BUWEMBO: It’s that season of migration; the ‘wildebeest’ from Kampala are here

A busy street in Kampala, Uganda. Kampala is a city of about five million people by day and three million by night. But come mid-December, all activity is geared towards the great migration to the villages of origin. FILE PHOTO | NMG

It is called the greatest show on earth. East Africa’s annual migration of two million wildebeest is indeed a spectacle to behold. And it is going on right now. Just come to Kampala before January 5.

You can sit in the middle of the high street and have a cup of tea in the deserted city. Two million “wildebeest” have migrated as they always do a few days before Christmas.