Originally Posted by
SchmeckFlyer
EBB is your basic African airport... when an international flight arrives the terminal (whole airport) becomes swapped. There are no gates; you just step off the onto the tarmac and walk to the terminal (about 200 meters).
One time I walked in past an empty immigration desk and into Uganda free and easy.
A side note... Ugandans call foreigners (non-Africans), and especially white, "muzungus." It basically means white person, but also has connotations of wealth, education, means etc. etc. Don't be offended if every stranger you meet/pass by calls you that.
It's Mzungu and it's Swahili which isn't really spoken by most Ugandans these days as far as I can tell. Maybe you heard it from Kenyans or TZ'ers? I've tried speaking Swahili many times in Kampala and people, at least the ones under 30, just don't understand it. They all speak their local Bantu dialect.