kafunda

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Noun

kafunda (plural kafundas)

1. (Uganda) A bar (business that sells alcohol).
   • 2004, 1994-2004, Reflects On--: Ten Years of Participatory Practice for a Fairer Society, page 4:

     Early discussions around a bottle of beer in the best of Kampala's kafundas of the time?

   • 2005, Divest: A Publication of Privatisation Unit, volume 1, number 1:

     Today one can walk in a shop, kafunda or super market and does not have to line up for basic requirement like sugar, salt and soap as a result of the privatisation and reform policy.

   • 2009, Patricia Haward, Looking Back: Personal memories of Uganda's troubled past, 1970-2000:

     In those days, you either went for the bottle under the bed - the equivalent of today's 24-hour open Kafundas - or you went to a night club.

   • 2014, Ian Clarke, Uganda - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture:

     On the other hand, one might find a group of generals at a particular small kafunda (bar) on the street.

   • 2018 September 2, A. Kadumukasa Kironde II, “Molokoni: Prized Ugandan dish”, in Daily Monitor‎^[1]:

     It is common to find women selling molokoni in kafunda joints that abound Kampala.