Uhuru - its a swahili word for independence (so I've been told!) and though they do not speak swahili here in Karamoja, this is the word used to celebrate October 9th - Uganda's Independence Day.
We celebrated by having the day off work and hiking into town to enjoy the festivities. They had a huge gathering with a parade of soldiers, police officers & school children who marched like soldiers and carried sticks as if they were guns (that was a tad disturbing). Then they proceeded to have multiple speeches interspersed with entertainment.
This is the MP giving her speech - ok I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to government & positions/titles, but I think MP stands for Member of Parliament and I believe she is a rep from Karamoja...but she's beautiful, isn't she?
These girls had the best uniforms, I think!
The women are wearing lots of beads - this is very common for the traditional dress here, so beautiful!
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