Residents in the Ugandan capital Kampala have been protesting against the state of the roads by going fishing in potholes².

乌干达首都坎帕拉居民在马路凹坑旁钓鱼以抗议其糟糕的路况。

The BBC's Joshua Mmali says Kampala's roads are in such a bad state that the city has been nicknamed "Kampothole".

The capital is an opposition⁴ stronghold（要塞，大本营） and the mayor told the BBC he is not given enough tax revenue（税收） to fix roads.

"To do one kilometre of a tarmac（柏油碎石路面） road requires you to have $1m (£660,000)," Mayor Nasser Ntege Ssebagala said. "That's a big problem."

Embarrass

The handful of protesters said 8 June should be marked as National Pothole¹ Day.

"We are calling upon the powers to solve this mess," protest organiser Godfrey Birimumaaso told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.

"It's shameful⁵, we're in Kampala, the heart of Uganda," he said.

The protesters pretended to be fishmongers（鱼商，鱼贩） , selling fish from the large, cavernous（洞穴状的） , water-filled potholes.

"Five thousand shillings ($2; £1.30) fish - direct from Lake Ssebagala, the mayor of Kampala," they shouted to passing traffic.

Our reporter says the group created a spectacle（景象，奇观） in their attempt to embarrass Kampala City Council.

Motorists and bus commuters driving by shouted their approval.

But our correspondent says the passing of the buck⁶ over road maintenance in the capital is likely to continue as some see it as a political game to shift voters' allegiances（忠贞，忠诚） .