The rains have come. The streets of Kampala run fluid brown, ladies’ heads are half-hidden under thin plastic bags as they hop from island to island along the roadsides, and inside-out umbrellas quiver uselessly in the hands of miserable boda-boda passengers. Early in the hours of Feb. 22, a violent crack of thunder heralded the onset of a rainstorm that would last over fourteen hours. The heavy precipitation marked a sharp break from the previous day’s sweltering heat, and left many residents of the city unexpectedly drenched and shaking their heads.