I now realise that I was wrong to say yesterday on the blog that I felt having nothing too serious to be written down. Madame Josephine had a car accident yesterday in town where she was knocked down by a big vehicle. I am still not sure about why and how it happened, but from what I was told, it was a serious incidence. She has been in bed and on medication. I am supposed to visit her with Mac today but have to postpone the visit, since we need to purchase Allan's school materials first this afternoon in Garden City. I have drafted and calculated the shopping list before lunch. We will head to town in about two hours time.
The transportation system in Uganda is very unpleasant most of the time-the worse road condition, the excessive amount of different type of vehicles and malfunction of the traffic wardens. John and I were knocked down several days ago in a very busy conjunction from our Boda Boda(local motorcycle) by a car trying to join the line. It was hard to tell whose fault it was, but, fortunately, our Bota fell down immediately the car knocked us from the side, so we were lucky to be able to keep our legs from being crushed by the car.
After the incidence, I felt more safe than ever on a Boda. I know anything may happen unexpectedly on a road, but everything is to be expected for a life on the road.
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