Kampala - Post Report Question and Answers
Are there any particular mental health issues that tend to crop up at post, such as Seasonal Affective Disorder (winter blues)?
This has to be the hardest post to get out and about. The community is spread out and disconnected. It's hard to make friends outside of your neighborhood. The closest safari is six hours, the closest descent place to get a long weekend is 5. The lake is polluted and can't swim in it. I find it very isolating here with a huge lack of support. The CLO is trying to improve things and a group got the employee association (also shut down a few years ago) up and running again, but it is slow moving. The friendships that grow here seem to grow out of combined misery. - Jan 2024
not in our experience - Jun 2022
During pandemic, it is rather difficult to meet people. I have seen many new arrivals to the country may suffer from feeling isolated. Others may suffer from constant harassment from traffic police when driving, constant scams, electricity outages, no city water, constant unexpected breaking and issues of your rental house, etc. If you are not associated with an organization that takes good care of you, it can be difficult to navigate on your own, however, there is a number of Facebook groups that are of good help. - Dec 2021
Prior to COVID, no. Great temps year-round. - Aug 2020
Just intense anger at the traffic. - Nov 2019
Nearly on the equator so I didn't feel/notice anyone else with SAD. Traffic, pollution, noise can sap your resiliency. Exercise, golf, safaris were great ways to restore my resiliency. - Oct 2019
Road/Traffic jam rage. Sitting in traffic for eight hours to go a few kilometers can make even normally mild-mannered individuals flip. - Feb 2019
We don't have winter, and it's 12hrs daylight all year round, so no winter blues. The terrible traffic and commute times seem to lower morale and make it hard for folks to be socially engaged. - Jan 2019
No, not here. - Dec 2018
None that I know of; the weather in Uganda is AMAZING. It is between 75-85 all year long, some rain during rainy season, but the sun comes right back out. - Oct 2018
There are definitely a fair number of people who seem to suffer from alcoholism and depression but I couldn't comment on that in comparison to other posts. - Sep 2018
No. - Aug 2018
No. - Jun 2018
