The owner rewarded him with $32 — about seven times what a motorcycle taxi driver makes a day.
Some motorcycle taxi drivers proudly fly the star spangled banner in place of the Ugandan flag which normally adorns their wing-mirror.
This service connects motorcycle taxis, called ojeks, with people who need a ride or a delivery.
It stills its construction cranes. It empties its perennially clogged streets of ojeks, the kamikaze-like motorcycle taxis that weave in and out of traffic, and find shortcuts on sidewalks.