Uganda 2009 Archive
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All Around Us
Posted on July 8, 2009 | No CommentsTwo weekends ago I traveled to Jinja, a city about two hours from Kampala. Jinja touts itself as the Adventure Capital of East Africa. When I visited two weeks prior,... -
Independence Day
Posted on July 6, 2009 | No CommentsIn 1987, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) attacked the Sacred Hearts Girls Boarding School in Gulu, a town in northern Uganda. This attack marked the beginning of the LRA’s two-decades-long... -
The Wheels of Justice
Posted on June 29, 2009 | No CommentsI can’t believe I’ve been here five weeks. During my time with Justice Lugayizi and the week I spent at the prosecutor’s office, I’ve been exposed to many facets of... -
How was your day?
Posted on June 25, 2009 | No CommentsI spent last week working at the Directorate of Public Prosecution’s office as a break from the High Court. It was an eye-opening experience, much of which I’ll document later.... -
The Guy in the Chair
Posted on June 23, 2009 | No CommentsIn just about every way imaginable, my hair is as far as it can get from that of a Ugandan. Blonde v. Black. Fine v. Coarse. Straight v. Curly. You... -
Child Sacrifice
Posted on June 20, 2009 | No CommentsI mentioned that I saw a parade the other day, and that people in the procession were carrying banners speaking out against “child sacrifices.” At the time, I didn’t know... -
To Think I Saw it on Kampala Road
Posted on June 18, 2009 | No CommentsTo avoid entering Justice Lugayizi’s chambers a sweating mess, I usually take a bodaboda to work rather than endure the equatorial sun in a dark suit for ten minutes. If... -
Shots from my Balcony
Posted on June 17, 2009 | No CommentsA “Kampala vulture,” who hasn’t left the nest in more than two weeks, tidies up. A waxing moon rises in the east as the setting sun casts Kampala in a... -
Re: Strange and vivid dreams
Posted on June 16, 2009 | No CommentsIf you read an earlier entry called “Hooks and Dreams,” you know that one of the side effects of the anti-malaria medication I’m taking is the possibility of vivid dreams.... -
The “Black Mambas”
Posted on June 10, 2009 | No CommentsLast week Justice Lugayizi asked me to help edit a judgment of an appeal he was to read in court last Friday. (This case is discussed briefly in the post...
