By Reporter

The Time Magazine named Tony O. Elumelu, one of Africa’s leading investors and philanthropists, in the 2020 TIME100, the annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The list, now in its seventeenth year, recognises the activism, innovation, and achievement of the world’s most influential individuals. Mr. Elumelu, who is one of only four Africans on the 2020 list, is recognised for his track record of business turnaround and value creation, and economic empowerment of young Africans.

Tony Elumelu is the Chairman of United Bank for Africa, a top Pan-African financial services group, operating in Uganda and 19 additional countries in Africa, the United Kingdom, France, and is the only African bank with a commercial deposit taking licence in the United States. The bank provides corporate, commercial, SME and consumer banking services to more than 21 million customers globally.  United bank for Africa has been offering financial services in Uganda for the past 12 years.

Mr. Tony Elumelu is the most prominent champion of entrepreneurship in Africa. In 2010, he created The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), the philanthropy empowering a new generation of African entrepreneurs, catalysing economic growth, driving poverty eradication and ensuring job creation across all 54 African countries. Since inception, the Foundation has funded just under 10,000 entrepreneurs and created a digital ecosystem of over one million as part of its ten year, US$100m commitment through the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. Over 600 Ugandan entrepreneurs have benefited from   this Foundation.   Self-funded, the Foundation is increasingly sharing its unique ability to identify, train, mentor and fund young entrepreneurs across Africa, with institutions such as the UNDP, the ICRC and leading European development agencies.

The Tony Elumelu Foundation will celebrate 10 years of impact in November and its  mission continues to be inspired by Mr. Elumelu’s economic philosophy of Africapitalism, which positions the private sector, and most importantly entrepreneurs, as the catalyst for the social and economic development of the continent. 

Mr. Tony Elumelu is the most prominent champion of entrepreneurship in Africa. In 2010, he created The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), the philanthropy empowering a new generation of African entrepreneurs, catalysing economic growth, driving poverty eradication and ensuring job creation across all 54 African countries. Since inception, the Foundation has funded just under 10,000 entrepreneurs and created a digital ecosystem of over one million as part of its ten year, US$100m commitment through the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. Over 600 Ugandan entrepreneurs have benefited from   this Foundation.   Self-funded, the Foundation is increasingly sharing its unique ability to identify, train, mentor and fund young entrepreneurs across Africa, with institutions such as the UNDP, the ICRC and leading European development agencies.

The Tony Elumelu Foundation will celebrate 10 years of impact in November and its  mission continues to be inspired by Mr. Elumelu’s economic philosophy of Africapitalism, which positions the private sector, and most importantly entrepreneurs, as the catalyst for the social and economic development of the continent. 

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By Reporter

Spice Diana and Dre Cali are lined up for the third episode of the Club Pilsener sponsored Club Beatz At Home concert.

Spice Diana is a proven talent who has immersed her brand in success with several hit songs to her name, a big fanbase, several endorsement deals and a multi-million mansion. She is one of the biggest brands in the region.

Her performances have been characterized with energy and so much entertainment. She is also the “queen of stunts” and we can anticipate so much this time following the exciting and comic performance that A Pass put up in the last show.

As Club Pilsener’s norm to always support and develop rising talent, Spice will be joined by Mpaka Records’ Dre Cali whose name has been a constant on most music charts and countdowns through the lockdown.

The show starts at 9PM and you wouldn’t want to miss a minute especially because the super talented emcee and media personality Douglas Lwanga will be hosting.

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By BigEyeUg Team

Nile Breweries, Uganda’s leading beer company through its flagship brand ‘Nile Special has donated a cheque worth 3,000,000/= to Mountain Slayers Uganda Club to purchase equipment for the Bakonjo mountain guides.

According to Ms. Amou Majok, Marketing Lead – Uganda, the donation follows Nile Breweries being thrilled after seeing its 50 years old flagship brand, Nile Special at the peak of Mt. Rwenzori.

