Patients sell Ruparelia's gifts

Sep 02, 2005

Ugandans will always stand out when it comes to minting an extra dime and getting cheap goodies. Over 80 eye patients who were operated upon at the two day Crane Bank eye clinic never believed their eyes when Jyotsna Ruparelia, donated to each one of them a new foam mattress, bed sheets and a blan

Patients sell Ruparelia's gifts
Ugandans will always stand out when it comes to minting an extra dime and getting cheap goodies. Over 80 eye patients who were operated upon at the two day Crane Bank eye clinic never believed their eyes when Jyotsna Ruparelia, donated to each one of them a new foam mattress, bed sheets and a blanket after their operations. "Take them. They are all yours. Have a quick recovery," Jyotsna said.
But trust Ugandans. A few meters out of Kampala Parents School and most patients started selling off the beddings to whoever parted with a dime. Word spread like bush fire and soon equally wily officers from Kira Road Police station cordoned the place and bought the 4-inch mattresses, bed sheets and blankets for as low as sh8,000. Hmmm!


Is a condom shortage on?
News seeping in from Kololo where PSI, who distribute Protector Condoms, is not good. Scouts tell us they recently axed 140 people from their staff list and have remained with just a token crew of 30.
Scouts go on to tell us that the axe was wielded because USAID withdrew their funding. With that news, some scouts have been pondering their next move and have been busy stocking up on condoms just incase there is a shortage.


Royal Ascot today
The Royal Ascot Goat Races are on today at Speke Resort and Country Lodge Munyonyo. Gates open at noon. In the build up to the races, there has been a scramble for tickets. The hottest hospitality tents to be seen in are MTN, Crane Bank, utl, Kampala Casino. The races will culminate with a 15 minute fireworks show.


Prostitute buyers
South Africa is not only a leading exporter of products and services to Uganda. Have you heard can reliably inform you that we have carried a survey on some of the leading Hotels in Uganda, including Hotel Africana, Equatoria and Grand Imperial and discovered that South Africans are the leading foreigners in buying prostitutes followed by Indians.



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