Ugandans And Their Gods

I took up the journalism career not only to earn a living from it but also to discover the power of the pen on educating different societies on many human interests, as I like traveling and seeing for myself to believe thus discovering.

Whenever I could go to visit my grandparents and relatives and village friend in Kawumulwa, Buwekula Sub County in Mubende district, I used to hear many people talking about Nakayima and her lots of blessings and numerous celebrations done at the site to please the spirit as a result of being blessed with their needs and requests.

Surely, when I got some money power weight in my pockets last September, I decided to take a taxi (Kamunye) from the New Taxi Park at around 9:00am from the New taxi park in Kampala to go and visit Nakayima, a tree that was named after an old woman who used to deal with people's problems offered them different blessings depending on the nature of their presented problems.

With in thirty minutes, after the Taxi guide calling and directing people to the right taxi, the taxi was full board with the required fourteen passengers hence after a cool two hours of silence on the way, we arrived at Mubende town which is about 160 Km from Kampala on Fort Portal High way at 11:00 am.

To my surprise, I thought I would walk to the top of the hill where the tree is found but was advised to take a Boda boda (motor cycle ride) by a tomato seller, as I did not know how to go there.