Tourists with locals in a Uganda village

The Uganda Tourism Board has reassured intending tourists to Uganda that the security situation in the country is okay after the various security agencies, moved quickly to avert the security tension that were caused by the recent bomb blasts in Kampala that have left nearly eighty people dead and over 60 people injured.

Reports indicate that the bombings of Kampala left a number of tourists with questions as to whether to come for a tour to Uganda, with several travel agencies indicating they are receiving inquiries of how safe it is to visit Uganda.

The management of the Uganda Tourism board has told journalists at the Media Centre that all visitors, tourists and all other tourism sector players like tour operators, hoteliers, travel agents and airlines that the security organs in Uganda are doing everything possible to ensure that maximum security is restored in the country.

The country’s tourism body says there is no need for intending tourists to change their tours to Uganda and more popular destinations like Bwindi Impenetrable Forest are safe and secure for the tourists to visit.

The peace and security that Uganda has largely enjoyed for the last 25 years or so is one of the principal reasons for the resurgence of the tourism sector in the country to turn it into one of the leading sectors of Uganda’s economy.

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By Zacharia Tiberindwa, Ultimate Media

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A new study by USA researchers from the University of Michigan might help to resolve a long-standing dispute about the deadly inter-group fighting among chimpanzees.

The study conducted in Uganda’s Kibaale National park of Western Uganda indicates that Chimpanzees violently kill other Chimpazees from rival groups in a bid to expand their territory therefore disputing suggestions that the infighting is a result of human intervention.

Chimpazees

A primate behavioral ecologist John Mitani who was one of the researchers says the findings will help give a clear answer to the existing assumption by other researchers.

He says that the infighting mostly affects the infant Chimpazees because according to Mitala they are easier targets than the adult primates. Like members of other primate families, Chimpazees remain one of Uganda’s leading tourist attractions.

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A video of chimpanzees life in Uganda Kibaale National parks

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By Solomon Akugizibwe, Ultimate Media

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