One wonders what the feeling of love would be called if it begun with letter F, or more interestingly, why we titled our blog with such a random wish. We may not be able to answer to the former wonder, but the latter, we sure can with our Valentine’s Day 2020 experience.
We started the Y+ Pageant 2019 journey with one step and as we came to its end, we were determined to end it with one giant leap. At Sheraton Kampala Hotel, one of Uganda’s most premium hotels, we held the grand finale of the pageant, picking stories from the ambassadors, watching them step out in spectacular fashion and we crowned a new king and queen.
On top of the sun, the east has been closely related with wisdom for all years on end. In Uganda, it has the extra credit of being home to the Nile, the World’s longest river. It is further credited for Specioza Wandera Kazibwe and Rebecca Kadaga, Uganda’s first female Vice President and Speaker of Parliament respectively.
Western Uganda is known for many things but chiefly, being home to the tallest Mountain, Rwenzori. That 5,000 metre high mountain sets the pace for the region’s landscape, with such undulating terrain almost everywhere you turn. It also holds some of the lowest temperatures in Uganda, with the green vegetation always welcoming a beautiful sunset. With that kind of setting, you must guess what the people from the far west look like; absolutely beautiful. So in this land of mountains, sunsets, milk and honey, The Y+ campaign went searching for a King and Queen, setting camp in Kasese District.