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Early recognition and referral of Undescended testis (UDT), Hypospadia, bladder exstrophy epispadias complex, ambiguous genitalia, stone disease, and tumours are uncommon in rural areas. Missed diagnosis is not uncommon and delayed management is associated with poor outcomes. We present a cross-sectional, descriptive study about the epidemiology of Pediatric urological admissions to three sub-Saharan East African Hospitals. All the urological cases between 0-18 years referred to three distinct East African Hospitals over 124 weeks were considered. Prevalence of different groups of diseases, age, and mode of presentation were reported. We found 351 cases (M\/F 127\/24) out of 2543 surgical referrals (13%). Seventy percent of cases were Hypospadias and UDT. Fifty percent of UDT were beyond 6, and most Hypospadias were between 4 and 7 yrs. CAKUT had a very low prevalence (4.84%), and about 50% of Wilms Tumours came too late to be resectable. In many African contexts, urology is still a tiny portion of the pediatric surgical workload compared to the 25% of European and American reports. There are also differences in the epidemiology of genitourinary conditions. 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