I am comparing food from here and that from my place of origin. Food in my place is produced in abundance and it is cheap.
\n \n\n \n \nBut here, food is very expensive. For that I am contemplating going back home.
\n \n\n \n \nIn Lubumbashi here there are many people who fled conflict in the East: you have people from Bukavu, Goma who fled the war. But when they are here, locals don\u2019t like them, they are discriminated. Locals are very tribal.
\n \n\n \n \nI used to get visitors [in KINDU], some of whom we did not know where they came from. They could ask for accommodation, they slept and ate free of charge. But here in Lubumbashi it is hard to get someone to give you even free water, or greet you, it is hard. This is a hotel, someone comes to you for accommodation and you tell them that there isn\u2019t any\u2026 then they go to a hotel.
\n \n\n \n \nReminds me of a lake that was where I lived in KINDU\u2026 reminds me of our agricultural products and water was helping us in agricultural work. There is also water here in Lubumbashi and it is helping us in many ways.
\n \n\n \n \nI am optimistic that one day Congo will be what it is supposed to be and we may even stop living like refugees [and laughs but with bitterness]. \r\n[Note: He says this even though he is an economic migrant with a job working in Eldoret]
\n \n\n \n \nThe River Semiliki\u2026 it is a very big river and am told it joins the Nile, am not very sure myself\u2026 I took it because every time we cross it I feel very sad. As you know Congo is a very big, fertile country and we have a lot of wealth, however the war causes us not to enjoy our country the way we should.
\n \n\n \n \nIt is a photo of the road as we are approaching Jinja in Uganda. I took it because after the border which is a restricted area we cannot take photos and it was at night it is a major town we come to. We pass through very many towns to get to Congo we see many people, many trucks. From here I did not take many photos in Uganda you can be arrested anytime for anything. I fear those police officers they are not like the Kenyan ones who you can easily negotiate a deal.
\n \n\n \n \nThis is a photo of the dark skies and our track Black Sea. I took it to tell the time, most of the time we leave Eldoret at night but before 9pm, we would leave earlier but we spent too much time at the pipeline, and yet once the boss has paid we have a deadline to meet. I wish we could always travel to Kenya and find our orders ready. This is inside our vehicle that is where I spend most of my time and earn from this track of ours known as the Black Sea.
\n \n\n \n \nEmpirical research was undertaken in Bukavu or Lubumbashi (DR Congo), Kampala (Uganda), Eldoret (Kenya).
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