Uganda, Oct. 5 -- ABDUL-NASSER SSEMUGABI
When sanitisers became a necessity, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Randy Nakimera, a part-time teacher, trusted Blue+King, the brand she had used for long even before the advent of Covid-19.
She says it has 62 per cent ethanol or ethyl alcohol, which meets the 60 per cent alcohol mark, recommended by the World Health Organisation.
"I have no problems with it; I hate the alcoholic smell but it dries up fast and the smell disappears quickly," she says.
Nakimera sanitises her hands about 10 times a day and the 68mls sanitiser she buys at Shs10,000 from a pharmacy takes her through a month.
But her preferred Blue+King somehow resembles Blue++King (mark the + sign), one of the 15 brands the...