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Why Uganda is still the Pearl of Africa

A highway from Kampala to Entebbe. Notice the real estate boom. [XN Iraki, Standard]

It was Winston Churchill who labelled Uganda the pearl of Africa in 1907. The main reason could have been the source of River Nile and the country’s location among the many lakes, coupled with variety of vegetation and people.

But there could have been emotional reasons too. It is a country where one feels home away from home. It is not clear if Britons who lived in Uganda had the same  sentimentality like those who lived in Kenya and had to leave only after a protracted war with Mau Mau. Did Uganda have its Happy Valley?

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