This was recently on September 5th, when a group of 13 men and 13 ladies under MSU travelled to Kasese, the home district of Mount Rwenzori, located on the border of Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The highest peak of Rwenzori is 5,109 meters and it is here that Anthony Natif took a photo with the Nile Special bottle, taking it to great heights with a stunning caption hailing the Nile Special brand.

“At MSU, we are all about enjoying and showcasing the beauty that Uganda has to offer. And it does have a lot of gems! To that end, we aren’t shy about showing off brands we consider true representations of the Ugandan experience. Nile Special is a quintessential Ugandan brand, loved and enjoyed by millions. It also happens to be the most popular beer in the club. We take pride in it. When Mountain Slayers Uganda organized a Rwenzori expedition, it was a perfect opportunity for us to showcase Nile Special against the backdrop of the highest peak of the most beautiful mountain not only in Uganda but in Africa. We were careful to ensure the bottle was nicely wrapped and tucked deep inside my daypack so it wouldn’t easily break or the contents freeze throughout the 5 days of climbing that it took to get to Margherita. It worked and we were thrilled to share that picture with the world!” Anthony Natif said.

It was then that Nile Special got in touch with Mr. Anthony Natif after seeing the social media conversation his actions stirred.

Mr. Anthony Natif humbly requested Nile Special to give a donation to the Mountain Slayers Uganda Club so that they can buy equipment for the Bakonjo mountain guides.

“Nile Special Uganda’s leading beer brand has been the flagship brand for Nile Breweries for the last 50 years. We were humbled to see the Nile Special bottle at the peak of Mt. Rwenzori.  We got in touch with Mr. Anthony Natif after seeing the social media conversation his actions stirred.  He humbly requested that we give a donation to the Mountain Slayers Uganda Club so that they can buy equipment for the Bakonjo mountain guides,” said Ms. Amou Majok, Marketing Lead – Uganda.

The cheque was handed over to Ms. Amou Majok at Nile Breweries Ltd, Head Office, Portbell Road, Luzira.

Mountain Slayers Uganda is a hiking club that was formed in 2015 to promote hiking and outdoor lifestyle among Ugandans of all demographics. 

The club started with six (6) founding members and has now grown to 80 (eighty) active members and still counting. Every six weeks, a hike is organized and once a year a recognized mountain is climbed. 

Mr. Paul Lumala, the President Mountain Slayers Uganda (MSU) said, “Mountain climbing is a once in a lifetime experience; you forge lasting bonds amongst each other, being in the wild and having only each other to rely on for safety. With the activities performed we hope to inspire a whole generation to embrace the wild as their first choice of fun weekends and getaways.”

We will keep you posted

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By BigEyeUg Team

Urban TV presenter, Christine Karungi aka Tina Fierce has disclosed the real reason behind her suspension from work in June this year which his contrary to the recent allegations that she was halted by the Uganda Communications Commission after maliciously attacking socialite Sheila Gashumba.

On Thursday, Tina took it to her social media and answered the persistent question from her fans and followers with a true explanation of why she is still off air.

“Ok… this is the last time i am explaining why am off air! Stop asking me in my Dms, bloggers here u go too coz am tired of answering questions… ps… look at the date. #ivehaditFace with tears of joy Face with tears of joy y’all is relentless with the questions and thoughts…” Tina wrote.

Tina went ahead and dropped a letter from the Uganda Media Council addressed to her, The New Vision Printing and Publishing Company Limited Kampala, and the producer Scoop on Scoop show Urban TV.

The letter was headed in the matter of disciplinary proceedings against the producer Urban TV Scoop on Scoop show and Ms Christine Karungi.

It was referenced with breach of code of ethics/minimum standards of broadcasting and promoting inflammatory/hate speech – decision of the committee.

Christine Karungi who was apparently incensed about the government decision to allow Mr. Ben Kavuya to repatriate members of his family into the country during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

While accusing Minister Kuteesa and by extension by government of Uganda of the favoritism Ms Karungi made a clarion call on Ugandans to rise up and fight the privileged and connected few who bend rules to suit their whims and families while leaving poor Ugandans stranded in foreign capitals.

