A group of Ugandans rallied to the defense of their country after Sofi Lundin, a Swedish freelance journalist and photographer who has lived in Uganda for the past six years, complained earlier this week about how boring their country is.
The comparison to Kenya made by Ms. Lundin prompted this.
“It is actually a tragedy that there is nothing to do in Kampala apart from eating, drinking and smoking shisha. Do I really have to fly to Nairobi for fun activities? It is the closest fun destination from here. I am soon a weekend commuter” said Ms Lundin.
She went on, “And this is also a hint to entrepreneurs or investors. There is a huge gap in the market when it comes to activities/playing grounds/adventure parks etc.”
Ugandans filled her tweets with lists of potential places to visit, but she declined them one by one for a variety of reasons.
She apparently wasn’t permitted to enter the Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort & Spa to play golf because of her dress code, enjoyed boat rides from Ggaba to the islands and peninsulas only occasionally but not frequently, and was unable to ride the horses at Speke Resort because she thought the animals were too undernourished to be enjoyable.
She went on to list the things she is looking for as, “Bowling, paintball, escape room (or other fun social games) art and culture activities like photo exhibitions, theater, art centers. (Uganda has so much talent but where is it displayed?) Nice playgrounds for kids.”
“Hey Sofi, kindly list 10 activities that are in Nairobi and not in Kampala, I want to rethink where I should invest thank you,” said Nkundwa Mukama to which Ms Lundin responded by saying, “I think I dare to say that Nairobi has at last 5 malls (if not 10) where there are activities for children like playgrounds, adventure centers etc. In addition, there are amusement parks, galleries, a variety of museums, green public areas, bowling places, escape rooms etc.
Ugandans continued to list off the following as the fun activities that can be found within their borders: Golf, tennis, bowling, paintball shooting, gun Shooting and go-Karting. Others claimed that Ms Lundin simply did not have the budget to enjoy what Uganda offered.
“Unless if your budget only caters for drinking, smoking and eating, I think there’s a lot to do for fun here,” defended Faiza Fabz.
“Guess you’ll need to also know that Uganda isn’t just Kampala so try going out of the city,” said Delah Muteso.
“You know it would be safer to inquire activities than jump to this kind of hopeless conclusion. Ugandans are ever happy and dramatic but they is a lot more to it and the people,” castigated Joan Aleni.
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