'Uganda can protect chinese investors but not its own citizens?' paradoxical perspectives in xenophobic narratives and practices fostering otherness in Uganda

Relations between citizens and migrants are tenuous in most countries. The Ugandan government has courted Chinese investors by establishing infrastructure to enable them to establish themselves in the country and help grow the economy. Dissatisfaction with Chinese investors is cited as one of the reasons for public protests in Uganda in 2017. This chapter seeks to explore narratives about otherness prevalent in the Ugandan society, as manifested in the media. It is proposed that if narratives of negative othering are not acknowledged or challenged, they have the potential of flaring up into retribution by citizens against the Others. Strategies need to be put into place to avoid the ruin of a carefully planned development programme.