She used expletives and unsavoury language and went as far as wishing death upon the Hon. Kuteesa and the Kavuya family subject of her tirade.

At no time in the impugned tirade did she indicate whether she was dealing with the fact or opinion nor did she give any reason.

See document here;

We will keep you posted

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By BigEyeUg Team

Singer Bebe Cool’s wife ‘Zuena Kirema’ is thrilled after daughter Beata Ssali going for the dreadlocks hairstyle for the first time in her life.

Mummy Zue (Zuena) couldn’t hold the excitement for her daughter’s new look as she stormed social media to express her gratitude towards Beata’s stylist a one ‘Ronny Kampala Locs’.

“Rony Kampala Locs webale kunyiriza our ka princess. Beata just joined the locks family, easy to maintain and very light on the head,” Zuena wrote.

The current COVID-19 Pandemic lockdown could have boosted Beata to have the dreadlocks hairstyle for the reason that, its still a number of months away for her to resume school where such a hairstyle is prohibited.

On another side of this style, the public have sighted this as a golden opportunity to promote the family’s new hairstylist, Ronny Kampala Locs after falling out with Mart Barber.

This sparks verge after Mart Barber who has been Bebe Cool’s family official hair stylist slamming him for not paying him for quite long.

“Bebe Cool is a very ill-mannered person. He is not a good person at all according to his behaviors. When you stay with him for a long time you get to understand him and that’s why his last haircut wasn’t styled by me because you can demand for your money and get tired,” Mart Barber said.

We will keep you posted

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By BigEyeUg Team

We are most likely to have a taste of a fresh and fatty social media battle that the country has not experience in 2020.

This is between two of the most followed Ugandan celebrities on social media Sheila Gashumba and Bad Black.

The verbal war escalates following Bad Black demeaning Sheila’s renowned work of products and brand influencing.

Taking it to her Snap Chat, the proud sexual worker questioned Sheila job that has uplifted her career for many years now.

Bad Black proved confused about Sheila’s highly exalted influential responsibilities given the fact of her personal weakness like; dropping out of school, aborting, dating crooks, dressing in skimpy clothes, social battling everyone, abusing former employers, and backstabbing friends.

“Who does Sheila Gashumba Influence? Simububi. She influences them to do What? Drop out of school? Abort, date crooks, dress skimpy, social climb everyone? Abuse former employers? Backstab friends, WHAT AND WHO DOES SHE INFLUENCE?” Bad Black wrote.

Bad Black defended herself of her popularized work of influencing single mothers, prostitutes and Uganda government.

“Atleast Bad Black influences single Moms, Ex-convicts, prostitutes, even government if Uganda emumanyi,” she added.

This comes in a few weeks after Sheila Gashumba landing another multi-million deal with YoKuku Uganda, a company dealing in tastiest and most affordable brand of fresh and frozen chicken.

However, Sheila Gashumba has still reluctant to responding to Sheila’s provocative states unlike her previous social media wars.

We will keep you posted

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By Staff Writer

Infinix is gearing-up for a new device launch soon. Rumor has it that the smartphone manufacture is set to launch the Infinix HOT 10. The upcoming smartphone is HOT10. Infinix HOT10 is a successor to the Infinix Hot 9 that was launched early May this year in May.

In the past, the Infinix HOT Series have been known to great to be good budget smartphone devices that mostly appeal to the youth given their ability to deliver spectacular smartphone entertainment experiences with impressive specifications that keep upgrading such as a. Rumor insinuates upgrades of the quad-core processor, quad rear camera setup, large full screen display with a hole-punch design, and a large battery as well.

It is unclear whether the company will be launching an Infinix Hot 10 Pro alongalongside with the Hot 10 but given that Infinix has been relatively straight-forward with its lineup lately, itsit’s safe to assume that the Hot 10 series will launch with at least two models. 

The leaked image of the phone revealsreveal that it has have a punch-hole display. Rumor, it’s also has it that the HOT10 is said to be powered by Helio G70, a powerful gaming processor that does not lag, with. Some of the specifications that our insider hinted on was a 4 GB of RAM which will presumably be one of the memory variants and is preinstalled with Android 10 OS.

