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Ugandan men and the folly of asking questions whose truthful answer they can't stand

"Omwaana Wuwo?" announced the poster on the urinal's wall in Iganga, deep in rural, Eastern Uganda. I instantly recognized the question. It's a direct translation of the Kiswahili expression: Mtoto ni wako? Is it your child?

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