Tag Archives: national parks

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is giving everyone a chance to visit its national parks without paying entry fees. The Ministry of Tourism has announced free entry for 3 days in September, open to both Ugandans and foreign tourists. The free entry dates are September 25, 26, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Centre – UWEC is seeking 10 billion Shillings to fund lion population enhancement in the country. This was contained in the Ministerial Policy Statement, and Budget Estimates presented to Parliament’s sectoral Committee of Tourism, Trade, and Industry through UWEC’s mother …

Johannesburg, S.A. | Xinhua | The South African National Parks (SANParks), a body responsible for managing national parks in the country, said on Thursday that they are in the process of developing a standard operating procedure to implement the recently approved polygraph testing policy to combat criminal activities by its employees. …

Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda has heightened security in all its national parks following a fatal incident where a ranger was killed by armed poachers. The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), a state-run agency charged with wildlife conservation, said in a statement that it has deployed additional personnel at strategic locations …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Political leaders in Kigezi region have implored the government to resettle the Batwa following their eviction from national parks in the 1990’s. The leaders were speaking during the release of a study by Mbarara University of Science and Technology-MUST, dubbed “Understanding the Marginalized Batwa people of …

By Ronald Musoke Following a fatal collision involving a Kampala-bound bus and an elephant on Nov 16 near Pakwach town, the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has come out to clarify that it cannot stop the animals in the national parks from roaming in the roads. The accident led to the …