[2] In June 2023, the Lhubiriha secondary school in Mpondwe was attacked by militants linked to Islamic State group from the nearby Democratic Republic of the Congo.

[4] Mpondwe is approximately 55.5 kilometres (34 mi), by road, south-west of Kasese, where the district headquarters are located.

[6] Bwera is located approximately 424 kilometres (263 mi), by road, west of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.

UBOS calculated the annual population growth rate of Mpondwe to average 2.34 percent per year, between 2015 and 2020.

The Ugandan government, through the Uganda Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives and the Uganda Ministry of Works and Transport, in collaboration with other stakeholders plans to use the borrowed funds to construct a one-stop-border-post (OSBP) and a Border Export Zone (BEZ) at Mpondwe.

[2] Construction of the OSBP and BEZ was officially commissioned on Thursday 17 April 2019, by president Yoweri Museveni of Uganda.

Offices of Mpondwe-Bwera Town Council 5. International border crossing between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo[13] 6.