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President Yoweri Museveni Speech at reading of Uganda 2011/2012 budget

  Statement BY     H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni President of the Republic of Uganda UICC Kampala, June 8, 2011     H.E. the Vice President; Rt. Hon. Speaker; His Lordship the Chief Justice; Rt. Hon. Deputy Speaker; Her Ladyship Deputy Chief Justice Rt. Hon. Prime Minister; Rt. Hon. Leader of the Opposition; Hon. Ministers; […]

Uganda Wildlife Authority offering income opportunities for people near protected areas

Uganda Wildlife Authority has disclosed it that wildlife sector provides a range of employment opportunities for people living around protected areas.   Featuring at the Uganda Broadcasting Services news hour program, a community conservation warden in charge of Mt. Elgon conservation area Geoffrey Matanda explained that among the beneficiaries are tourist guides, potters, rangers, office […]

Brussels Airlines, Uganda Wildlife Authority make offers for Gorilla tracking in Uganda

Brussels Airlines has offered travel discounts for tourist flying inn to visit the mountain Gorillas in the Bwindi Impenetrable forest south western Uganda. The discount of 10% will be offered on tickets once travels can prove they will go Gorilla tracking when they visit. The discount is available during the low tourism season which is […]

Walk to work protests causes a loss of 100 million dollars per month to Uganda tourism sector

The Uganda Tourism Board has warned that the continued walks to work protest are badly affecting the tourism sector. The country managed to collect 600 million dollars from  last year’s  tourism activities but with the continued walk to work protest that have entered their fifth week are stopping tourists from visiting the country for fear […]

Uganda Tourism Board asks for more funding from government

The Uganda Tourism Board is asking the government to increase funding to tourism sector in order to help the country better tap the potential of tourism. At a workshop in Kampala today, the Chairman of the Uganda Tourism Board Edwin Muzahura said that tourism is not picking well in Uganda because the Board is not […]

Uganda urged to take its tourism industry more seriously

The Chairman of Uganda Tourism Association, Amos Wekesa has urged Uganda to take the country’s tourism sector more seriously because tourism is capable contributing heavily to Uganda’s economic growth. While speaking to participants in the Traditional Trade Facilitation expo 2010 organised by the Private Sector Foundation, Wekesa said Uganda has great bio diversity and other […]

Uganda Wildlife exhibition at Nomo Gallery Kicks off

The Annual wildlife exhibition organized by Nomo gallery kicked off on Saturday July 3, 2010 at the Nomo Gallery offices in Nakasero. The exhibition that will take place every day up to 30th July is an exhibition that is aimed at creating awareness on the wild life industry in Uganda. The organizers of the exhibition […]

Uganda Vice President calls for the development of Kabaka’s Lake

Uganda Vice President Prof. Gilbert Bukenya has appealed to the people of Buganda to develop the Kabaka’s Lake for tourism and other recreation activities. The Kabaka Lake which covers an area of 30 acres is located in Uganda Capital City of Kampala and is probably the deepest man-made lake in the world at about 35 […]

Makers of Uganda Gorillas film seek for donations

The makers of a film on the plight of Gorillas in Uganda dubbed “Galiwango: Obulamu bwe Ekisoode” are seeking for donations to fund the production of the first movie in the world that will address the plight of the Gorillas in Uganda. Gorrillas which are man’s closest relatives remains one of Uganda’s main tourist’s attractions. […]

Rwagweri starts Tooro cultural centre project in western Uganda

Part 4 of Rwagweri Stephen talks about preserving African culture, writing books The institution I head called Engabu Za Tooro, has a number of programs which range from promoting traditional music to promoting cultural economic activities and reconstructing traditional indigenous knowledge into today’s development practice and our greatest strength has been using new models of culture […]

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