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Uganda – once described by Sir Winston Churchill as the Pearl of Africa — is a land-locked country of 93,072 square miles in the east of the continent. It borders South Sudan to the north, Kenya in the east, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the west, and Tanzania and Rwanda to the south. Uganda’s capital city is Kampala and the currency is the Ugandan Shilling (UGX) with approx. 5,000 UGX equal to £1 sterling. Uganda’s position on the Equator ensures a fairly constant all year round temperature of between 27 and 31 degrees Celsius, but during the rainy season there are torrential tropical downpours, sometimes lasting two or three hours, when everyone and everything has to stop. The official population is 42 million, but birth registration is not in place everywhere so the true figure could be much higher. Half the population is aged under 15 years, so everywhere you go you are greeted by smiling children! Sadly, however, life expectancy is only 55 years. There are hundr

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