By the time this column is published, Arua Municipality will have an elected Member of Parliament. I once went to school on the fringes of the municipality in Ombaci College, 3 km from town, not very far from two national assets, the Ombaci Satellite and Mast, and Arua Airfield.
Arua, then and now, was a vibrant town, full of all sorts of big and small trades. Petrol-boys, who wore big pants that they pulled up above their belly buttons and waxy oily shirts with a silken-like material called legeza-worn loose dominated the town. The women favoured kitenge wrap. On market day, Wednesday, Ombaci College was closed.
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