Elie Mundima

Category: Rebuilding | Date: Apr 30 2007 | By: admin

Honore Balikwisha, one of the three Troop Leaders of the Advance Force, brought back these photographs of the work that has started on the rehabilitation of the trail that leads up the Rwenzori Mountain.

The trail lies about 30 km north of Mutsora and has not been maintained since the breakout of war.

A job of this size takes a lot of people, which is a good thing as all the workers are hired from the nearby villages and the money earned is much needed.

Over the last decade or so it’s probably seen many rebels and refugees, and more recently the men from MONUC, but it’s been a long time since the trail has seen tourists.

The rehabilitation work for the Camp de Guides at Kyandolire has not yet been started.

Written across the walls both outside and in, are the messages of all those who have in recent times used this building as a stopping point. Messages seeking loved ones, lost friends, some messages are crude, some desperate, and some are cryptic, maybe a message to whichever rebel group was in the area at that time.

An old sign, which reads:

Do not leave the path. Respect the fauna and flora. Growing Crops is Forbidden.

By Royal Decree, 26 November 1934

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