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May 28, 2021 Girls doing laundry at the banks of R.Nile
To imagine those fun-loving, testosterone-packed young men that used to fling themselves into Bujagali falls to entertain tourists, now digging pit latrines for a living! Or hundreds of fishermen walking away from the only source of livelihood they have ever known. MIRIAM WATSEMBA visits Budondo village, home of Bujagali falls, to count the losses. And gains.
“The Nile is not of significant importance to people anymore,” says Hellen Awori, a 32-year-old, born and raised resident of Budondo village where Bujagali falls were once located.
According to Awori, after the construction of Bujagali dam started in 2007, River Nile stopped benefiting the residents in her locality.
“The people of Uganda, Janet and myself, were shocked to learn of the death of your dear husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, a few months short of his 100th birthday,” President Museveni said
April 13, 2021 Written by Sadab Kitatta Kaaya
There are two categories of Ugandans currently frequenting the national parks: the budget travellers in groups, going for cheap accommodation and packages, and the ‘loaded’ vacationers used to flying to Dubai, Mauritius and other fancy places, now stuck at home due to the pandemic raging in most preferred destinations.
The latter, for whom money is not an issue, have put upmarket safari lodges in the national parks back into business, at top dollar too, even as foreign tourists remain few and scattered.
“Domestic tourism has picked up because of the lockdown; Ugandans that were flying out for holidays in Dubai and Europe have begun coming here, and they are really appreciative, and, some have made it