KCCA Calls off Annual Street Festival

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The Kampala city festival street carnival had become so popular among Ugandans and other people around the world who enjoy carousing. This carnival arguably the most famous festival in Uganda has been taking place in the last four years in the month of October within the week before the celebration of the Uganda independence day of 9th October. It...

Uganda Government Disbands Major Tourism Agencies

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Yesterday on the 11th of September 2018 the government of Uganda through its Minister of Information Frank Tumwebaza issued a statement of disbanding some major parastatals and supplementary bodies and merging them into the ministry they fall in. The government says the integration of these agencies is intended to improve service delivery efficiency, harmonize salaries and cut down on wasteful...

Job Advertisement Starts at Uganda Airlines

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Early this year, the Uganda government commissioned the re-introductions of Uganda airlines that has collapsed and stopped operating about 20 years back.  Six Boeing aircraft were brought from Canada. The government in the middle of this year announced that the airline will be commencing business by 2019. In the process of reviving the Uganda airlines, personnels are needed to deliver...

Pearl of Africa Hotel Fires All Staff

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The news roaming around the hotel fraternity in Uganda is that one its five star hotel the pearl of Africa hotel sacked all its staff.  The feed has become concentrate and deep today but the booting was done on the 1st of September 2018 where the human resource manager held an emergency meeting with all the workers broke the...

Nyege Nyege Festival Cancelled

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The famous Nyege Nyege festival that was due to happen is cancelled by the minister of ethics and integrity Father Lukondo in an open letter. In his letter, he cited promotion of homosexuality through the festival as the main reason for calling it off. In Uganda, same sex relationship are prohibited by law and it is a capital offence. ...

Uganda to Hire Three Foreign Firms to Promote Tourism

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Tourism in Uganda is one of the most promising sectors. It is the biggest foreign exchange earner in the country as it was labelled the income cog of Uganda by the finance minister during the budget reading of 2018/19 in June this year. Uganda is one of the most endowed countries with natural biodiversity in the world but it...

Uganda Airlines Signs Shs. 700Billion Firm Order for 4Bombardier CRJ900 Aircraft

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Canadian based plane manufactures Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced Wednesday that it has signed a firm order for four new CRJ900 regional jets with Uganda National Airlines Company. Based on the list price for the CRJ900 aircraft, the firm order is valued at approximately US$190 million (Shs 711Billion) “We congratulate the Government of Uganda for the revival of its national flag carrier,...

Cooking Matooke- Uganda’s Main Staple Food

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Matooke is a plantain and it belongs to the carbohydrate group of food. It is a staple food for mainly people who live in the Central, western and South-western regions of Uganda. It was mostly common among the Baganda who occupy the central region of Uganda called the Buganda land but later it spread to other parts of the country. Matooke...

Cable Cars to be Introduced Around Tororo Rocks in Eastern Region

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The government initiative to boast domestic tourism in the country the Tulambule campaign was taken to Eastern region to visit and explore the various tourism destinations and potentials. The Tulambule campaign is spearheaded by the minister of tourism Honourable Godfrey Kiwanda. The campaign was taken to eastern Uganda this week where the team has visited the Tororo Rocks where the...

A New Birth of a Giraffe in Lake Mburo National Park

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It is another birth in the wilderness. Today we celebrate another baby giraffe seen in Lake Mburo national park in the western part of Uganda. Positive results of the conservation efforts of wildlife in Uganda. Giraffes are major wildlife of Uganda’s ecosystems and sought after by many tourists both the locals and internationals. Uganda hosts one of the rare Rothschild...