Uganda is the African country with Kampala as its capital and the source region of the White Nile at Lake Victoria.
The White Nile flows out of Lake Victoria near Jinja in southeastern Uganda. The lake is shared by Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, but the famous outlet at Jinja has long been associated with the Nile’s source region. From Uganda, the White Nile travels northward through South Sudan and Sudan before joining the Blue Nile at Khartoum.
The precise source of the entire Nile is a broader geographic question because the river system has distant headwaters in the Great Lakes region. Lake Victoria receives water from numerous rivers, and the Kagera River is often described as its most distant source. Kampala, Uganda’s capital, lies near the northern shore of Lake Victoria and is the country’s political, commercial and cultural centre.