Pastor Kurt Arrives In Kampala

I arrived this morning to start preparing for Blaine's arrival in Friday. Uganda seems the same as when I left it a little over 3 months ago except for commodity prices have doubled in those short months. For people who were barely getting by three months ago are now struggling even harder. Just imagine getting up tomorrow and finding everything from gas to groceries have doubled in prices. Many people are having to give up some basics such as electricity, and even running water, to be able to live. The blame for this 100% inflation is being put on the unrest in Kenya but many merchants are just using it as an excuse to raise prices. There does not seem to be a shortage of food and merchandise, it just all costs more. Several market places have seen unrest and protests in the last few weeks which is the way political unrest can start in these countries.