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Cynics in the old East African countries call them ‘lunatic resorts’. There is Kamenge ‘kwa Rojanti’ (Le Gentil) in Burundi, Mirembe in Tanzania, Mathare in Kenya, Butabika in Uganda and Ndera in Rwanda. All are psychiatric hospitals which, when mentioned in the same breath as your name, can lead to you being shunned like the plague.
The New Times
Pan Butamire