Marathon brings runners and hope to hard-hit Rwenzori
The influx of visitors for the Rwenzori Marathon has helped revitalise Kasese and boost tourism to the surrounding area. Jack Denton | Nation Media Group
Kasese may be bursting at the seams, but the hawkers selling grilled chicken and “rolexes”—the signature Ugandan street food of an omelette rolled into a chapati—don’t flinch at the crowds but they celebrate them.
More than 3,600 runners from 33 countries as well as some 100,000 Ugandan spectators have flocked to this mountain town, just a few kilometres from the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, for the Rwenzori Marathon.
