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Men at Work signs found in Uganda

Fort Portal, 24.i.2017; pict. O. Dochy

Kabale-Kisoro road, 04.ix.2011;
pict. M. Tailly
Kabale-Kisoro road, 04.ix.2011;
pict. M. Tailly
Kakoga, 22.viii.2011;
pict. M. Tailly

Kakoga, 22.viii.2011;
pict. M. Tailly
My first reaction was How nice, real kitchen table work. But I was wrong. More finds were all identical and betrayed that a template must have been used. It may be an example of how people in these regions of the world are very talented in making the most of the poor resources available to them. It is not impossible, though, that some big supra­national company brought a local breed line to market, just like many prepared dishes in shops boast with grandma's original recipe.

The heaps are rather big, which is a com­mon sight on this continent (see Tanzania, The Gambia), but contrary to the aforemen­tioned countries, people in Uganda start to dig from the top.

They probably know of Bartolomeo's Best Practices. The signalman wearing the hardhat points in the same direction. He may be an immigrant worker from Mexico. Look at his hat.

Kampala, 28.i.2017; pict. O. Dochy

We had already a roadworker from South-Africa and now our man on the road found another one from South-Africa. Let's hope he is not fit enough to spread allover the continent.
Fort Portal, 24.i.2017; pict. O. Dochy

A variation of the find top row right where the man has grown taller and with wider hips.
Kisoro, 12.i.2017; pict. O. Dochy

Nobody in sight, though.

Katunguru -> Fort Portal, 02.vii.2021;
pict. H. Van Herck
Paraa bridge, 09.vii.2021;
pict. H. Van Herck
Pingyao, China, 10.vii.2007;
pict. M. Tailly
 

Chinese private investment in Uganda is growing while Westerners are losing appetite to put money to work in the country, President Yoweri Museveni told Reuters in Dec. 2021. And with their money, comes their road signage — More signs from China.
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