There is an excess of VIPs in East Africa. I mean in Nairobi we are just getting used to VPs and PMs and stuff. Luckily, Kibaki is a mean guy. He regulates who gets a convoy with a siren. Not so in Kampala. The number of guys who have access to police escort convoys is enormous! And the convoys are really something to behold. The first time I saw one I thought there had been a coup! First there is a siren blazing police sedan. This is followed by a variable number of pick up trucks with a dozen cops in the back each blazing a sub-machine gun. The VIPs are always in SUVs following the machine gun trucks. Then a few other vehicles in the rear. When I realized it wasn't a coup, I then figured it must be the Head of State! Wapi! I was told. 'That is the husband of the deputy speaker of Parliament!' I was corrected.
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Cant wait for the many senators and governors and whatever else that wanjiku said we could have. Its gonna be a mess.
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