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Agro-Fresh Launches E-commerce Platform in Uganda

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Mikey Makukuba
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Agro-Fresh has joined the E-commerce business in Uganda with a purpose to shorten the agribusiness value chain linking small and large holder farmers to sell agro produce to final consumers whilst eliminating wholesale middlemen.

Straight from the farm to your door step – Agro-Fresh is tapping into the middles-class and low income earners market segment in a bid to make food access easy for Ugandans.

During the launch of their e-commerce web portal-www.agrofreshug.com, Musinguzi Laban, the CEO of Agro-Fresh revealed that they are currently working with over 200 small holder and 4 large holder farmers whose earnings since March 2020, were negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic shocks.

Dire reports of Ugandan farmers’ produced wasting-off made rounds in mainstream media between April and June this year during the pandemic lockdowns. The temporal shut-down of hotels, schools, food markets and business centers  that consumed large amounts of their food paralyzed the demand chain leaving the  food producers  overwhelmed with wasted produce.

Even worse, restrictions on cross-border movements of cargo and food to regional partners like Kenya, South- Sudan, DRC and Rwanda during the same period cost Ugandan large scale farmers a fortune which led to inevitable prices cuts of over 80%. For instance, a bunch of matooke (green bananas) that costed Ugx 8,000 ($2.2) at the farm went for as low as Shs 1,500 ($ 0.5) during the lockdowns. It is such a dreadful experience that gave Musinguzi the idea to innovate a solution through the Agro Fresh e-commerce platform.

Besides the need to facilitate agribusiness, Musinguzi Laban says  Agro Fresh is founded on fulfilling United Nations Sustainable Development Goal number two- SDG 2, to attain zero hunger by 2030. “How can Uganda be regarded as the regions food basket yet hunger related deaths still occur?” asserting that reshaping food access modalities is key to solve such a crisis.

The website includes both plant and meats ranging from beans, peas, matooke, yellow banana’s, onions, tomatoes, green paper, avocado, fish beef, liver and chicken. “We have a food catalogue whose items are well represented by every alphabetical order from ‘A-Z’ on the site” Musinguzi notes adding “And we have tried to keep our prices relatively similar to pre-existing ones so that we sustain the demand while promoting the adaptation of the e- platform.

Vincent Matsiko, the technical developer demonstrated to the media how to navigate the website which facilitates various payment modes including MTN and Airtel’s Mobile Money, Visa and MasterCard. Once on the site, one can add the cart all the agro items they need and will be eligible to a free delivery in Kampala or Wakiso should their order be higher than Ugx 35,000 (9.5$). He also commented on privacy and protection of consumer information and accounts given the existence of hackers and cyber security concerns.

Matsiko explained that, the Agro-Fresh platform has an end to end encryption and no third party will have access to customer e-wallets financial details. The system uses a One Time Password (OTP) code that prevents hackers from using previously logged in data.

A 2020 Heifer International report, states that the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the incomes of an overwhelming majority— 97 percent — of small-scale farmers. More than 87 percent of those surveyed reported that their income has been cut in half since March 2020. Farmers who once earned an average of 100,000 shillings ($27) a month are now surviving on a mere $13.

Queen Elizabeth II Recognizes Ugandan volunteer with Commonwealth Points of Light award

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Mikey Makukuba
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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, as Head of the Commonwealth, has recently recognised Abel Odeke, representing Uganda, as the 157th Commonwealth Point of Light in honour of his exceptional voluntary service promoting water equality.

Abel is the co-founder of ‘Equal Aqua Uganda’, an initiative which aims to build sustainable water tanks in rural Uganda providing a clean water source for the next 20 years. The tanks – one of which has recently completed construction – are being made using plastic “ecobricks”, waste plastic bottles which are filled with sand, with Abel and his team leading a campaign alongside the building project to raise awareness of plastic pollution. During the coronavirus pandemic, they have also opened hand washing stations in remote villages and been educating local people on how to protect themselves from the virus, including through soap-making workshops.

