Condoms get new name in Kampala

In Bwaise and other parts of Kampala, people who use condoms have now started referring to them as ‘third party.’I had gone to a shop in Bwaise to buy some necessities when a young man came in, handed the shop-keeper some money and said he wanted a third party.I wondered weather retail shops in Uganda had also entered the business of issuing insurance policies.To my surprise, the shopkeeper handed the young man a packet of Life-Guard condoms.As the man walked away, the shopkeeper brought me up to date with the new slang people were using to identify condoms.When I asked him about the meaning behind the words ‘third party,’ he could not give a definate answer, but speculated that it is the only element that gets involved when the two parties are together.ends