UWA (Uganda Wildlife Authority) offered a holiday trip to the five winners of the Easter wildlife road trip competition. The trip was the first of the holiday packages UWA will be offering on different public holidays. Moses Mapesa, the UWA executive director said the move was aimed at boosting Uganda’s tourism sector. He noted that Ugandans have a misconception that tourism trips are for foreigners only. He also said that Ugandans should enjoy these privileges before foreigners.
The trip budgeted at sh23m was co-sponsored by USAID- STAR and Power FM. Over 200 people participated in the competition. The winners were Prudence Sekoma, a front desk manager at Crested Towers, Oliver Kasita, an IT student at Makerere University, Nicholas Owori, also a student at Makerere, Allan Mugisha and Angel Semakula. They left the following day for a 4 days trip to Lake Mburo, Kibale and Queen Elizabeth National Parks.