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Car n’ boat theft, Swahili n’ war drums; don’t die yet

The Busia one-stop border crossing.  PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By  Charles Onyango-Obbo

Columnist

Last year a car belonging to President Yoweri Museveni’s senior press secretary Don Wanyama was stolen in Kampala.

A few days ago, Kenyan Police recovered the stolen car and handed it back to him.

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