Kampala market

Final days in Uganda

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September 29th 2010
We spend on night in Kampala, but manage to fit a few sights in. Our guide is an hour late to meet us as usual; never use Hakuna Matata tours, they are useless!! We pop to Buganda Road craft market to buy a pressed bark cushion cover. Then visit the Palace, I have to wear a wrap skirt as all women must in the grounds, even though my legs are covered by trousers. The palace is now not used for m ... 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