Interesting facts about Uganda

• Muzungu which is what they call white men literally means ‘He who walks fast.’

• Smoking is not permitted in public, by law, even on the streets (although, usually they turn a blind eye)

Viktoria at her local shoe repair

• The Buganda king only walks in straight lines, thus the roundabout near the palace have grids in the middle that can be lifted when the king passes.

• Within the Ugandan Republic you have a kingdom called Buganda with a king still present and active



• “Ampala” means antelopes, when the Europeans arrived, there was a hill full of antelopes thus they decided not to build on it and leave it for the antelope ‘Ka’ means for. Thus Kampala means for the antelopes.

More to come!