We have been here for almost two weeks now, and enjoyed every single day of it. Our group consists of Nora and Sara from CSB and Suleiman and Leticia from MUBS. Until now we have settled on a research question and our main objectives for the project, and visited many interesting sights for our fieldwork. In particular we are very pleased with all the friendly people who have been so kind in helping us out for our research. Ugandans are so welcoming! In our project we are researching private sector development, and more specifically we are looking into the effects of Swedish development aid in two businesses in Uganda. It has been both challenging and fun, and we are excited to draw some conclusions on a small part of the Swedish development aid in Uganda.
The first weekend we went to Jinja – a town approximately two hours away from Kampala. There, we visited the source of the Nile, the local market and enjoyed a great (and really quick in African standards!) lunch in the city centre. It was a beautiful day to be outside, and it was nice to see something else in Uganda, apart from Kampala. Sunday was spent back in Kampala, mostly at the Sheraton hotel in the sun. A nice and relaxing end of the week!
So far we have really enjoyed our stay in Uganda, and had so many good experiences. Now we are looking forward to another fun weekend that will be spent in Kampala. Some of the activities on our agenda this time is going out Friday night, visiting Kristina’s host mother from her stay last year, and going to Sunday mass at the church at 7 am (on a Sunday!!).
We can already say that we are so happy with our trip, and Kampala is a city worth coming back to!
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