As part of the legacy of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London 2018, Her Majesty The Queen – as Head of the Commonwealth – is thanking inspirational volunteers across the 54 Commonwealth nations for the difference they are making in their communities and beyond, by recognising one volunteer from each Commonwealth country every week. By sharing these stories of service, the Commonwealth Points of Light awards celebrate inspirational acts of volunteering across the Commonwealth and help inspire others to make their own contribution to tackling some of the greatest social challenges of our time.

Abel said: “Our team from Uganda and the UK are deeply honoured to receive recognition from the British High Commission for our charitable work. As a new, youth-led organisation run by a team of passionate volunteers, this award will open many doors for us. It will help us to raise awareness and support for our programmes that provide equal access to water, sanitation and hygiene for all Ugandans. It will allow us to connect with like-minded organisations and build international solidarity around the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation). Thank you and weebale nyo.”

Peter West, British High Commissioner to Uganda, said: “Globally, 1 million people die each year from water, sanitation and hygiene-related diseases. In Uganda about 50% of the population lack access to safe water and water-borne diseases kill thousands each year. Equal Aqua Uganda are addressing a great need and challenge in Uganda and I am delighted this has been officially recognised, with Managing Director Abel Odeke awarded the Points of Light award. Points of Light awards are given to outstanding individuals who are making a real difference and change in their community. Congratulations to Abel and the whole of the Equal Aqua Uganda team for being a part of the solution to Uganda’s water challenges.”

The Commonwealth is a diverse community of 54 nations that work together to promote prosperity, democracy and peace. The Heads of Government meeting brought together leaders from all the 54 Member countries to reaffirm common values, address shared global challenges and agree how to work to create a better future for all citizens, especially young people. Voluntary service is a vital part of this agenda, which is why Her Majesty The Queen has chosen to recognise outstanding volunteers across the Commonwealth in this special way.

Commonwealth Citizens Invited to Join Musical Collaboration for Healing Human Spirit during COVID

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Mikey Makukuba
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The Secretariat is inviting applications from all Commonwealth citizens to represent their country in a mass musical and cultural performance.

The ‘Uniting the Commonwealth through music during COVID-19’ project is a never-before-attempted musical feat to combine the voices of 54 musicians from the 54 member countries in one powerful virtual performance.

Delivered in partnership with a professional music group, Dionysus Ensemble, the project will demonstrate the power of music and art to lift spirits, improve mental health and encourage international camaraderie, as countries face up to the challenges of the pandemic.

 

Layne Robinson, the Commonwealth Secretariat’s head of social policy development, said: “This is a great opportunity to work with an outstanding and internationally recognised music partner to showcase the amazing talent and rich cultural diversity in 54 countries.

“Music has the ability to communicate the unspoken feelings of these challenging and uncertain times, we celebrate the contribution of the arts, music and culture in healing and inspiring the human spirit, even as we focus on rebuilding our lives and the society.

“This project will also help to establish a bond and solidarity between people and communities in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Americas, Europe and the Pacific.”

Applicants will perform to a track produced by the Dionysus Ensemble. They will also be required to record a short video about themselves and their community.

Founder and artistic director of the Ensemble, Léonie Adams, described the project as inclusive and intergenerational. She added that it aims to demonstrate the healing power of music and its role as an international language of understanding, solace and jubilance.

She said: “Whether you are in your village playing for no other reason than that you love it, or in a city singing at the end of a long day’s work, we want to hear you.

“We believe that everyone in the Commonwealth has a voice, so we are inviting applications from all citizens – young or old, rich or poor, city or village dweller, a beginner or a professional musician.

5 Best Things to Do in Kampala

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admin
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Kampala Sightseeing Bus

Have you ever gone on a city tour before? Do you want to experience something unique while on a city tour in Kampala? Well, Kampala is undeniably Uganda’s most vibrant capital city with more than a million people. It features not only as the busiest commercial center but also one of the fast thriving urban centers in Africa.

