Bus ride

Stone tells Garrigan that the bus ride to the village of Mbarara may be dangerous, Garrigan has no other way of reaching the village, so he ends up taking the bus. He describes the Bus as so old that it should be placed in a museum as an antique. The spings point through the seats and the there is almost no padding left. The bus is also cramped, with every seat filled as well as luggage, and a few far animals. Almost imediateley after the start of the trip the bus is pulled over by soldiers. One soldier climbs aboard the bus and checks id's, when he comes to Garrigan (the only white man on the bus) he motions for him to come with him. The man next to Garrigan tells Garrigan to pay the soldier or else something bad might happen. Garrigan pays the soldier and all is well. The soldier next stops next to a man dressed in a suit and carrying a suitcase, the only wealthy man, as Garrigan points out. The Soldier tries to take the suitcase from the man, who refuses because he states that his papers are in order and that he is a representative from the Kenyan government. The soldier begins to shout and the Kenyan shouts bad you have no right. The soldier beats uo the Kenyan and takes his briefcase, all of this seamingly no reason. Upon seeing this Garrigan offers to help the bloody Kenyan who quickly refuses, stating that Garrigan should have helped before when the soldier was beating him up. The kenyan says that he is a white man and that he has that responsibility. Garrigan baffled by the words of the Kenyan, shrinks into his seat. The bus ride shows how truly unsettled Uganda is. Also it shows one way that the African people are quick to judge and to reliable on the whiteman.