Easter merry-making

The Easter holiday has come once again bringing another holiday. To the civil servants that means another four day holiday starting from Good Friday up to Easter Monday. To the business class that means another mouthwatering chance to make a quick buck from those preparing festivities during the Easter holiday. Every one is busy shopping delicacies to devour on the D-Day. The local butcher is not left out in this as everyone has to include the much desire beef on their Easter menu at whatever cost. The butcher does not even mind closing up shop later than the usual hours because he has to make as much profits as he can on this once-a-year day.  All the parking lots of the supermarkets and shopping malls get filled to capacity.

Shopping in downtown Kampala

To the old fashioned, Easter holiday means having to travel back to their home villages and share the fun with their extended families.  This means that a lot of shopping has to be done in order to have items to take back to the village from the city. In the current economic crisis it is only the privileged few who can still afford to buy new clothings for their loved ones on Easter as the norm was. Operators of transport means are not left behind in cashing in on the Easter holiday season. Many people have to travel a lot like doing shopping and travelling up-country to their home villages. This drives transport fares to be hiked almost triple than the normal fee due to the huge human traffic.

All city junctions get filled up with traffic of all forms, cars, buses, Boda Bodas, Bicycles and humans rushing to perform their numerous errands or getting to their homes.

Some churches even prepare special prayers for their brethren on this special day. Namboole stadium attracts a lot of traffic in a bid to attend Easter prayers prepared by christian leaders with special themes.

Luwombo, a local delicacy common at Easter meals

The Easter menu has to include all the local delicacies like rice, matooke, beef, chicken, green vegetables, macaroni washed down with a soda or a beer. This kind of meal can not be afforded by an average Uganda but everything has to be done possible to make it on the dining table on Easter at whatever cost even if it means saving.

• After the heavy Easter meal, then its time for continuing the fun else where, going out or joining up with friends and other relatives becomes the next agenda for the day. Many concerts are organised with a lot of activities like theatre, comedy, music festivals and many others according to one's taste. Fun continues until the wee hours of the morning and Easter Monday is a day to kill off the hangover and a day to have a climax of the Easter fun to others

Having fun at a concert