Kampala

Kampala is growing fast, this may be good for the market but unfortunately alot of the green areas are also being lost.

trees

The rate at which trees are cut requires many more people to plant and to use what is still available sparingly. The eucalyptus trees have an advantange of growing fast but a disadvantage of requiring much water.

Old man

Great beard, once was black now its white (grey). Its master confortably sits in a taxi and reads as he waits for other passengers to occupy all seats before the vehicle can carry them to their destinations.

kid playing

Innovative..., Denis did not go to school today and has no body to play with since his other playmates have gone to school. He gets a part of an old paint roller brush and a cassava sterm then pushes it around imtating that he is driving a toy car. As he runs around time also runs ...

The mango tree

The mango tree grows well in most parts of Uganda. Useful all year round.

Has beautiful leaves, provides shade in sunny periods, wind breaker during heavy storms and produces wounderful fruits. It is always advisable to wash the fruit before eating and use a knife to peel the outer cover. The skin of the fruit is always appealing but you can not be sure of how good the inside is.

They are avariety of mangoes and their taste can be different.

Kids playing

Nagawa like many kids has to improvise, to find something to play with. Often most parents can not afford to buy toys for their children. Priority is accorded to finding a meal. This gives children no option but to use what is available around them. Usually every old unused item in the home becomes a toy to play with.

Taxi Park in Kampala

Being a taxi driver is an art, imagine this crowed park. It takes a concentrated mind to manage a car in it.

Public means of transport in Uganda is interesting. The fare going out of Kampala to any destination is often different from going back to Kampala from that destination (yet it is the same distance). Public means can be a shared van with blue and white strip, bus, motorbike or bicycle. One can also hire a special hire taxi (yellow is the air port taxi, then other special hire taxi may have black and white strips or have labels showing that they are for hire.)

The Youth

A message mainly to young people. In many Ugandan schools you find sign post giving advice to young people. This is another approach of trying to fight HIV / AIDS. A scourge that has hit hard on Uganda.

Christians in Uganda

Ash Wednesday 2007 in Nansana about 10 kms from Kampala city. It was a big turnup on the first day of the christian fasting period. This is not a surprise because most churches or faith houses every Sunday and other prayer days fill up and some people have to pray from outside.

The big suprise is that Uganda remains one of the most corrupt country in the world. May be people are not able to listen to what is being preached when they go to the different prayer houses.

Mist morning

Misty and cold Sunday Morning you just can not imagine that it will be a very hot day in the end.

Banana land

In Uganda we have a variety of bananas, there those that are mainly eaten as fruits, and those that are boiled for a hot meal. But you also have varities in which juice is made or even bear is brewed. It is a mazing, you can also have a strong spirit (alchol) from the banana.

Almost every part of the banana plant is useful. The banana peels are mainly used as cow and goat feed, (but can also be used in many other ways). The banana fibre is used in making crafts like bags and hats or as a strings in trying or binding things together. While the leaves are used in cooking (they cover food when cooking). The banana sterm and dry leaves leaves are often used to cover the garden from losing water in the hot period.