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Jinja
Eastern Region, Uganda · Population 292,386
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Power, water and the lake are the three worries Jinja households live with — each board lets neighbours say where the trouble is now. Below: what a Yaka token buys, and what a trip should cost.
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Is the power out?
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Are the taps dry?
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Is the lakeshore flooding?
What Your Yaka Buys
How many units a Yaka token buys at ERA's published national tariff, what those units actually run, and a check on whether your last purchase came out at the right rate.
What should this trip cost?
Neighbour-reported fares for the trips Jinja people actually take — the median of what residents say they recently paid, because nobody publishes a fare table for the town.
Where the rains stand
The two rainy seasons, the last 30 days against the 30-year average, and the week ahead — with what heavy rain means for the lake, the power and the taps.
Common questions
Power cuts, water, garbage, the 2026 trade order and floods — answered straight, with dates.
Markets & trade order
Where the 2026 trade-order enforcement, the court freeze and the relocation plans stand — dated and neutral.
Who to call
Council, water, power, hospital and police — every number checked against an official page.
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Changelog
- New toolWhat should this trip cost?
- New toolWhat your Yaka buys
- New toolShipped a lakeshore flood board — is the water up in your quarter?
- Town updateAdded a sketch of the Nile leaving Lake Victoria
- New toolA neighbour board for when the taps run dry
- UpdatedMarkets & trade order: added the Source of the Nile redevelopment
- New toolAdded a rain page: where the two seasons stand
- New toolShipped a neighbour-reported power board
- New toolShipped a markets and trade order status board
- New toolShipped common questions for Jinja
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