Thursday was a special day at the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (UWEC) as Zakayo, the oldest chimpanzee known in the country, celebrated its 53rd birthday. The Wildlife Center annually celebrates Zakayo’s birthday to highlight the plight and abuse of chimpanzees and other animals. Zakayo is the oldest chimpanzee in captivity in a country …
Read More »VIDEO: Ugandans set to witness unique wine festival
VIDEO: South African Airways is set to boost the 6th wine festival in Uganda by exhibiting a wide variety of wine brands. At least 20 wineries from South Africa will exhibit. According to Yogi Biriggwa, South African Airways country director, there is so many wine brands in South Africa that Uganda is …
Read More »Study shows record-shattering birds stay in air for 10 months
Miami, United States | AFP | A small, dark-feathered bird known as the common swift flies for 10 months on end without ever landing, the longest time spent aloft of any known bird, scientists said Thursday. The findings in the US journal Current Biology confirmed a 46-year-old hypothesis, first offered …
Read More »Humanity will wipe out Earth’s wildlife soon
Paris, France | AFP | Nearly three-fifths of all animals with a backbone — fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals — have been wiped out since 1970 by human appetites and activity, according to a grim study released Thursday. On current trends, that plunge in stocks of global wildlife …
Read More »Four convicted in sh55 million ivory case
City Hall Court has convicted and remanded four men to Luzira Prison after finding them guilty of unlawful possession of ivory. Prosecution showed that the four who have been convicted, Ali Wause, Dickson Kweteisa, Charles Kakooza and Chris Tumukunde were found in possession of 13.5 kgs of ivory valued at sh 55million …
Read More »National carrier revival raises many questions
National carrier revival question: World Bank calls for more focus on high cost of doing business instead At the beginning of his fifth term in office, President Yoweri Museveni set tongues wagging when he included the revival of the national career among his 20 priority programmes in this term of office. …
Read More »SPE TAXI: Making city transport easier
INTERVIEW: Mark Karamira is the CEO of Spe Taxi Cab service. He spoke to Agnes E. Nantaba about his management philosophy and Uganda’s transport industry challenges. What are the key elements in your management philosophy as a manager? Leadership, people, responsibility, resources and their appropriation are key elements and backed …
Read More »Elderly luxury hotel boss kidnapped in Cannes
Nice, France | AFP | The head of a five-star hotel in the French resort town of Cannes was kidnapped on Monday, the local prosecutor said. Jacqueline Veyrach, 76, president of the Grand Hotel in Cannes, was seized from her car in the middle of the day near her home …
Read More »Cuddles and Kalashnikovs: Protecting DR Congo’s mountain gorillas
Rumangabo, DR Congo | AFP | A powerful combination of love and guns is helping rebuild an endangered gorilla community in the jungles of war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Threatened with extinction, some of the world’s last remaining mountain gorillas live on either side of the border between Rwanda …
Read More »UWA loses 50, denies extrajudicial killings in park
The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has refuted reports that it has been involved in extrajudicial killings of members of communities living near national game parks. This follows media reports that seven civilians were shot dead in August by game rangers in Murchison Falls National Park. The reports indicated that the civilians killed were not armed. UWA …
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