Kampala

View of Kampala from a hilltop

Kampala, the capital city of Uganda is beautiful to behold. It lies on a plateau and is spread over twenty hills.

Hindu temple on another hilltop

The weather is pleasant and the scenic landscape is punctuated by the majestic Lake Victoria..... the second largest fresh water in the world.Just in case anyone has not read where Uganda got its name.... It came from the word Buganda, one of the 4 kingdoms whose king is called Kabaka.

Background is Lake Victoria

Since the British had difficulty pronouncing Buganda, they just started calling the place Uganda.  Kampala, on the other hand, is on one of those hills that was populated by the impala and other antelopes.   The British called the place, hill of the impala, and the Bagandas (people of Buganda)

Baha'i House of Worship on another hilltop

translated it to ka mpla.  Kampala hosts one of only seven Baha'i Houses of Worship (of the Baha'i Faith) in the world.  It is situated on top of a hill which has a good panoramic view of the city from all four directions. But walking around downtown Kampala can be discouraging.  Automobile traffic is chaotic, pedestrian traffic is disorderly, and garbage is almost everywhere.  The ambiance is like Manila more than 30 years ago before Metro Manila Governor Imelda Marcos put the Metro Manila Aides cleaning the streets round-the-clock.  A newspaper recently reported about the Kampala phenomenon when international delegations come to observe the city and are amazed at the natural observance of speed limits.  The potholes give motorists no choice.

Crafts market