Originally, this stunning city featured seven remarkable hills near Lake Victoria but today nearly all its 22 mighty hills have been developed in one way or another given the ever growing population and high demand for settlement areas. Kampala is popular as a city that never sleeps and  it also derived its name from word ‘impalas’ that existed way back in the 19th century on the old Kampala hill. If you love city tours, worry less because Kampala is an excellent tourist city center on its own kind. You can also get a rental car in Uganda to get easily around Kampala. It features a variety of exciting things for you to participate in while on tour whether shopping, visiting the historical sites, experiencing Kampala nightlife or explore more about cultures in Buganda.

Below are the 5 best things that you can choose to do in Kampala

Visiting the Kabaka’s palace

Located in Mengo, the Kabaka’s palace comes with two big palaces. The main palace is found in Bulange and this makes Mengo area one of most remarkable sites that are worth exploring while on Kampala city tours. It comes with unique history, architecture and also offers the best views of Bulange hill. The Kabaka’s palace is the official capital of the Buganda kingdom and different events are conducted in this area. The colonial power of the palace holds too much history of Buganda’s ancient Kingdoms.

Sightseeing in Kampala

Kampala is exceptionally one of the best city centers in Africa with the excellent sightseeing tours that you shouldn’t miss out while on Uganda safari. To get the best from sightseeing in Kampala, visit the Kasubi tomb site and this is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites that reward visitors with authentic cultural experience. It is culturally and historically recognized as a burial site for Buganda Kings and the four Buganda Kings were also buried in the same place. Other sites include Uganda National Museum, Gaddafi National Mosque, Nommo art gallery, the national theatre and many more.

Visiting religious sites

For faith tourists, there is no need to worry about which places to visit for faith tourism. The incredible religious sites for you to visit in Kampala include the Rubanga cathedral which is situated within one of the stunning hills in Kampala. It is famous for its memorials of the first African catholic bishop who was martyred for introducing Catholicism to Uganda.  This is also the headquarters of Catholic Church in Uganda. You can also pay a visit to the Baha’i temple which features as the only Baha’i temple in the whole of Africa. It comes in stunning domed cathedral on Kikaya hill off the Gayaza road as well as gardens and some birds like brown parrot, palm nut vulture, pied crow, black and white casqued hornbill, hadada ibis, double toothed barbet, speckled mouse bird, laughing dove, blue spotted wood dove, ring necked dove, black kite, great blue Turaco, woodland kingfishers, stripped kingfisher, scarlet chested sunbird, fort tailed drongo, ruppels long tailed starling, red billed fire finch and many more. Gaddafi mosque is another area that you should consider visiting for the excellent views of Kampala as a whole. The mosque is spectacular on its own way and visitors can walk around while taking photos. It was established by the former Libya leader Colonel Gaddafi and it is the biggest in Kampala. You can pay a visit to Uganda Martyrs shrine in Namugongo and explore more about faith tourism and those who were murdered for denouncing the Kings powers at a time. The shrine is situated about 15 kilometers east of city centre along Jinja road. It from this place that about 14 out of 22 Uganda martyrs sacrificed their lives to Christ on the orders of King Mwanga in 1886 when they refused denounce their Christianity. The site has become an incredible tourist attraction and thousands of pilgrims from different region gather here every year on 3rd June to pay pilgrimage in this area.

Visiting the Kabakas Lake

Kabakas Lake is the largest man made water body in Uganda. It is situated in Ndeeba Rubaga division about 5 kilometers from Kampala cit centre. The Lake extends up to 2 kilometers and it is 200 feet deep. It was dug by 52 clans of Buganda from 1885 to 1888 at the time of Ssekabaka Mwanga. This was mainly constructed with the intention of creating a channel that would enable the king to travel by boat to Lake Victoria, for swimming, fishing as well as act as an escape route.

Visit the craft markets

Kampala also offers you a chance to purchase some of its incredible craft products whether for decoration or for gifts. The biggest craft market in Kampala is situated along Buganda road, central Kampala and it is ever open seven days.

In conclusion, Kampala is not only the busiest commercial center but also an incredible tourist site that is worth paying a visit. If you love city tours, then Kampala capital city is the best choice that you should make for you to explore variety of outstanding attractions while on Uganda safari.

