Uganda: One of the Roads to Uganda's Future, Travels Through Its Past

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Uganda: One of the Roads to Uganda's Future, Travels Through Its Past

[East African] One of the windows into Uganda's future, is in its past. The lakeside city of Entebbe, established by Sir Gerald Portal in 1893 as a military post and principal port on Lake Victoria, was the capital and has retained much of its colonial history.

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