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How Jinja grew from beautiful scenery to Busoga regional hub


Daily Monitor
Sunday March 07 2021
After becoming the first White man to see the source of the Nile, John Speke recorded in his travel journal on July 28, 1862, that: “We were well rewarded, for the stones, as the Waganda (Baganda) call the falls, was by far the most interesting sight I had seen in Africa.
“Though beautiful, the scene was not exactly what I had expected. Still it was a sight that attracted one to it for hours; the roar of the waters, the thousands of passenger fish, leaping at the falls with all their might, hippopotami and crocodiles lying sleepily on the water, the ferry at work above the falls, and cattle driven down to drink at the margin of the lake, made, in all, with the pretty nature of the country small hills, rock grassy-topped, with trees in the folds, and gardens on the lower folds as interesting a picture as one could wish to see.” ....

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