Lancing College jacket is African fashion

Kevin O'Connor, a British freelance journalist, was going about his daily routine in a suburb of Kampala, in the south of the African country, when he noticed 13-year-old Samuel Kijimbu.

Mr O'Connor said Samuel is in his first year of secondary school and hoped to become a doctor, and had never been outside Uganda.

He said: "He does not know that Lancing is in the UK, let alone in Sussex. So why is Samuel wearing this t-shirt?

"Used shirts, blouses, trousers, caps and much other clothing reaching Uganda in huge bales from the USA, UK, and other developed countries, are known locally as 'mivumba'."

Mr O'Connor explained most Ugandans wear second-hand clothes, and Samuel had bought his top for 10,000 Ugandan shillings '“ about 3 '“ from Owino Market, the main market for "mivumba" in Kampala.

"Is there not something a little unsettling about the First World's cast-offs being worn by the poor in the Third World?" Mr O'Connor said.

He added: "But, on the other hand, in these environmentally conscious times, this flow of second-hand clothes can be viewed as an important form of recycling.

"Every now and again there are calls in the Ugandan media to ban these imports. But this would not have the support of most Ugandans.

"Samuel knows nothing of Lancing, or its college. Nevertheless, he wears his tracksuit top with pride."