Kabuga

Our project this year in Rwanda is in a cell in the city of Rwamagana.  But we are staying  in Cenatra Hotel near the town of Kabuga, to the east of Kigali.  

I took a walk through the town yesterday.  

On the main road running between Kigali and Rwamagana, there are many hardware stores.  And a milk bar - a cold half-litre of fresh milk is really refreshing. Milk is a staple of the Rwandan diet.  

Owning a cow is a way to have a better diet for children, and in fact for everyone.  Imagine a truck full of cows!

Stores are fairly well-stocked. Soft drinks, beers, snacks, …

Many Rwandan houses have a distinctive roof. 

At the town’s market, business is brisk.  

Note how clean the place is.  Just like everywhere else in Rwanda.  Much much wealthier places cannot manage it.  How do they do it here?  

One can also enjoy a cup of coffee, accompanied by the local equivalent of a donut, while watching the street traffic go by.  Many trucks come this way.  For this is the main artery between Rwanda and seaports in Tanzania/Kenya.  Our shipment of materials arrive by boat in Mombassa in Kenya, and then travel by truck to Kigali, on this road.