Can Someone Else Drive My Rental Car?

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Usage of Rental Car

Do you plan to rent a car for a safari in Uganda and you wish to get along with another person or wondering if is possible for another person to drive it? For any plans to rent a car in Uganda and you have any need for additional driver then first, you have to consider a number of things prior taking that decision. In the first case, you need to ask yourself one question that what happens if someone else drives the car rental and then it collides with another? This is not what everyone wishes to get into but anything can happen and that is why you need to be very keen.

Perhaps you plan to set off for long drive, it is something very important that you share the load with some other person. Normally, it only one of you can be the main driver and adding extra driver is fairly simple. In some instances, one can have about 3 other drivers in a car or even more. Usually, there is a daily fee per extra driver but you might be lucky and find a special deal online for one or more free other drivers. This means that is a good deal to cross check with other different companies too.

The main driver per say is that person who is legally responsible for the vehicle and who signs the contract what is termed to us the rental agreement. In other words, he or she is the one who made the booking. Whereas the additional driver may depend on a car hire agency-generally, rules about age limits and driving license are the same as those of the main driver. In most cases, any driver is required to be 21 years and must have a full driving license for about 2 years. In the similar way, there are rules that do apply when it comes to young driver fees and senior driver fees just like it is a case with the main driver.

How best you can add an additional driver

Depending on which car Hire Company you deal with, at times you can add other drivers when you book online or when you get to the car rental company’s counter. However, you may not pay for them till the actual pick up of the vehicle. For any extra driver, you need to be at the counter during car pick up. You will also need to have a passport and driving license. It is only the main drivers to sign the rental agreement though the names and other details of extra drivers will be added too. The cost for extra driver can be per day.

For cases where you need to add an extra driver once you started rental car, you may need to let the car rental agency aware and find out if it is possible to do so. In case this is possible then the main driver and the other driver must go to the counter to show their driving licenses as well as passports and pay any fees if applicable.

However, there are 2 potential issues when it comes to this-first it is breach of contract-the fact that you are breaking the rental agreement as the car owner can end up in court for any damages. On the other hand, the insurance-where all cars used on public roads must carry at minimum, the third party insurance. That said, it is usually the driver’s name that is insured, the driver doesn’t have any insurance. On other note, your own insurance policy should also cover damage to your car rental even when someone else is driving it.

NBS TV Launches State of Art Political Command Center

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NBS TV Political Command Center

Next Media Services, has launched its spacious and modern political command center to provide bold, accurate and authoritative coverage of the upcoming 2021 general elections.

Speaking about the launch, Next Media Group CEO, Kin Kariisa said that the new political command centre, “is designed to be a media house” on its own and this will enable the group to perform at an unmatched level during the elections.

“It is designed with unique specifications,” Kariisa said.

With the Electoral Commission announcing this year that the 2021 general elections be ‘scientific’ via TV and Radio, Kariisa said that the new command centre will offer various political packages for all political parties and candidates to put across their message.

“If you are asking for capacity to serve this country, we have it. We are asking NUP, FDC and all parties to come to us and we will serve them the way we serve others,” Kariisa added.

He said a state of the art studio that will host all the political coverage has been put in place at Next Media Services’ new home on Naguru Hill and virtual reality will be brought to the viewers in the comfort of their living rooms.

Next Media’s Chief of Strategy, Joe Kigozi, said there is an extensive plan to exhaustively cover the whole nation as political stories unfold in the run up to the forthcoming elections.

The head of news at Next Media Services, Joyce Bagala said: “We have done well so far, but we can do better. We recently broadcasted in more than 35 places.”

Next Media Services is umbrella brand for NBS TV, Sanyuka TV, Salam TV, NxT Radio, Nile Post and Next Communications.

Top 10 Takeaways in Kampala

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Fang Fang Restaurant

10: PIZZA MARGHERITA by Dominos

Hot, cheesy spicy and filling if you eat it early. If you wait for it to cool then, like all pizza it becomes, well, just pizza.