It is said that the HOT10 is capable of recording 1080p videos at 30fps and is equipped with a quad-rear camera including a 16MP primary shooter which is accompanied by a 2MP macro lens, and a 2MP bokeh lens, and an AI lens. It is also said that the Hot 10 packs a Hot10 might be packed with a huge 5,200mAh battery with power marathon tech embedded as per the company.

The other details of the HOT10 are currently under wraps but is assumed to be in aaa price range of about UGX500, 000- – 600,000 with in three colorscolor variants including Moonlight Jade and Obsidian Black. We can’t wait to share in-depth details of the phone once itsit’s launched early October this year. 

Earlier this year, Infinix launched the Infinix Hot 9after the launch which came MediaTek Helio P22 paired with 4GB RAM and a triple rear camera setup that features a 13-megapixel primary shooter. is the rumored release date.

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By Our Reporter

Uganda has been ranked among the top 10 countries in the world in suppressing the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is according to report by the Lancet Medical Journal that ranked 91 countries around the world based on the incidence or the number of new cases per million population per day averaged during August.

The permanent secretary, ministry of Health Dr Diana Atwine could not hide her excitement about the achievement. She took to her social media pages to congratulate and thank her troops; the front line workers.

“Efforts to be proud of. Special thanks to all our frontline health workers . We are doing well.” She wrote on Facebook.

All milestones ranging from the recent selection of Uganda in the top 10 countries to suppress the pandemic, the low mortality rate, containing the spread to the distribution of food relief to members of the communities, the PS celebrates the precision and comradeship of the entire medical and ministry staff.

The minister and permanent secretary are known for having led their team with a philosophy of Go hard and Go early.

“Communicating bad news is a difficult task but we constantly had to get out even when it meant risking demoralizing the nation but we have a duty to communicate with transparency. And that has proved the vital antidote to this risk,” Dr Diana Atwine talking to the press at a recent function at the ministry.

The speed and scope of the Coronavirus crisis presented extraordinary challenges for all leaders and the PS wasn’t left out. Her leadership has called for decisive action and honest communication.

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By Our Reporter

Not all heroes wear capes. And for an expectant mother in Mawogola, the hero was aspiring Mawogola Member of Parliament Godffrey Aine Kaguta, alias Sodo after he donated an ambulance to the constituency recently.

The mother (whose names have been withheld) is reported to have gone into early labor, with no aiding assistance for her move to the hospital, and was relieved when the newly donated ambulance in the area was availed and delivered her to the Ssembabule Health Centre 4, where she had a baby boy.

For the timely intervention, the mother managed to deliver safely.  Both the mother and son are reportedly well and healthy.

The new mum is said to have named her new born son, Sodo, in honor of her real life hero.

The newly donated ambulance by the aspiring candidate is the only functional ambulance in the entire district, a situation that has left the health situation in the region in dire need for change.

Mawogola North is expected to carry out its much anticipated NRM primaries next Wednesday, with the fan favorite, Godffrey Aine Kaguta facing Ms Shartsi Musherure, the daughter to the Foreign Affairs Minister and incumbent Mawogola North MP Sam Kutesa.

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By Our Reporter

Anticipation is high in Mawogola North constituency as they prepare for the NRM primaries that are happening this Wednesday.

This comes after the initial election was canceled due to instability between the camps of the two main opponents, Godfrey Aine Kaguta and Ms. Shartsi Musherure, the daughter to the incumbent MP Sam Kutesa.

In a move to show support to Godfrey Aine, alias Sodo, a fraction of his family members that include his elder brothers, Chairman Shadrack Nzeire and Chairman Micheal Kaguta also known as Toyota, have already touched base in Ssembabule to show their support for the aspiring Member of Parliament.

This comes after numerous reports that there had developed a rift within the family, with some members reportedly not in support of Sodo’s political aspirations.

The NRM primaries for Mawokota North are scheduled to take place on Wednesday 30th, 2020.

