Kashasha is a village on the western coast of Lake Victoria in the Muleba District of the Kagera Region, Tanzania, near the border of Uganda. The village is known for having been the locus of the Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962. In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 12,508 people in the ward, from 11,021 in 2012. Villages The ward has 14 villages. Rubya Kashenshero Kitarabwa Omukitenge Kifo Kiiga Buhanama Bukijungu Nyaruhanga Bukambiro Nyakashunshu Rwabona Kigabiro Kanyambogo References Populated places in Kagera Region