Most of the roads in Kampala are dotted with potholes. Photo/STEPHEN OTAGE
By BAMUTURAKI MUSINGUZI (email the author)
Posted Monday, January 17 2011 at 00:00
Posted Monday, January 17 2011 at 00:00
For a country that considers potholes a national menace, Dr Ian Clarke’s autobiography How Deep Is This Pothole? is clearly a book on everything that is wrong with Uganda.
Having lived in the country for over two decades having first come here in 1987, Dr Clarke feels that the pothole menace is a symbol of the defeat of a whole society.
That collectively, Ugandans have allowed potholes to be part of their lives.
That fixing a pothole is not exactly rocket science, but Ugandans have failed or refused to deal with them at any level, he observes. Read More
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