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Life goes on...

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September 13th 2006
It seems odd to me writing about life here in Uganda now that it has become almost routine (more on that later). I see the same faces day in and out, and I get the same cries of Mzungu almost anywhere I go. My clothes are permanently covered in the red dust otherwise known as the roads outside of Kampala. I have hit or been hit countless times now on my boda rides in the city, and have just com ... read more

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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