The source of the longest river in the world is situated in Jinja. The
word ‘ is a famous Greek word that means valley. The river flows
from the surrounding areas close to the equator to the outrageous
Safari desert and up to the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
The river
is about 6696km long and pours its waters in Egypt. At the source
is a bust of Mahatma Gandhi installed by the Indian government
and inaugurated by then Prime Minister IK Gujral in 1997. It
sits amid cool climes and verdant surrounding, and postured in
a pensive mood.
The plaque below reads: “Universal apostle of
peace and non-violence whose ashes were immersed in the river
Nile in 1948.”