9: CHIPS & CHICKEN by I Feel Like Chicken Tonight

The problem with Chicken is that they have only two legs. We should invent chicken with six legs. We don’t need wings.

8: CHIPS & LIVER by Bon Apetit

Endless amusement can be got by telling the waitress you want “Chipsy River” and making her repeat your order.

7: DOGGY BAGS by Javas

It won’t taste as good when you get home, though. That’s why it’s called a doggy bag.

6: MUWOGO by Mama Baby

Fresh from the pan, fried right there on a Sunday morning. Your hangover loves you.

5: CHINESE by Fang Fang

A doggy bag which performs much better in microwave ovens.

4: ROLEX by Munna

Quick and filling and cheap. Diarrhoea at no extra cost.

3: LEFTOVERS by The Kwanjula/Family Function

First of all, it’s a miracle that there was anything left over. Your mom is sharp. She got some and kept for you.

2: TV CHICKEN by Ntinda

Also called Tololating chicken because it kutololas in the glass-fronted grill. Most delicious thing ever.

1: OBAMA ROLEX by Sula (Feat. One more chapatti)

There’s Obama in the mix. What else do you want?

Girl On Girl Violence

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Hitch Hiker
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Girl on Girl Fight

There comes a time in every young woman’s life when she must grab a bitch by the synthetic ponytail, hold her wailing head steady, and punch her in the throat.

Perhaps, if your life is like mine, this moment will come more than once. Sometimes a fellow female needs to be taught that if she does not want her boyfriend cheating on her, she needs to take her concerns to him, not me. At least her boyfriend will have qualms about resorting to physical violence.

If your life is like mine you understand that getting into fights is inevitable, not because I am some crazy banshee who drinks too much and watched too much wrestling with her brothers back in the day. Yes, my very first childhood crush was on Bret “The Hitman” Hart. Still I would much rather be sitting pretty on a barstool, sipping on something  fruity while a hot guy whispers dirty things in my ear, than rolling around in a ditch with some girl’s ear in my teeth. I get into fights because women are mean to other women.

Yes. Women are mean to other women. It is a fact that has been well-documented and sneered by men with superiority complexes to one another. It is a fact whispered to little girls crying in their mother’s laps, after the shaven-headed, vicious little bitches in her class pulled her long hair.

Girl on girl violence is most often visited upon the pretty girls, the sexy girls, the liberated girls, and the working girls. The ones you like to call cunts, malayas and whores. You think it is us versus them, hoes versus housewifes, Madonna versus whore and never the twain shall meet. What you fail to realise however, is that all of us are hookers (though only some get paid in cash).

It is not always the obvious ones, the ones you see at the bar, in the club, tossing an expensive weave over her shoulder in Equator, the ones you want to be. Sometimes we’re peeking from behind a pair of glasses, or sitting behind you in a church pew.

Yeah, I said it, all of us are whores. True I have never had to bend over, lift my skirt high and display my wares to the government ministers, MPs and tycoons driving by, but I have ever sold my bedroom skills for a hot pair of shoes or a bed to sleep one drunken night. Don’t look at the page like that, as if you didn’t promise your husband 30 nights of blowjobs if he bought you a new car. Your currency may be cash, commodities, affection or good conversation, it’s all give and take sister (whether you take it like a bitch or like a good little girl, from behind or in the mouth, I won’t judge you)

There are plenty of legitimate reasons to hate me; I talk too damn much, I don’t volunteer with charitable organisations and I have been known to use foul language in front of small children. But don’t hate me because I won’t pretend that I don’t like to fuck (and your boyfriend likes that about me). End the violence!

This message of peace was brought to you by The Hitchhiker, with the support of Urban Legend Kampala.

