Boda boda riders are a law unto themselves, and swear by mob injustice. They have what one observer has called a “secret brotherhood with a code of honour.” To touch one is to touch all. PHOTO FILE | NMG
Before Kampala became the city it is today, it was a royal hunting reserve of the Baganda kingdom, inhabited by herds of impala. The hunting ground, called akasozi k’empala (hill of impalas), later gave its name to the city.
The impala genus type Aepyceros which were fast driven out by human settlement, were so integral to the city’s history that at one point appeared on the city’s emblem.
