On the day before the presidential election the salespeople from GTV satellite tv came to our college trying to sell their packages. Danny happened to be around when they came and make a deal to have it installed the same day. I got to watch the election on MSNBC and other channels which thrilled me to no end!
We resisted getting satellite tv for a long time because it would add to the image of a rich mzungu. However, 3 other staff on the campus also bought it, so we don't stand out. Previously we had one local channel which showed a few hours of CNN International a few hours a day and usually had a very bad picture.
Ah, the primitive life of a volunteer.... no washing machine, no oven, no hot water...but we have satellite tv! We only get about 20 channels but four of them are news, four are sports, a movie channel, and even a channel which shows reruns of American tv shows like Friends.
Danny has been showing a movie to students on a big screen every weekend and they are all thrilled! All are shown with subtitles because they have a lot of difficulty with many accents.
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Danny missing Setanta?
We have just the basic Sky package but it comes with a channel for Rangers and Celtic, the latter of whom were defeated today by Hibs in Leith.
We have Setanta Africa which shows Celtic games - even ones not shown in the UK! Danny is thrilled!
Ugandans go wild for English footie - they love Man U, Liverpool, Arsenal.....
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