Second Police Visit

Return for Police clearance.
Arrived, was photographed, found my forms then waited next to the stinky latrines for 2 1/2 hours. Complained, was told the ‘big man’ who needed to sign my certificate was having his lunch.
“Please do not tell me I am waiting whilst someone has lunch again,” I protested. “That will make me very angry”
Was moved to a sofa away from the latrines after complaining about the smell too
Total wait 3 hours.
The problem with Uganda is everyone thinks their own time is important and everyone below their status is irrelevant and has endless time to wait around. There is absolutely NO public service ethic!
Left the police post and skirted round the daily riots in Kampala with police tanks out in force. There is an ongoing battle between the elected mayor (voted by the poor) and the city appointed executive which is running the city for businesses. Everyday almost, the mayor is arrested for some perceived public order offence sparking skirmishes or full scale riots which the police riot squad deal with with batons, stick, tear gas and even bullets. We were blocked at every road as we tried to leave the city to return to Mityana.
Stingers were laid out on the roads and running battles taking place in the streets around the slums and market areas. Stephen eventually managed to get us out without incident.
Very interesting!