Cost of Living and Inflation in Kampala: What do you need to know?

This is one of the most socially navigable cities in the world (I’ve been to at least 20 capitals globally) with a very laissez-faire way about it. People are warm, hospitable and love a good time. Ugandans are not as conservative as the outside world thinks. Road and Telecoms infrastructure isn’t the greatest and it often feels very provincial but it’s a great and cheap city to live in overall. Most services, commodities and basic amenities and are available but providers lack finesse and professionalism so expect that.

He/she should know that Kampala is the capital city of Uganda. Kampala city is a city for hardworking people struggling to earn money for their daily expenses and their families besides that Kampala is overpopulated with over 20 million people. Kampala has a fair sanitation with little plantation cover that provides a good aerial view for the city.

Whoever wants to move to my city should know high population and high costs of living. However, there is employment because of the strategic location of the city, it’s near industries which creates employment and business centers. There is also availability of good education services like Elementary schools, Colleges and Universities.

Kampala is full of vibrant people with a lot of activity going on. There are various monuments for site seeing and different foods from different cultures. Our educational system is a commendable one as in can study either at the national level or Cambridge level. Last but not least our accommodation and housing facilities are very affordable.

It is a peaceful city with many Boda Bodas. There are motorcycles which move passengers around different places at considerably cheaper prices. It has many slums and sometimes property float on the water whenever it rains too much. The roads are poor and not repaired. But the good thing about my city is that the people are hospitable and peaceful. They love strangers.

We always experience a lot of traffic and there city is noisy. But there is still a lot to learn from the people and the high class services are always expensive. There is diversity of languages so someone needs to understand some of the local languages like Luganda, and some other local languages in Uganda.

Kampala is a beautiful place with hospitable people with a cool fancy nightlife to natives but movements in the wee hours might not be very safe to foreigners. The security establishment is working hard to overturn this. It is believed that foreigners carry a lot of money on them during their tours to Africa. The service providers too hike prices to unsuspecting foreigners.