Author: Johnson Thembo
The State Minister for Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquates Hon. Martine Mugarra has called upon Ugandans to aggressively invest in tourism and hospitality business. Speaking while presiding over the commissioning of Mbale Courts View Hotel in Mbale City, Eastern Uganda, Mugarra said if locals don’t invest, the foreigners will come take over the lucrative industry. “If you sleep, foreigners are going to invest here and you will be tourists in the place where you are born.” Mugarra said adding that investing in domestic tourism fundamental because government can’t not rely only on foreigners. He tasked locals to make good use of…
Eastern Uganda, 22nd December 2022: In a bid to promote the Elgon region as a top tourist destination, the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife, and Antiquities, with agencies Uganda Tourism Board, Uganda Wildlife Authority, UWEC, UHHTI, and UWRI, and private sector players, on Tuesday officially flagged off a team of more than 300 people to the Eastern Uganda route at the Uganda Museum in the domestic tourism promotional drive dubbed “Explore Elgon.” The official raising of the flag was done by the Hon. Martin B. Mugarra, the State Minister for Tourism, Wildlife, and Antiquities. The team began the journey en route…
As it’s famously said that, ‘There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.’ Indeed the Explore Elgon tourism drive has been be a cocktail of both happiness, dance and unearthing the magical beauty of the Eastern part of Uganda. According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, cultural tourism is “movements of persons for essentially cultural motivations such as study tours, performing arts and cultural tours, travel to festivals and other cultural events, visits to sites and monuments, travel to study nature, folklore or art. Explore Elgon happened at time when the region was carrying on a…
The MTN-sponsored Busoga Kingdom bicycle race competition dubbed “Obugaali Bwa Masaza” was concluded last weekend in the Eastern District of Jinja. 66 participants from the 11 counties of Busoga were flagged off by His Majesty William Wilberforce Gabula Nadiope IV at the Kyabazinga Headquarters in Jinja. His Majesty, the Kyabazinga of Busoga thanked his people for embracing the MTN-sponsored bicycle races and also thanked MTN Uganda for choosing to engage the youth of Busoga Kingdom in a beloved sport that has spread cheer across the 11 counties of the Kingdom. As suggested by the Kingdom officials, the competitors rode a whooping distance…
The vibe to take on the much-anticipated Explore Elgon domestic tourism campaign, which is set to take place from December 20–23, 2022 to the Eastern Uganda route, is approaching with a twist. The campaign intends to highlight the beauty and hidden treasures of the country’s prized tourism sites and attractions strewn around the Eastern region, including Mt. Elgon National Park, Sipi Falls, and Wanale Hill as possible tourist destinations. According to Hon. Martin Mugarra, the State Minister for Tourism, Wildlife, and Antiquities, is optimistic that the Explore Elgon campaign seeks to not only tap into the domestic and international tourist…
The vibe to take on the much-anticipated Explore Elgon domestic tourism campaign, which is set to take place from December 20–23, 2022 to the Eastern Uganda route, is approaching with a twist. The campaign intends to highlight the beauty and hidden treasures of the country’s prized tourism sites and attractions strewn around the Eastern region, including Mt. Elgon National Park, Sipi Falls, and Wanale Hill as possible tourist destinations. According to Hon. Martin Mugarra, the State Minister for Tourism, Wildlife, and Antiquities, is optimistic that the Explore Elgon campaign seeks to not only tap into the domestic and international tourist…
MTN Uganda’s Corporate Social Responsibility arm, MTN Foundation, has launched a nationwide youth-centred economic empowerment initiative dubbed the MTN ACE. The MTN ACE initiative was launched in Kampala at the National ICT Innovation hub under the theme “Digital Skills for digital jobs”. This timely campaign comes at a time when many youths are faced with a year-on-year soaring unemployment challenge as highlighted by the most recent (2021) world bank report https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.ZS?locations=UG. Further studies indicate that 77% of Uganda is under the age of 30 and its population is set to double by 2060. There are not enough jobs available. Youth unemployment…
The Opposition in Parliament has said that their focus for the next session of Parliament will be on pushing for constitutional and electoral reforms. Addressing a press conference on Thursday, 15 December 2022, the Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Mathias Mpuuga, alongside other members of the Opposition said that for the past periods, the electoral and constitutional reforms have been tabled as an afterthought. Mpuuga said that as the Opposition, they want the reforms tabled in earnest so that citizens have an input. He said that they will take the lead in the process in the next session of Parliament…
The Agribusiness Development Centre (ADC) together with its partners DFCU Limited and Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) have awarded over 50 SACCO beneficiaries with certificates after completing a thirteen-weeks training in financial literacy and management, Good Governance & Agriculture marketing. This training was aimed at teaching and certifying the Members of Mabira Coffee Cooperative Society and SAO- Ngogwe Savings and Credit Cooperative Ltd on ways to grow their SACCOs financial base and members’ agribusinesses. The training module also included business planning, cash flow modelling, coaching and mentor-ship following international best practices that guarantee enterprise growth. “In a bid to become…
Uganda Development Bank and its Managing DirectorMs. Patricia Ojangole have been named Sustainability Leader of the Year 2022 at the Karlsruhe Sustainability Awards Ceremony that was held during the Global Sustainable Finance Conference which took place on 1 and 2 December 2022 in Germany. Awarded by the International Council of Sustainability Standards and Certification Initiative (SSCI) for Value Driven Financial Institutions, the accolade is given to individuals and/or institutions that demonstrate commitment to creating value for all their stakeholders and protecting the environment. “Uganda Development Bank continues to lead the process of promoting sustainability, not only in the country, but…