Uganda's irresistible but fatal call to Kenyan leaders

Minister for Agriculture Bruce Mckenzie covers President Jomo Kenyatta with an umbrella during his tour of Nairobi in October 1965 [File]

The call is always irresistible. That is what Uganda has done to some people of note, who found her beguiling beauty bewitching but fatal. The aborted trip to the Pearl of Africa by Deputy President William Ruto, the detention and subsequent deportation of his ally, Harun Aydin has set tongues wagging all over the country.

This is not the first trip to gain international notoriety. History is littered with anecdotes of trips by famous people from Kenya whose visit to Uganda ended in premium tears. When Bishop James Hannington, accompanied by 226 helpers obtained letters of introduction from Nabongo Mumia of Wanga in September 1885, he was too eager to arrive his destination that he made a fatal mistake.