Ugandan News

So as Jess and I were walking through town tonight we realized all of the supermarkets were closed down. We wondered to ourselves if there was a muslim holiday or something since almost all supermarkets are owned by Indian families. When we met up with our friend Henry, he informed us that today an Indian man (or men, not sure yet) was beaten to death in Kampala. The dispute was over a large piece of land that government had sold to an Indian man. The land is a large forest area that the man plans on cutting down to plant sugar cane. I guess there has been arguments over this for sometime and it has now turned violent. The Indian community has always been looked down upon since the Idi Amin government. As i understand local African's feel that Indians are always trying to take from them and are only in Uganda to prosper and not to give back to the community. This piece of land has been an educational landmark for African's and they are very upset and want this man to purchase some other land that doesn't involve the 'forest' area. Therefore today because of the beating all local store owners closed shop. Please pray that this matter gets resolved peacefully. Loving you!