Tourism board to employ local, international influencers to market Uganda
Wednesday April 07 2021
Renowned Emirati YouTuber and vlogger Khalid Al Ameri and his wife Salama Mohamed addressing journalists moments after they arrived in Uganda on April 6, 2021. PHOTO/ EVE MUGANGA
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Mr Amos Wekesa, founder and managing director of Great Lakes Safaris Limited, said visitors like Khalid make countries like UAE survives on mainly attracting influencers.
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Officials at the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) say they will work more with local and international influencers to boost Uganda’s tourism sector.
“We are now recovering after being hit by the pandemic. We want to start working with different influencers from Uganda like Joshua Cheptegei. We shall bring in people from the US, Austria, Germany, Switzeland so that they market our country because they have a big following,” UTB ‘s marketing manager, Ms Claire Mugabi told journalists as they welcomed renowned Emi
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Thursday February 11 2021
The head of Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), Ms Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi, at parliament on June 15, 2020. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Justice Jane Frances Abodo has withdrawn corruption charges against Ms Ntambi. PHOTO | FILE
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In a January 18 notice to the Anticorruption Court, Justice Abodo withdrew 14 charges against Ms Ntambi, hardly three months after she was committed to the High Court for trial.
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The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Justice Jane Frances Abodo, has withdrawn corruption charges against the chairperson of Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), Ms Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi.
In a January 18 notice to the Anticorruption Court, Justice Abodo withdrew 14 charges against Ms Ntambi, hardly three months after she was committed to the High Court for trial.