If we ran this only via `py.test`, putting the menu load into root `conftest.py` would solve this, but as we also develop outside of `py.test`, that wouldn't work. I think a more pythonic approach exists (although I didn't think of any specific yet), but this works and is proven so I have no problems with this. You don't even need an assert,
```python
import cfme.web_ui.menu as menu
menu
```
this is enough. However it may look weird for other people and tempt them to remove that statement without an `assert` there.

P.S.: If we renamed `menu.py` to eg. `nav_root.py`, doing
```python
from cfme.web_ui.nav_root import nav  # ui_navigate
```
would not be weird ... :)