On Wednesday Phil headed off to Kampala on some business. He got away just fine and made it to Kampala, only to discover that the problems after the elections in Kenya were causing major implications in Uganda. Everything that Uganda gets comes through Kenya or is made in Kenya. Because of the riots in Kenya the border to Uganda was closed, this meant that nothing was coming through. This, although not necessarily good for Uganda as far as getting products for life, should not have caused problems for Phil, except that the Petrol tycoons like everywhere in the world took advantage of the situation; and prices jumped that day from around 2,100 Ugandan Shillings (UGX) to prices between 8,000 and 10,000 UGX . Alas to say Phil managed to secure some diesel for 3,500 UGX after much battling with petrol pump attendants in the morning. Here are some newspaper clippings that Phil will remember for a while:
Friday Quinton headed out with Pastor Edward and Prossy with a large list of children to look into for possible intakes, and ended up, in true African style, seeing just a handful. But it looks like we will have enough on our list now to make a decision on the final eight for our current location. Finally a DHL box from Kathryn’s parents which arrived in the country before Christmas managed to find its way to our pick up point in Kabale, our only problem now was, because Quinton had the car, Phil and I had to walk it up the hill.
We were putting the final touches on trying to organise for the current Akanyijuka children to visit their previous guardians, so as to help them not forget where they came from. On the weekend we out on Saturday night to the Little Ritz for dinner as a treat for Aurelia leaving next week, and then the girls went out with Pam Ward on Sunday afternoon so that Aurelia could say goodbye before she leaves.
