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At about 5.45am, Lawrence Waka drives his delivery van—a Probox—from Kamdini Town centre to Atura Landing Site.

It is at this former ferry docking site, located 12km away from Kamdini, where Waka picks newspaper copies and courier packages for circulation.

Since being assigned the Lango Sub-region route, Waka has been domiciled in Kamdini Town, having previously planted his roots in Karuma Town. The closure of Karuma bridge nearly a fortnight ago has brought new pain points for his courier service.

“I have to dare this distance and bad road early enough. The readers don’t want to understand whether the bridge is closed or not. They want their copies delivered timely or else they reject it,” Waka said.

After a driver uses the Katulikire-Mutunda route to dispatch the courier items at Atura Village via the river, Waka says he does everything remotely possible to avoid the Masindi Port route as it could stall activities until 3pm.

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