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A Rwandan’s long journey to Uganda through Tanzania

Travellers book a bus for a journey from Rwanda's capital Kigali to Uganda's capital Kampala. Rwandans travelling to Uganda have resorted to going through Tanzania after Kigali closed Gatuna border. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By  Ivan R. Mugisha

Rwandans travelling to Uganda have resorted to going through Tanzania as uncertainty shrouds the opening of the common border at Gatuna, six months after Kigali blockaded it and advised its citizens against crossing into the neighbouring country.

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