LIFE IN THE CITY

The capital, Kampala, is full of people, noise and a bustling chaos. Getting to Kabubbu you pass a great deal of activity by the roadside.

There are hundreds of small shops and everyone seems to be selling to everyone else. Meat hangs off hooks in the open air, covered in flies. Chicken, ducks, pigs and goats are sold live in the marketplace and taken home for slaughter. Vegetables and plantain (vegetable banana) are everywhere as they form the staple diet. Everything is bought for use that day. All but the elite among the local people just cannot afford to go to a supermarket and buy a week or more of shopping. They will buy just what they need for their next meal - and no more.

The local manufacturers of household goods stack up their products by the roadside for sale - even coffins.

Ugandan society has made advances into the twenty-first century. An increasing number of people in the towns, and those who go into the rural areas from the towns, communicate by mobile phone. But there is still a strong pull back into their roots.

The local Witchdoctor is considered by many to be one of the most important figures of the community. His advice from the blood of sacrificed animals and from the spirit world is highly respected. The Witchdoctor is kept very busy.

But now, come on a walk with us through Kabubbu and surrounding area just 20 km north of the capital, Kampala.