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By Reporter

After the Success of their Read To Learn Project, which was launched at the height of Covid19, it seemed like the curators at Smart Toto had rested for the year 2020. But if a press conference they had yesterday is anything to go by, Smart Toto has announced another exciting community project dubbed 1 Million Books To 1 Million Kids.

Speaking at the launch of the 1 Million Books To 1 Million Kids Project, the founder and Team leader, Hasfa Mago explained that the poor reading culture across the various Ugandan communities is because of lack of access to books. And that making them available would not only improve their literacy levels, but positively impact their livelihoods immediately and in the future.

“The concept of the outreach is as clear as its title. We want to give 1 million books to 1 million kids. And we have already started. Through the One Million books to One Million kids’ campaign and the Read to Learn project, both of which have literacy development in communities as the central focus, we have managed to distribute 55,612 books to students and libraries among other learning materials. We have reached out to and impacted over 4,586 children in schools, families and communities across Uganda. We have conducted reading sessions in the regions of Mpigi, Wakiso, Nebbi, Mbarara, Kabarole and Kampala,” explained Hasfa.

Hasfa Mago, who is renowned for her passionate endeavors in impacting underprivileged children explained that the focal points of the campaigns are; providing learning material to the children in the communities, Relieving the parents from the worry about the current education situation of their children right now because of Covid-19, and Giving children in the communities a chance to be learning during the school lock down.

Hasfa urged the general public, institutions, and corporates in big and small groups to come out and support the cause.

“Even something as little as 100k, after 10 people pool 10k each, can buy books that can start a small community library. That is why we urge everyone to join hands, and let’s help the children of the nation,” Hasfa reiterated.

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By Reporter

After a debut appearance on NBS’s THE SCORE, God’s Plan has won his second invite on the show tonight given his experience with foreign professional soccer. On a show that will feature Cameroonian soccer player Emmanuel Gaetan who is also plays for British club Tranmere Rovers tonight, God’s Plan will also be on the panel to discuss soccer.

God’s Plan is believed to have expertise advise and guidance on soccer hence the invite tonight. The former Arsenal player will be discussing with Emmanuel Gaetan this time.

Emmanuel Gaetan was born on 26 January 1995 and has played in England for clubs Forest Green Rovers, Bath City, QPR, South Port among others.

THE SCORE will be live on NBS at 10PM

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By Reporter

Dancehall female singer Rhodah K who currently resides in diaspora has returned with a bang. Rhodah K who has been habing her great leave from active music yesterday dropped her latest video “Negweela”

Negweela is a love praise song where the singer piles praise for her newly found love. It was produced by MagBeatz and video edited by Jahlive

Watch video here:

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By Our Reporter

With just a few days to the NRM primaries in Mawogola sub-county, violence has rocked the area again with members of Sodo’s camp accusing the rival camp of using thugs to beat them up. This comes amidst heavy police deployment in the area, in anticipation of the forthcoming election.

In a video that has been circulating on social media, an unidentified man, alleges that he was beaten to pulp by members of the Sam Kuteesa camp, over what he claims is election related, as he belongs to the opposing camp of NRM aspirant Godfrey Aine Kaguta alias Sodo.

The man called on the president to intervene in the matter, calling for change in the area’s leadership, in order for much needed peace to prevail in the area.

Tensions are high in the area, particularly between the two rival camps of Godfrey Aine Kaguta and Ms Shartsi Musherure, the daughter to the Foreign Affairs Minister and incumbent Mawogola North MP Sam Kutesa, who are both vying for the position of NRM flag bearer, alongside Kiseeka Salim.

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Ykee Benda will be one of the mentors during the A Ka Dope Talent search.

By Our Reporter

Musicians, Ykee Benda, Mun G and Naava Grey have scored a juicy mentorship deal.

The music stars will feature on the A Ka Dope star talent search as mentors for the upcoming performers in a bid to support their growth and development.

A Ka Dope is a multi-art show that launched an online talent search competition last month where 12 underground acts will perform alongside established artistes and stand a chance to win a fully-fledged recording deal. The competition dubbed the A Ka Dope Stars will run from September to December, 2020.

