Travelling across Uganda amid Covid-19 and riots
Monday December 21 2020
As tear gas canisters and live bullets turned Kampala into a war zone, I hid in one corner, from where it took me a good four hours to muster the courage to walk through the smouldering streets. ILLUSTRATION | JOHN NYAGA
Summary
The first instalment of my trip began on a rather sour note. It was on that day when riots were running riot in Kampala following Bobi Wine s arrest.
As tear gas canisters and live bullets turned Kampala into a war zone, I hid in one corner, from where it took me a good four hours to muster the courage to walk through the smouldering streets to the bus terminal, a mere 200 metres away.