You want to get Ugandans talking non-stop? Start with, ‘I speak for the bush!’

The talk has been about “visiting the bush”, a matter very related to Valentine in Kampala. ILLUSTRATION | JOHN NYAGA

What a fortnight! The first half of February has been packed with news. Here in Uganda, we received with “great shock and disbelief” news of the death of Kenya’s former President Daniel arap Moi. We also kept a wary eye on Kenya where the dreaded locust invasion was expected to arrive from.

Besides the locusts eating our crops, we also feared that some quick chaps in government would steal a chunk of the huge fund being requisitioned for fighting the airborne invasion.