Tourism and Life Style

The Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) and the Uganda Police are preparing to increase their efforts to ensure all accommodation facilities in the country are properly licensed. This move is in line with the Uganda Tourism Act of 2008, which is designed to regulate and improve the tourism sector. In a press release today, October 18, 2024, UTB confirmed that all hotels, lodges, guest houses, motels, inns, serviced apartments, cottages, villas, hostels, tenanted camps, and farmhouses must have a valid tourism...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to grace the 4th Edition of the Acholi Cultural Festival scheduled for December 12-14, 2024, at Pece War Memorial Stadium in Gulu City. Speaking at the launch from the Acholi Inn Hotel, Rwot Acana, the paramount chief of the Acholi urged the people of Acholi to use the festival to showcase their good culture, like hard work, togetherness, and love for the vulnerable, among others, and promote and create wealth. “Our people should expect a colorful event...

The Uganda Wildlife Authority has launched “Open Park Days" in a move to promote domestic tourism and create a connection between Ugandans and natural heritage. According to UWA, the Open Park Day will run for two days, including October 17th and 18th, 2024. Sam Mwandha, the Executive Director of UWA, urged Ugandans to take advantage of the open park days to embrace their natural heritage, discover the beauty within their borders, and change the narrative that Ugandan tourism is for foreigners. By...

The opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) party has accused Erias Lukwago, the Kampala Lord Mayor, of working as an agent for President Yoweri Museveni to undermine the opposition's efforts and divide the political landscape of Uganda. According to Waiswa Mufumbiro, deputy spokesperson of the NUP, Lukwago, who is also the interim leader of the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF), is a mole in the opposition who should out rightly be sidelined. On Wednesday, October 16, 2024, while responding to Lukwago’s recent...

The National Identification and Registration Authority, NIRA, has announced the first phase of the mass National Identified Cards enrolment exercise set to start on October 15th, 2024. Osborn Mushabe, the NIRA spokesperson, said on Monday, October 7th, 2024, while addressing the weekly security media briefing at the police headquarters, Naguru said the exercise will be conducted through mobile outreaches in various locations, including schools, hospitals, and other facilities, sports grounds, places of worship, and other public places. “We are also bringing...

The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has inaugurated the “Open Park Day” in a bid to boost domestic tourism. The UWA Executive Director, Mr. Sam Mwandha, while talking to the press conference on Monday, September 30, 2024, revealed that this is an exciting offer scheduled to take place in October 17th to 18th, 2024. During this period, Ugandan citizens and foreign residents, including their children, will have free access to the different national parks. The participants in the Open Park Day tour will...