Uganda is ready for CHOGM. At least that’s what the billboards are telling us. Everything is going CHOGM-mad. This November Uganda is hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. The Queen of England will come, and lots of very important people will descend on Kampala and Entebbe. So naturally, everyone’s working like mad to spiff up the place. Building tons of new, huge hotels is one part of it. Resurfacing all of the major roads and causing unbelievable traffic disruptions is another.

On the 30km drive from Kampala to Entebbe, half of the road is closed for big stretches. This is an enormous bus from the Civil Aviation Authority overtaking (at high speed!) on just one of those gravel-strewn stretches….


…and the motto on the back of the bus.