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It is a Sunday, October 9. We land at the Entebbe International Airport, Uganda at 8:30pm. It is on the shores of Lake Victoria. We are received by our driver, Conrad, who was assigned to us by the Ugandan Press Secretary, Mr Sandor Walusimbi. He takes us to our hotel.
The next day, we were taken to a hospital in Entebbe to do a Covid test. It is here that we learn that to access State House Uganda and meet the President, one must do a Covid test.
We did a quick swab in the mouth and waited for the results that came out in the evening - it was negative so we were ready to go.
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