The journey from Kampala to Bujumbura via Kigali by road normally takes around 17 hours. But my recent trip from Uganda’s capital city to the former Burundian capital took me almost two days because I used public transport during the festive season – a time when there was high demand for passenger transport.
Arriving at the Trinity Bus terminal in Kampala at around 5pm, I was informed that tickets to Bujumbura had sold out for the next three days. I went to the next bus company, and it was the same story.
