Have you ever wondered how places, objects, animals or even human beings got the names they carry? Take for example eyes glasses, widely referred to as “Galubindi” in Kitara and Bantu dialect.
It is said that In 1897, Mengo hospital opened as the first medical centre in Uganda.
After years of its operations in the country, an eye clinic was opened and the first patient to be given optical glasses was Eliphaz Lubindi a resident of Kabalagala Kikubamutwe.
Natives started staring at Rubindi because of his glasses and they started referring to ‘amaaso ga Lubindi geewunyisa”.
Later on many people started getting glasses and people started asking “naawe baa