Participants recorded and uploaded a 40-second video of themselves singing or rapping on their social media pages and encouraged their fans to repost, share and comment. Out of the submissions, the 12 best acts shall be shortlisted as semi-finalists and perform live with the A Ka Dope Band to compete for the grand prize – UGX 2 million cash and a recording deal.

“Uganda Waragi is all about encouraging expression of your vibrant Ugandan Spirit, and there’s no better platform for that than A Ka Dope. We continue to stand proudly as a partner, supporting their goal of grooming local talent for the betterment of the entertainment industry in Uganda,” said Agaba Tumusiime, Brand Manager, Uganda Waragi, a sponsor of the show.

Ykee Benda has fueled the growth of a new age of music with his dynamic vocals and eccentric production. Mun G is arguably one of the pillars of the hip-hop scene in Uganda and Naava’s incredible vocals qualifies her as a competent music mentor.

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By Reporter

Spice Diana and Mpaka Records singer Dre Cali put up mouth watering performances over the weekend at the virtual club beatz concert. Dre Cali openned the night’s performance with his master piece Onanagiza and went through all his songs and was joined by Saxophonist Joseph Sax.

Spice Diana with her Kwata Wano then stormed stage. Spice Diana kept her performance warm with her songs Now, Kyuma, Bajikona, Mood, Omusheshe and Kokonya. Her night’s attire was surely something not to ignore as her entire performance kept the audience glued and guessing what her next attire will be for the next song. She did not only pit up a good performance but also completely amused the fashion enthusiasts

As always, Douglas Lwanga was the emcee of the night as as always impressed.

Some moments from the Saturday night show.

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By Our Reporter

Uganda joined the rest of the world to commemorate the World Contraception Day on Saturday which was held under the theme “Lets roll back the teenage pregnancy crisis in Uganda”.

In Uganda, the contraceptive prevalence rate is at 26% (UDHS 2016) with 18% of married women using modern methods, while 6% use traditional methods.

In addition, contraception awareness remains still wanting as 25% of Ugandan adolescents aged 15 – 19 years already started child bearing and have given birth or are pregnant with their first child.

However, all is not gloom as service providers like Mariestopes also continue to provide high-quality, sexual and reproductive healthcare products for people in locations that are convenient.

Marie Stopes UG, one of the largest and most specialized sexual and reproductive health organization in Uganda, has for the past 30 years provided approximately 60% of contraception in Uganda to Ugandan women, men and young people in the under-served communities, that are predominantly young, living in poverty, residing in hard-to-reach rural locations and urban slums.

Teopista Nalyazi Tendo, one of the team leaders of the Marie Stopes mobile teams that serve clients in remote areas across Uganda says that the COVID – 19 pandemic has however affected their work greatly as they were unable to provide the family planning services as they were doing before.

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By Reporter

Promoter Balunywa is set to have the first mega post lockdown major concert. The famous event promoter has named his date and Independence day is booked for his “Connect Peace n Love” concert. The event will be a virtual event where viewers will watch it all online. His reputation with big events is as clear as his events and therefore the masses are excited about the event.

Connect peace and Love will attract all Ugandan artistes with no limit therefore whoever you are into, this is your event. The major objective besides refreshing and giving a deserving Independence day is to preach Love and Peace amongst Ugandans who at the moment seem to have been torn into different political camps. Connect peace and love concert is to promote unity and remind Ugandans that despite the current hot political climate, we are all Ugandan who deserve peace and harmony during after elections.

The event will have all musicians, DJs and Comedians.

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By Staff Writer

Uganda, honored the International Tourism Day with the Kingdom of Tooro in Fort Portal city yesterday.

The official functions were held at Nyaika Hotel in Fort Portal with delegation led by King Oyo Kabamba Rukidi Iguru of Tooro Kingdom and officials from the Monarchy, Minister of Tourism Wildlife and Antiquities (RTD) Hon Col. Tom Butime and Ministry officials; Uganda Tourism Board CEO Lilly Ajarova, United Nations Development Program Country Coordinator –Rosa Malango among others.

