London |publisher=Routledge |doi=10.4324/9781003377863-23 |isbn=978-1-003-37786-3}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |title=Jihadists in Congo are extending their reach in the region |url=https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2023/06/22/jihadists-in-congo-are-extending-their-reach-in-the-region |access-date=2024-01-12 |newspaper=The Economist |issn=0013-0613}}</ref> After eleven years of relative calm, on 16 November 2021, the [[Allied Democratic Forces]] (ADF), an Islamist group based in [[Republic of the Congo|eastern Congo]] with ties to the [[Islamic State]], carried out [[2021 Uganda bombings|two suicide bombings]] near the central police station and parliament, killing three people and injuring 36.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ntale |first=Tim Lister, Ruba Alhenawi, Hande Atay Alam, Samson |date=2021-11-17 |title=Islamic State claims responsibility for Uganda bombings |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/17/africa/uganda-islamic-state-bombing-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=CNN }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-16 |title=Uganda Police Say Three Killed, 33 Injured in Twin Suicide Bombings |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/deadly-explosions-near-uganda-s-parliament-central-police-station/6315067.html |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=Voice of America }}</ref><ref name=":3" />