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Kampala the Capital city of Uganda

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We are beginning our 13 nigts East African tour from Kampala. Kampala is the capital city of Uganda and is mixture of skyscrapers and thatched houses.  When we were driving from the Entebee Airport it was like we were driving through any one of the north Indian towns or hill stations.  We could see furniture sofas vegetables fruits being  kept in the pavements for sale.   There were brick kilns and nurseries selling plants.  The vans were loaded with people.   From the airport we can see Lake Victoria which borders 3 countries Uganda Tanzania and Kenya. Here is info from Wikipedia Kampala  is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000[6] and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Rubaga Division. In  2015, this metropolitan area generated an estimated nominal GDP of $13.80221 billion (constant US dollars of 2011) according to Xuantong Wang et al., whic