My Uganda

Uganda is famously referred to as the "Peal of Africa" a name which was given by former British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill after his visit to the east African country more than 60 years ago. To call Uganda so, Churchill based on his observation of Uganda's natural beauty which is made up of the ever-warm weather,...

Uganda is one of the countries that are blessed with the big five game that include lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant and the cape buffalo that are all readily seen on a wildlife safari. The term big five was initially used by the big-game hunters who referring to the five most difficult animals to hunt on...

The Uganda Martyrs day was first celebrated on 3rd June in 1975. It has since become one of the major public holidays in Uganda. The annual celebrations take place at the Basilica of the Uganda Martyrs shrine located at Namugongo hill in Kampala capital city. Every year, millions of people travel to Namugongo for pilgrimage with a crowd of 4,000,000...

British tourist Malkit Rooprai 63, spent 6 months (between October 2022 and April 2023) driving through several countries to reach Uganda where he fulfilled his childhood dream of trekking the endangered mountain gorillas. Rooprai drove his Toyota Land Cruiser Invincible bearing a UK number plate through over 30 countries until he reached the Pearl of Africa in April. We...

The Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) has released the results of the 2022 Uganda Certificate of Education (O'Level). According to UNEB, male candidates performed better than their female counterparts in last year's exams. Mr Dan Odongo, the Executive Director of UNEB said that a total of 345,695 candidates sat last year's UCE and out of these,173,761 were male while 171,934...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Uganda ebola free after the country spending over 6 weeks without registering any new infections. Ebola emerged in Uganda in September last year and claimed 55 lives in the period of 3 months before it was effectively contained. The statement from WHO which declared Uganda Ebola free was confirmed by the Organisation's chief...

Since the end of the colonial era in Africa, many countries in the continent have tried abandoning colonial names. However, one might be surprised to see that several roads in Ugandan cities are still named after some colonial figures. In Fort Portal Tourism city near Kibale Forest National Park, Lugard road is an example that has kept alive the history...

Nyege Nyege is annual festival which takes place in Uganda's eastern city of Jinja as a collective that promotes outsider music performed by a variety of African artists. The event was started in 2013 by two expats, Derek Debru and Arlen Dilsizian. It's name was derived from the Luganda language spoken in central Uganda which means "shaking the body...

Karamoja is in the north-eastern part of Uganda along the border with South Sudan to the north, the Rift valley around Lake Turkana in Kenya to the west and mount Elgon to the south. Covering about 27,200 sq.km, the region has semi-arid climate with seasonal rainfall and semi-arid savanna plains punctuated by volcanic mountains and rocks kopjes. The Karamojong disiticts It’s...

Uganda provides tourists and locals alike with an abundance of locally grown varieties of food including fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices and grains. On anyone intending to visit or live in the Pearl of Africa, find the information to guide you for shopping and local food markets in Kampala capital city. Selling food in Uganda is a thriving...

Uganda has 10 national parks of which 8 are found in the western region. Most travelers go to the west for safari through Queen Elizabeth, Kibale Forest, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Murchison Falls, Lake Mburo and Mgahinga Gorilla National Parks. These areas are rich in biodiversity with diverse species of wildlife including mountain gorillas, chimpanzees, elephants, rhinos, lions,...

Rwanda's capital Kigali is hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) which kicked-off on Monday 20 June. The meeting will go on until Saturday 25 June. Rwanda is hosting the first CHOGM since 2018 when it last took place in London. Kigali was selected to host the following meeting which was...