By Drake Nyamugabwa The State Minister for Tourism Godfrey Kiwanda has applauded the construction of a new-5 star hotel at Ssese Island on Lake Victoria by property mogul Sudhir Ruparelia, saying the new development will go a long way in boosting Uganda’s tourism sector. Kiwanda says Uganda needs more hotels
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Captain Joseph Charles Roy (JCR) and his family trading as Ziwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranch (ZRWR) are restless after a South African investor they partnered with turned against them to the extent of wanting to grab their 16,000 acres of land, Business Focus reports. The investor in question is Angella
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has revealed that Uganda is the best tourist destination in the world. In a statement issued on Sunday, Museveni, who chairing the NRM CEC retreat at Chobe Safari Lodge, said he made time to meet leaders of a group of 250 Israeli tourists who are visiting
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The Uganda Tourism Board has Wednesday welcomed a group of 230 Israeli nationals who are in the country for a 3 day tour of Uganda. The tourists came aboard a direct chartered flight - from Israel to Uganda, the ELAL flight; the first direct flight from Israel to Uganda since
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The State Minister for Tourism, Godfrey Kiwanda has defended the controversial Miss Curvy contest, saying that the pageant is ‘godly’ and is aimed at thanking God for gifting Uganda with endowed women. To cement his argument, he quoted Genesis 1:31; ‘God looked at everything he had made, and he was
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Kenya has set its sights on India and Spain as it seeks to grow tourism numbers to 2.5 million arrivals by 2022. In a statement, the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) said it will be leading local travel agents on marketing missions to the two countries. More than 10 Kenyan travel
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At least 94 camels have died in northern Kenya from suspected poisoning after drinking water in an abandoned well. At least 26 others were in critical condition, Shanda Guyo, a veterinary officer in the Marsabit arid region, told the BBC. The deaths were a huge loss for the animal owners,
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Kenya’s game-dominated tourism faces a bleak future as population of wild animals that attract visitors to the country continue to decline rapidly, Business Daily reports. About 40,400 animals that were on records by end of 2016 were not available in 2017, latest data indicates, highlighting a trend that should also
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Uganda has emerged as one of the world’s cheapest places to travel in 2019. Therefore, if you want to save money in 2019 and still travel the world, you’re in luck. Every year, Forbes taps into experts and influencers to find out their picks for cheap travel in the upcoming year.
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Tanzania's President John Magufuli has signed an agreement for the construction of a controversial hydro-electric power project in one of East Africa's best known game reserves. The power plant on the Rufiji River in the Selous Game Reserve is to be built by two Egyptian firms at a cost of
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