Below is a Giraffe List of some of the Tallest Buildings in Arua (West Nile Province):
X Joale [House stomaches or Floors]: Ombaci Earth Satellite Tower (150 meters - Used by UBC and BBC plus the Tallest in East Africa when constructed), Arua Hill Telecom Masts including Voice Of Life (60 meters), etc;
10 Floors: Osu River Building (behind Desert Breeze), etc;
9 Floors: Noble Unit Adumi Road Building, etc;
8 Floors: Arua Hospital Doctors Quarters, etc;
7 Floors: Arua City Tower (Monument) - 2nd Tallest on the Black continent after Dakar, Senegal's African Renaissance Monument but Tallest in East and Central Africa, Shopping Centre blocks on New Lane, etc;
6 Floors: Aza Plaza, Le Tsuba Grand Hotel, Sinai Plaza, Go Down Road Building, Muni Building (under construction somewhere between Awindiri Rock and Muni University), etc;
5 Floors: Orasea Complex, ML Building, Awindiri-Onzivu Westside Building near De Lavage, Heritage Park, KCB Building, John Boboli's Building (Koboko), Nyadri Building (Maracha), etc;
4 Floors: Arua Regional Referral Hospital, Pride Microfinance Building, Arua Nursing School, Anyafio School, Rhema Hospital, Desert Breeze Hotel, Star Plaza, Concord Business Centre (CBC), NN Tata, Tropical Suites Hotel, Royal Crane Resort, Springs Primary [Built by Emmyways], UCU Arua Block plus Bishop Orombi ICT Complex [Proposed], etc;
3 Floors: West Nile Supermarket Building, Arua Hill Stadium & Business Park, KKT Centre (Plaza), Wazalendo Complex, Rose Villa Hotel, Muni University, Hotel Pacific, NSSF (West Nile Golf Club) Building, Rippons Motel, Golf View Inn, Mohammed Omar's Building, ASIL Complex, Hotel Santa Maria, Ovisoni Building (Vurra), Orient Bank Building owned by Draza from Ayivu, Springs Kindergarten, Arua Hospital Staff Quarters, Le Confidentiel Hotel in Eruba, Terego District Headquarters, Destiny Courts Hotel, Big Star Hotel, Irshad Mosque Complex [Under Construction], National Water & Sewerage Corporation Arua Branch [Proposed], Hotel Africana [Proposed], etc;
2 Floors: Slumberland, Vurra House owned by a former MP, Afro Triangle, Borderlands Co-op (Khayamandi) on Oluko Road in Mvara [Built for the Baptist Mission in Uganda], New Taxi Park on Duka Road, Electoral Commission Arua Regional Election Centre [Proposed], White Rhino Hotel, The Grid, Yumbe Hospital, Hotel Arua, Mas (former OB) Plaza, Tripplex Apartments, Bayani Hotel (Yumbe), Muhibeen Mosque, etc...
1 Floor: St. Philip's Church, Lodonga Basilica (was the first basilica in Sub-Saharan Africa but 4th on the continent), Christ the King Catholic Church, Capital One, Arua Post Office, NIRA Arua Office, Arua Central Police Station, St. Joseph's Cathedral Ovujo (Maracha), The Village, etc...
(Open House Rooftops can also make floors, levels or storeys)
ADROniambo [GODisgreat]...
"You have tapped into the universal heartbeat... There is actually no difference between Entebbe, Nakasero and Arua for they were cut from the same cloth..." - JAFFAR AMIN (on Tuesday 12th January 2010)
"Nice! This is a positive advert of Arua City..." - JOEL AITA
"Architecture is frozen music..." - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE (1749 - 1832)
"Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful..." - Hazrat Inayat Khan
The stones (or rocks) will praise GOD in loud voices (Luke 19:40)...
• (Creative Commons) This Architecture Log is compiled by a Technical Drawing (TD) Class reject who had just dropped out of the Fine Art Class in Senior 5 because of constantly deteriorating grades but turned himself into an Artist (Cartoonist, Illustrator, Muralist, Signpainter, etc) for hire. Call +256-781-345712!
Arua Buildings I've sighted in my dreamvisions include: Lodges like the blue-glass KCB facade (unbelievable fulfillment on my part), Arua Hill Stadium (2003-4) instills the fear of GOD in my heart, Arua District Local Government (2010), Franco's red building (maybe Capital One at some point), 4-storeyed Angela's Lounge (Apartments) somewhere in Osu Village, Idi Amin Hotel (behind Office of the Prime Minister), Secretary House (Tallest Building somewhere near Osu Village), Hilltop Centre (on Avenue Road), Golden Tower (February 2023), The Grey Pillar, etc...