| Banking |
The sub county has one micro finance Institution called SACCO, where people access services of banking and lending at a low interest rate. A part from SACCO other Micro finance such as FOCCUS have extended their services to the sub county without a base within the sub county. |
| Climate |
The Sub County receives bi-modal rainfall, which dictates two cropping seasons. The first rain season is from mid March to June/July and second rain season is from mid August to November. Generally the first rain season is much more reliable than the second one. |
| Common diseases |
Common diseases in the sub county are malaria, cough, fever, worm infection, diarrhoea, upper respiratory infections, headache, skin disease, measles and tuberculosis.
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| Economic activity |
Farming, trade, forestry, fishing, mining & quarrying. |
| Economic structure |
All the four parishes of Osukuru sub-county have similar economic activity with limited variation in terms of population and ethnic groups/tribes as below; and crops grown in sub county apply to all parishes for cash crops include millet, g nuts, pineapple, maize, oranges, mangoes and cotton, for food crops include millet, maize, cassava, rice, and sorghum. |
| Education |
The sub county has 13 primary schools 11 government aided and 2 community initiated. There are four senior secondary schools all are private. There is one private vocational school. There are three nursery schools in Osukuru parish. |
| Electricity |
The sub county has no power. There is power in the nearby trading centres and homesteads along the main road Malaba-Jinja but majority of the people of Osukuru sub – county use paraffin as source of power. Rural electrification is still a mystery to the people. |
| Ethnic groups |
Itesot, Jopodhola, Bagwere, Sabins, Bagishu and Basoga. |
| Group savings |
Most groups in the sub county save and credit at group levels guided by some NGOs that they affiliate to. For instance, Post Test Clubs (PTCs) were trained by community vision contracted by Plan International and they have specific days for saving. Each member of the PTC saves 500shillings per week and members have borrowed from the PTC savings to open up small business and others sell their produces in Corner market every Wednesday. |
| Hydrology |
This is majorly dependant on the heavy relief rains that is always attracted by Osukuru hills. This some times causes over flooding and hence causing erosion more so in Ngelechom village near gateway academy. |
| Industry |
The major industry in the Sub County is Tororo Cement Industry (TCI), which produces cement, lime and roofing materials to the natives of the area and outsiders. |
| Land use |
Generally the major activities carried out on the land in the sub county is agriculture, animal rearing, fishing, forestry, transport and telecommunication, cross border trade mining and quarrying. |
| Mineral resources |
The sub county is naturally endowed with a lot of limestone which is currently mined on industrial scale by Tororo Cement Industry (TCI) and individual lime factory owners. This has made most parishes of Kayoro and Osukuru bare as people cut trees to burn stones and charcoal. The sub county also has a lot of phosphate deposits, which has the potential of attracting future industrial development majorly in Osukuru and Kayoro Parishes. Mining of lime in all the parishes has caused clinch holes and left uncovered. |
| Number of houses (2002) |
2764 |
| Number of villages |
16 |
| Population (2002) - female |
6208 |
| Population (2002) - male |
6504 |
| Population (2002) - total |
12712 |
| Postal services |
There is theoretical existence of the postal address services but in the real sense they accessible from Tororo town. |
| Road network |
The sub county is crossed by 8 km Malaba – Jinja highway that is maintained by the central government. There is 15 km of feeder road stretch to Busia which is maintained by central government. There are community roads comprising of about 80 kms that are mainly maintained by the communities. The mode of transport in Osukuru sub-county is mainly by road and most people ride their bicycles. There are many bicycles and motorcycles for hire in every trading centre. There is one gateway bus which passes from Busia to Lira everyday at 6.00 a.m. and back at 6.00 p.m. in the evening. There are also several private omnibuses commuting from Busia to Mbale and Busia to Tororo. |
| Soils |
The sub county soils are mainly loamy sandy and sandy. They are shallow and in some isolated areas they are rocky. The soils on areas a round Osukuru hills are rather deep and have substantial amount of phosphates and these are moderately fertile compared to other sub counties in Tororo district. |
| Telephone network |
The sub county is covered by mango/UTL, Celtel and MTN networks with Kenyan Networks such as safari COM and Kencel especially a long the border area. Given the fact that the sub county is at the border, most of the people trade in pet businesses and interested in using safari COM. MTN network takes the highest coverage. |
| Topography |
Osukuru sub-county has generally flat surrounding with Osukuru hills covering a minimal area. |
| Tourism |
The sub county has some Eco-tourist attractions, which is Osukuru Hills. |
| Vegetation |
The vegetation comprises of savannah grassland and swampy which serve several functions i.e. potential for fisheries activities and also a source for crafts materials, rice growing, cattle grazing, and water catchments areas. |
| Water coverage |
Osukuru sub county has 30 functional boreholes, 9 unfunctional, 37 protected springs and 25 unprotected springs. The sub county is also crossed by piped water line with 4 isolated tap points. |
| Wild animals |
Osukuru sub county has no game reserves or Game Park nor a natural forest to habitat the wild animals. Apart from the banks of the streams and swamps there exist animals such as monkeys and lizards. |
