Author: Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda
African Wildlife Foundation Donates Food Relief
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- June 30, 2020The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has received 15 tons of maize flour, 6 tons of beans, and 500 liters of ... Read More
Uganda Wildlife Authority arrests four poachers in silverback gorilla death
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- June 12, 2020Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) this week arrested four poachers in the southern sector of Bwindi impenetrable Forest National Park, following ... Read More
Uganda Wildlife Authority: New Board Approved by Cabinet
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- June 9, 2020The Cabinet has approved a new Board of Trustees for the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) to serve for the next ... Read More
Uganda launches COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures for hospitality Industry
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- June 6, 2020Uganda's Ministry of Tourism Wildlife and Antiquities(MTWA),? through the Post-COVID-19 recovery task force committee on Quality Assurance, on 5th June ... Read More
Uganda Civil Aviation Authority issues COVID-19 passenger guidelines
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- June 6, 2020Uganda Civil Aviation Authority has tightened measures at Kampala's Entebbe International Airport to combat the spread of COVID-19. Departing passengers ... Read More
Gorilla and Chimpanzee Tracking Remain Closed to Tourists
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- May 20, 2020During the 14th Uganda presidential address to the nation on COVID-19 since the lockdown on March 21, President Yoweri Museveni ... Read More
Elephant Penises gets 14 Chinese arrested in Uganda
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- May 19, 2020Fourteen Chinese nationals were Monday arraigned before the Buganda Road Chief Magistrate's court in Uganda, on charges of illegal possession ... Read More
Lake Victoria water level smashes 1964 record
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- May 16, 2020Covering 68,000 square kilometers, Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest and only second to Lake Superior (USA) in the world, shared by ... Read More
Annual Martyrs Day Celebrations Cancelled Citing Corona Fears
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- May 2, 2020The Catholic Church has cancelled the annual Martyrs Day celebrations at Namugongo in Uganda which falls on June 3, citing ... Read More
Mountain Gorilla Family Ends Their Vacation in Uganda
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- April 25, 2020A Hirwa Mountain Gorilla family that had crossed into Mt. Mgahinga National Park in Uganda last year in 2019 has ... Read More
12 Park Rangers killed in deadly attack on UNESCO World Heritage Site
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- April 25, 2020Virunga National Park is A UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. It's known as Africas ... Read More
Military battles to remove floating island along Nile
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- April 18, 2020The Uganda People's Defense Forces (UPDF) Engineering brigade, acting on the orders of Chief of Defense Forces, General David Muhoozi, ... Read More
Chinese gang busted in Uganda crime spree
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- March 28, 2020Thirty-seven Chinese gang nationals have been arrested in Uganda for unlawful possession of illegal wildlife species. Three of them, according ... Read More
Uganda Wildlife Authority issues notice on rescheduling of tourism activities
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- March 12, 2020Following the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) issued notice to stakeholders on minor changes in the rescheduling ... Read More
Why Opening an Embassy in Jerusalem can help Uganda Tourism
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- February 11, 2020Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, visited Uganda a week ago where talks were held with Uganda President Yoweri Museveni ... Read More
Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo Opens “Promoting Intra-Africa Travel”
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- February 5, 2020The 5th Annual Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE) 2020 opened today, February 4,2020, kicking off three days of business-to-business ... Read More
New Uganda Tourism Minister Takes Over After Cabinet Reshuffle
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- January 27, 2020The Hon. Prof. Ephraim Kamuntu officially handed over the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities (MTWA) Cabinet Ministerial leadership to ... Read More
100-year-old Charles Njonjo tracks mountain gorillas at Mt. Mgahinga National Park
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- January 20, 2020Charles Mugane Njonjo, Kenya's first post-independence Attoney General under President Jomo Kenyatta, turns a hundred on January 23, 2020. To ... Read More
Free Internet:? Beneficial for the Masses or Spying Tool Disguise?
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- December 18, 2019The Uganda Internal Security Organization (ISO) has disapproved the decision by government to allow Google to fly Internet balloons over ... Read More
Gorilla Tourism: A Transformative Force Fueling Uganda Development
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- December 17, 2019Global Mountain Gorilla Census at 51% Putting to Rest Speculative Claims Outgoing Uganda Minister of Tourism Wildlife & Antiquities, Prof. ... Read More
New Uganda Tourism Minister Part of Government Reshuffle
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- December 16, 2019On Tuesday, tour operators, safari guides, hoteliers, and civil society activists led by the Association of Uganda Tour Operators Association ... Read More
Internet for everyone in Africa? Not in Uganda after government stopped Google Balloons
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- December 15, 2019The Internal Security Organisation (ISO) has disapproved of the decision by the Uganda government to allow Google to fly internet ... Read More
Who is the new Minister of Tourism Wildlife & Antiquities for Uganda Hon.Tom Butime?
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- December 15, 2019Tom Butime is the new Tourism Minister in Uganda after a Government reshuffle. Energy Minister Muloni, could have been a ... Read More
Protests at Association of Uganda Tour Operators about Dam at Murchison Falls
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- December 12, 2019On Tuesday, December 10, 2019, the Association of Uganda Tour Operators (AUTO) led a host of? stakeholders and partners from ... Read More
Tourism revenue plays critical role at Uganda National Park communities
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- December 7, 2019The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) handed over US$1.2 million (UGX 4,189,834,069) in revenue sharing funds to the communities neighboring the ... Read More
Uganda Tourism Board launches Pearl of Africa Tourism? Expo (POATE) 2020
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- November 28, 2019The Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) is set to host the 5th annual Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE) 2020, a ... Read More
Plane crash in DRC: 23 dead and counting
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- November 24, 2019Goma is the capital of North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located on ... Read More
Uganda Airlines flights to Mombasa drawcard for gorilla tourism and regional trade
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- November 12, 2019Uganda Airlines on Monday successfully received a water canon salute on its maiden flight to Moi International Airport at the ... Read More
Oracle of the spirits of the Nile resting place: New tourism destination
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- November 9, 2019Dhaadha Budhagali Nabamba aka Donozio Namunkanga Mukembo Zirabamuzale, the famous traditional healer who looked after the spirits and ancestors of ... Read More
Giraffe translocation enhances tourism at Uganda wildlife reserve
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- November 3, 2019The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA ) released this week the first batch of 5 Rothschild giraffes into Pian Upe Wildlife ... Read More
Rwanda gorilla family migrates to Uganda: National park leaders should take heed
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- October 19, 2019According to sources in the Virunga conservation area, 20 gorillas from the Hirwa family crossed over to? Mt. Mgahinga Gorilla ... Read More
Wildlife plus athlete equals sports tourism
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- October 5, 2019Sports tourism can be found in some seemingly unlikely places. From chasing poachers and tracking wildlife as well as speeding ... Read More
Ramsar site on Katonga River under serious threat by Chinese investors
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- October 2, 2019A Ramsar site on the Katonga River in Uganda is under serious threat by investors who are reclaiming this stretch ... Read More
Message from Queen Elizabeth II to Uganda Parliament
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- September 28, 2019Queen of England, Elizabeth II, has sent a message to delegates attending the 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference taking place at ... Read More
Uganda Gorilla Tourism : Essential for growth
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- September 22, 2019In Uganda, the 10th annual Tourism Sector Review Conference realizes 7.4% ??growth? in tourist arrivals, attributed to? gorilla tourism The ... Read More
Renegade lion killed in freak accident in Uganda
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- September 17, 2019A renegade Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (UWEC) lion was put out of action in a freak accident. The male lion, ... Read More
