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A typical work day

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March 8th 2008
I thought that a description of my working day (not that I've done much work yet) would give you an idea of how things are in Kampala. I aim to be at work by about 8am … this means I get there at about 8.20 as things always take longer than I expect. I get up at about 7am, having listened to the world service news for a bit. It goes into a programme in Swahili at some stage, and that’s my tri ... read more

Africa » Uganda » Central Region » Kampala

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Uganda achieved independence from the UK in 1962. The dictatorial regime of Idi AMIN (1971-79) was responsible for the deaths of some 300,000 opponents; guerrilla war and human rights abuses under Milton OBOTE (1980-85) claimed at least another 100,0... ... read more