As submissive citizens, we had gotten to the idea of seeing big people being escorted with at least two or three fully soldier- laden police or military pick ups blaring all sorts of sounding sirens in addition to the multiple coloured lights mounted on top, soon emerged the practice of every big SUV to have the twinkling multi coloured lights and sirens. The submissive Ugandan motorists have no way of distinguishing a vehicle carrying a genuine government official from that simply taking advantage of the prevailing situation of free for all in the City.