Uganda: Short Story - the Slum Legend of Kifumbira Walks Old Kiira Road

Everybody gets out of his way when they see him coming. The young children would sometimes run after him shouting but mostly their mothers won't let them. The mothers shout, "Come back here or I will whip you so hard you will have no more tears left."

The older children look up from their phones; the men do not mind him. But everybody keeps an eye on his shuffle.

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