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In Uganda the border border or motorcycle taxi is now a fixture on almost every street corner

and an increasingly popular way to get around the villages, towns and congested capital city, Kampala.

I am in the middle of Kampala's central business district and I'm sure you'll hear buzzing of border borders. They're literally

everywhere moving in every direction. Water borders are the preferred mode of

transport and they transport goods and they transport people as well.

There is a huge border-boda economy here because border borders provide very, very much-needed

employment for a number of young people in this country.

Boddabot is absolutely central to Ugandan life.

They're a hugely important part of the national economy.

As long as you are in Hari, a border-boda is the quickest to reach wherever you want to go.

People have very strong... to reach wherever you want to go.

People have very strong relationship with the bikes. That's their office. That's everything for them. So downtown Kampala is quite busy. It's a Sunday afternoon and this might be the

busiest part of the town. It's pretty congested and cars don't do well in this part of the city.

So a lot of people will get around using border borders.

My name is Wallachaboarders.

I'm a border-bunder rider.

Wallu-genb, that name comes from the kingdom of Buganda, the royal family.

So you're a prince in the kingdom of Buganda.

But you're also a border rider?

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