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 The source of Nile river at the Jinja Town also has another attraction for the visitors - The Statue of Father of our Nation Mahatma Gandhi The statue at the source of the Nile was an idea of the Indian community in Uganda in collaboration with the Indian government. It was unveiled on October 5, 1997 by His Excellency Inder Kumar Gujral, then Prime Minister of the republic of India. It has since been maintained by Bank of Baroda, Not only Indians but all nationals visit and psy homage to the great leader.

The 2nd day of the trip was to see the Beginning point of River Nile from Lake Victoria  at the place called Jinja.   Jinja is a city in the Eastern Region of Uganda, located on the North shores of Lake Victoria This town is about 84 kms from Kampala the capital of Uganda.  The drive to this place takes about 2.5 to 3 hours.  The road runs through sugarcane fields, tea plantations coffee plantations.  Some places looks like you are driving through coorg.  On the way there are lot of vendors selling fruits just like in highways in India.   Source of Nile river The White Nile leaves Lake Victoria at Ripon Falls near Jinja, Uganda, as the "Victoria Nile." It flows north for some 130 kilometers to Lake Kyoga. Getting onto the boat which took us to the center point, The guide was saying that beyond the point of a rock in the middle of the river is  Lake Victoria and the place marked by stone enclosure is the source of Nile.   Info about Nile from Wikipedia  The Nile has two major 

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