SATURDAY 1st December 2012
We are back in Masindi after a load of adventures in Kampala and beyond!
Travelled down safely to Kamapala on a LINK bus and Godfrey-Taxi-Kampala met us at Bwaise on the outskirts and drove us straightaway to The Adonai Guest house in Muyenga.. Godfrey looked at me strangely when I asked where was the cathedral but it wasn't until I went to bed that the penny clicked - there are TWO guesthouses named Adonai and we had booked ourselves into the wrong one! Annoying because the wedding on Friday was in the cathedral and we would have to encounter the famous "jams" or traffic jams for which Kampala is famous!At least we nowknow where to go for The Archbishop's enthronement!
And this one is lovely and peaceful and clean and not too expensive.

We got up at the crack of dawn on Thursday, in order to reach the village of Kabale Bugonzi  just off the main road to Masaka - a drive of  two and a half hours from Kampala once you are out of the "jams"! I had arranged with the Deputy Head John Sentamu, that we would be at his school by 11am in order to present the prizes at The End of Term. We made it by 11:15am(the road was being resurfaced) but not all the parents were in place yet anyway.This Is Africa!!!!!! John and a pupil were waiting for us in front of a row of shops and led us down a narrow road which we found was lined by pupils singing and clapping  a welcome right up to the school gates! We felt like royalty. Once inside the compound  we were seated as Guests of Honour and after the usual welcome speech and introductions, each class sang. a songAll the time more and more parents were joining us and more chairs were hurriedly being put out  and we had loud music being piped through a sound system. Eventually Baz was asked to give out prizes - a dinner plate - to the pupils who had come top of the class or who were the best at punctuality, attendance or smartness.

I was then asked to make a speech and to present the little ones who have come to the end of 2 years of Nursery class, with a certificate stating that they are now graduating to Year One of Primary School It is really sweet to see these little ones all dressed up on gowns - but very hard work for me to fit the tiny mortar boards on each small head. A thunderstorm was imminent but we had finished all the business before taking shelter in the Heads office. I had a lot of my questions about the school answered by John Sentamu but I do have a bone to pick with Monica Kitchlew- Wilson who sent me out to the school .....we were not even given a plate of matooke and stew!!!!!!! We think that maybe  they were too poor to provide  anything that they thought a muzungu would eat, hahaha!
All in all a wonderfully uplifting day.