Monthly Archives: March 2011

Another UWA ranger killed in the line of duty

Kidepo National Park was the scene of the latest victim of poachers’ violence against rangers and warden, when over the weekend yet another Uganda Wild life Authority-UWA staff was shot dead. According to information at hand aerial surveillance had established … Continue reading

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Air Uganda makes flights to Mombasa and Zanzibar seasonal

Uganda Airline will be exploring new ways to maintain their route from Entebbe to Zanzibar via Mombasa. Effective 01st of May there will be NO FLIGHTS until the 30th June, before resuming again for the period of 01st July until … Continue reading

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80 Tourists become Ambassadors to Rwanda

A bout 80 gorilla tourists evolved in a 3 days gorilla tour in Rwanda and pledged to become ambassadors after trekking mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park, visiting a women Art and Crafts organization, the Gisozi Genocide Memorial, Gahaya Links … Continue reading

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National Geographic to market Uganda tourism

National Geographic Society last week unveiled plans that tourism stakeholders in Uganda can use to market its tourism potentials both locally and abroad. The society, which is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world and … Continue reading

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Air Arabia to go to Nairobi daily starting April

The UAE’s main low cost carrier Air Arabia, presently flying four times a week between Sharijah / UAE and Kenya Nairobi, is all set to ‘go daily’ as of first week of April. The no frills airline has become hugely … Continue reading

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Uganda’s UNESCO World Heritage Site Kasubi Tombs under reconstruction

Over a year after a fire destroyed Kampala’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site, the ancient Kasubi Tombs of the Buganda Kingdom, did reconstruction finally go underway earlier this week. Kasubi  Tombs, where four of the former kings of Buganda have … Continue reading

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Uganda Government to pay former Forest Occupants

Uganda’s Government is set to compensate the Batwa who were evicted from their ancestral land in 1991 when forest reserves and national parks were gazetted. Batwa people were evicted from their traditional homelands when the Bwindi impenetrable forest and Mgahinga … Continue reading

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New forestry legislation bill in Rwanda’s Parliament

An amendment and major re-write to the outdated 1988 forestry bill was sent to parliament this week in Kigali Rwanda, aimed at creating a modern legal framework on forest protection and conservation through sustainable use of the country’s timber resources. … Continue reading

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Kanyeihamba to head Wildlife Authority Probe Team

Uganda’s Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry has appointed a probe team to conduct an investigation into the quality and cost of infrastructure development concerning the funds managed by the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), a statement released by the Ministry … Continue reading

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Rwanda’s wildlife bill to cater for compensation

Rwandan wildlife laws, most notably the provision to pay compensation to people suffering damages to property, injuries and loss of life by game straying out of the national parks, has received the approval of Rwanda’s second chamber, the Senate yesterday. … Continue reading

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