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History and charity, fashion and style, pageantry, first class hospitality tents and a day of the greatest goat races anywhere in East Africa, the goats are back at it again for the 13th year running.

This will take place on this Saturday August 26 at Speke Resort Munyonyo. According to John Griffin, the event organizer, as has been, this year’s races will be thrilling and will raise money for over five charity organizations. He urged people to buy raffle tickets and take part in the tote. He said this during a press conference to announce the races at Kabira Club. The proceeds from the raffles and tote will go to charity. Present at the press conference were organizers of the forthcoming Goat race Sudhir Ruparelia and Griffin at address the press Kabira.

There will be eight races with 10 goats competing in each. Goats are still available between Shs 200,000 and Shs 600,000. Goat owners stand to win ten times the goat purchase price. Races are sponsored Coca-Cola, Spedag, Prime General Supply, Tile Centre, Crane Bank Balton Garden City and Dunavant. The fifth race sponsored by Crane Bank will see the winning goat walk away with the highest money prize of Shs 4.2 million, the second goat will win Shs 1.2 m, while the third will take home Shs 600,000.

Revellers dressed to suit the occasion will compete for prizes including best hat, best dressed couple, best-dressed lady, best-dressed man and best dressed child. Principle sponsors this year include Kenya Airways, Kampala Casino, Uganda Telecom and Speke Resort Munyonyo.

Trevor Dudley’s KKL children to whom some of the charity proceeds will go to will provide the entertainment together with Camouflage which will set up a paintball shooting tent and Radioactive. The first goat races in 1993 were held at Kampala Rugby Club. The idea of goat racing was developed from a pig race that had been held in Zimbabwe to celebrate the birthday of a horse breeder who did not have enough space in his garden to hold a horse race.

By Tanah Hadijah

Uganda Travel News

With calm returning to most parts of Gulu, Kitgum and Pader districts, many people who had been forced into internally displaced people’s camps due to insecurity that has been taking place in the Nothern part of the country since 1987 are returning back to their homes.

In Gulu, the district chairperson, Mr Norbert Mao, said IDPs in Awere and Lalogi IDP camps had started returning to their villages to grow crops.Mao last week said that people can now judge for them selves on whether their former homes are now safe then guarantee a return.

He said IDPs in the camps were leaving in pathetic conditions as they lacked food and other basic necessities.

He appealed to the government to support the camps because the World Food Programme had reduced food ration to the IDPs.The Gulu RDC, Col. Walter Ochora, has however warned returnees of possible explosives left behind by rebels.
Ochora said that a budget has been designed´for the camps and very soon people will be resettled.

The Northern Army Spokesman, Lt. Chris Magezi, recently said they had created 149 camps in Acholi sub-regions in a move to decongest some camps.

He said they had deployed in the villages to ensure security of those returning home.

By Tanah Hadijah

Uganda Tourism News

With calm returning to most parts of Gulu, Kitgum and Pader districts, many people who had been forced into internally displaced people’s camps due to insecurity that has been taking place in the Nothern part of the country since 1987 are returning back to their homes.

In Gulu, the district chairperson, Mr Norbert Mao, said IDPs in Awere and Lalogi IDP camps had started returning to their villages to grow crops.Mao last week said that people can now judge for them selves on whether their former homes are now safe then guarantee a return.

He said IDPs in the camps were leaving in pathetic conditions as they lacked food and other basic necessities.

He appealed to the government to support the camps because the World Food Programme had reduced food ration to the IDPs.The Gulu RDC, Col. Walter Ochora, has however warned returnees of possible explosives left behind by rebels.
Ochora said that a budget has been designed´for the camps and very soon people will be resettled.

The Northern Army Spokesman, Lt. Chris Magezi, recently said they had created 149 camps in Acholi sub-regions in a move to decongest some camps.

He said they had deployed in the villages to ensure security of those returning home.

By Tanah Hadijah

Uganda Tourism News

katikkiro Dan Muliika has said that BUGANDA Kingdom will not celebrate the coronation anniversary until federo is achieved,.
The coronation anniversary celebrations are usually held on July 31, the day Kabaka Mutebi was crowned at Naggalabi in Wakiso district.

But this time, the day passed without the celebrations. Instead, the kingdom organized the cultural exhibition at Kalagala Falls.

This cultural exi=hibition was held by His highness The King of Buganda Mutebi, The Queen Sylvia Nagginda, clan leaders, regional leaders, government officials and religious leaders attended.

Muliika said Mengo was not prepared to discuss the ‘regional tier’ system, which the Central government wants. He said Mengo wanted a federal system, not a regional tier.

State minister for the elderly and disabilities Sulaiman Madaada, who represented Premier Prof. Apolo nsibambi, hailed the Nnabagereka for championing the recent mass polio immunization campaign.

District chairman Thomas Mulondo said a large chunk of land at Kalagala was gazetted by the National Forestry Authority.

This ceremony is one of the cultural tourism attributes that Uganda has it’s destruction is a very bad Impact that may destruct cultural tourism in Uganda.

By Namisi

Uganda Tourism News