Kwata Wano By Spice Diana Lyrics

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Spice Diana - Kwata Wano Lyrics

Allow me to hug you now
Allow me to hold you now
Allow me to touch you right
Allow me allow me

Allow me to hug you now
Allow me to hold you now
Allow me to touch you right
(Andre on the beat)

Buy me hummer
Or you can give me dollar
I wanna be yo baby mama
Oli muzuri saana
Njigiriza ebisaana
Nzikiriza ndi learner
If you wanna be ma lover
Keep me by yo shoulder
You’re the one I wanna be with all day
Wenkuminsinga, I feel so lonely

Kati kwata wano (eeh)
Nyweza wano (oooh)
Leeta eno (eeh)
Beera wano (ooh)
Kwata wano (eeh)
Nyweza wano (oooh)
Leeta eno (eeh)
Beera wano (ooh)

Kati kwata wano (eeh)
Nyweza wano (oooh)
Leeta eno (eeh)
Beera wano (ooh)
Kwata wano (eeh)
Nyweza wano (ooh)
Leeta eno (eeh)
Beera wano (ooh)

If am looking for ma John (John iiiih), John
I say am looking for ma Don (Don iiiih), Don
Am looking for ma boss (John iiih)
Get out of the way (Don iiih)
Vaawo mpite
You’re the one I wanna be with all day
Wenkuminsinga, I feel so lonely

Kati kwata wano (eeh)
Nyweza wano (oooh)
Leeta eno (eeh)
Beera wano (ooh)
Kwata wano (eeh)
Nyweza wano (oooh)
Leeta eno (eeh)
Beera wano (ooh)

Kati kwata wano (eeh)
Nyweza wano (oooh)
Leeta eno (eeh)
Beera wano (ooh)
Kwata wano (eeh)
Nyweza wano (ooh)
Leeta eno (eeh)
Beera wano (ooh)

Allow me to hug you now
Allow me to hold you now
Allow me to touch you right
Allow me allow me

Allow me to hug you now
Allow me to hold you now
Allow me to touch you right
Allow me allow me

Buy me hummer
Or you can give me dollar
I wanna be yo baby mama
Oli muzuri saana
Njigiriza ebisaana
Nzikiriza ndi learner
If you wanna be ma lover
Keep me by yo shoulder
You’re the one I wanna be with all day
Wenkuminsinga, I feel so lonely

Kati kwata wano (eeh)
Nyweza wano (oooh)
Leeta eno (eeh)
Beera wano (ooh)
Kwata wano (eeh)
Nyweza wano (oooh)
Leeta eno (eeh)
Beera wano (ooh)

eeh ooh eeh ooh
eeh ooh eeh ooh

Theft In Uganda: An Introduction To The Mafia

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Erique
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Ugandan Mafia with a Sack of Money

The internets define the mafia as an organized international body of criminals, operating originally in Sicily and now especially in Italy and the US. I’ve therefore come to the conclusion that these internets are made in China.

The original ones that we use here at ULK headquarters define the mafia simply as Ugandans. Why? Because everything we do is designed to groom us into professional thieves. Let me introduce you to the top five Ugandan mafia groups:

Police mafia

According to the police, when someone is jailed for stealing from you, you’re responsible for feeding them daily until their time in jail is served. If I ever steal from you, I like spaghetti and fresh passion fruit juice.

Marriage mafia

According to the constitution, when you’re caught stealing the private parts of another man’s wife, you’re given a hefty fine of only two hundred Uganda shillings.

My wallet right now says I’m entitled to about 2000 married women, give or take.

Government mafia

When money is stolen from the public, government says it’s the same public supposed to pay it back. That there’s no reason to call it ‘public funds’ if it’s going to be paid back by someone other than the public.

Nti mbu that it’s like asking a thief to give you your phone back after they’ve stolen it. It’s disrespectful to the thief.

Social media mafia

This group has perfected the art of stealing people’s updates and passing them off as their own just to look as intelligent and informed. They sneak into your profile at night while you’re sleeping, take every update they can lay their hands on and run out before you hear them and call the police.

Then when you ask them about it in the morning, they say they also just bought them from some vendor in Kamwokya.

Bodaboda mafia

These are the most cunning cos they play with people’s feelings. When taking you to your destination, they never shut up about everything so as to make you feel like they are now family and guilt trip you into letting them keep your balance. Whatever you do, don’t let them win.

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