The International Tourism Day is commemorated every 27th day of September as declared by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) the latest celebration making the day’s 40th anniversary.

This year’s celebrations had earlier kick-started with tours to different tourism attractions and sites around the Fort Portal region since Thursday followed by a tree planting session on World Tourism Day at the Tooro Kingdom Palace as the arch planter of the day was King Oyo. The King was followed by the Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities (RTD) Hon Col. Tom Butime, UTB Chief Executive Officer Lilly Ajarova, United Nations Development Program Country Coordinator –Rosa Malango and many more in Fort Portal Tourism City, Western Uganda who each planted a tree to mark the celebration.

This year’s anniversary celebration ran under the theme ‘’Tourism and Rural Development’’. The theme for this year was aimed at inclusion of the local people especially those in rural communities so as to enable them benefit from Uganda’s vast diverse tourism sector for better livelihoods while the tree planting session was to honor the impact and connection of the green eco-system towards the development of tourism as a whole especially in rural areas as tourism entails trees as part of its natural resources that can foster economic growth if well attended to.

Gven the Covid-19 situation that led to the constriction of the tourism sector as there has been almost no tourism business activity ongoing since measures to curb down spread of  infection were instituted in March this year in Uganda, World Tourism Day celebrations availed an opportunity for dialogue between the different stakeholders to discuss ways towards fostering the tourism sector and also about overturning issues that have really bruised the sector badly.

Whilst addressing guests at Nyaika Hotel in Fort Portal during the days Celebrations on Sunday, His Majesty King Oyo passed on his appreciation towards Uganda and the International Community upon celebrating World Tourism Day and also passed on sincere apologies for all those especially operating in the tourism fraternity for the revenue losses since outbreak of the pandemic.

“I congratulate you all upon celebrating the international World Tourism and also thank Government for commemorating the day together with the Tooro Kingdom for the first time ever in the history of the Kingdom. However, I express my solidarity to all those that were affected and infected by Covid-19 and extend my sincere condolences to all those that have lost their loved ones. The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the Private sector so much especially those in the tourism business,” the king said.

The Uganda Tourism Board CEO –Lilly Ajarova appreciated King Oyo for enabling World Tourism Day activities take place in the Kingdom and also congratulated him upon the 25 years on the throne of the empire of Tooro Kingdom he earlier celebrated this month.


“Indeed Uganda is the Pearl of Africa and Tooro has some of the tourism sites and attractions that contribute to Uganda’s glory in terms of tourism and wildlife as the country offers a diversity of what all other destinations in the World have and we thank you for always supporting all the activities in the development of tourism in the region,” Arjarova said.

She continued and revealed that UTB is mandated towards promoting Uganda’s tourism and also observe that the country is a preferred tourism destination given the beautiful attractions as the board is ready and committed towards the task to ensure that Uganda becomes the most preferred destination in the whole world.

“The Tourism and travel sector has been the most impacted of all sectors by the Covid-19 global pandemic, therefore the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities, Uganda Tourism Board and all other agencies in the private sector are really working hard to ensure tourism in Uganda recovers while we put in place whatever is required to have the sector back. We have also gone a step ahead working together with the local Government to make sure the Standard Operating Procedures mandated are fully observed,” she added.

United Nations Development Program Country Coordinator –Rosa Malango congratulated the Kingdom and Uganda upon celebrating the World Tourism Day.

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By BigEyeUg Team

Multi-talented singer Wycliffe Tugume aka Ykee Benda is on blink of releasing video for his new song ‘My Bebe’ especially after it’s gratifying reception by the fans.

Key to note is that Ykee’s ‘Ma Bebe’ 3-day old jam is enjoying thrilling airplay around the country with a mammoth of social media challenges continuously hitting his inbox.

Ma Bebe is of an Afro Pop genre, written by Ykee himself and produced at his own studio, (Mpaka Records) by Smart Keys.

Listen to Ma Bebe by Ykee Benda here:

We will keep you posted

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