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HTTI GETS NEW BUILDING After over a year of construction time a new tuition and administration block for the Ugandan national Hotel and Tourism Training Institute has now been completed and been formally handed by the contractor to the Ministry of Education construction management unit and the Institute's Chairperson and Principal. This will bring relief to the students who can now study in state of the art surroundings. Also handed over was a 30 seater minibus, procured by the Education Ministry for the Institute and a new large capacity generator will be delivered shortly too. This is all taking place just two weeks before the annual assembly of AHSSA, the association of hotel schools in sub-Saharan Africa and the annual graduation ceremony, which is due on November 03rd. VIAL &endash; TO START OR TO START After twice announcing starting dates to commence flight operations news have now emerged that Victoria International Airlines has set a new date for 06th November to commence flights. The airline now proposes to introduce two B737-200 aircraft and intends to fly such routes as Nairobi, Mombasa, Juba, Lusaka and Johannesburg. Happy landings, as and when it takes off. CAA FIGHTS AGAINST EU BAN ON DAS AIR The Civil Aviation Authority has sent a senior management team to Brussels to argue the case of DAS Air Cargo, the nation's predominant cargo carrier of flowers, fish and fresh produce, which has fallen foul of EU regulations and been put on the black list. The EU has been known to act in a heavy handed manner and questions are being asked to what extent they consulted their Ugandan regulator counterparts in advance of taking such a drastic action &endash; two faced friends, taking into account the long held anti travel advisories to which EU states were party. No such sentiments from Africa's new friends in the East, where Chino not only encourages her citizens to visit African countries but also offers fairer trade practices and certainly continues to allow DAS Air to fly cargo to the world's most populous nation. SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS CHANGES SCHEDULE As reported in this column some weeks ago, SAA has now introduced a late arrival into Entebbe and will offer an early morning departure back to Johannesburg, to allow the best possible connectivity for passengers to and from Uganda within the SAA global schedule. This goes alongside the introduction of new flights from Johannesburg to Washington DC, which will arguably offer the fastest connection from Africa to the US. TUGATA RETAINS EUGENIE NSUBUGA AS CHAIRPERSON In the recent AGM held by The Uganda Association of Travel Agents Ms. Eugenie Nsubuga was re-elected unanimously as chairperson for another term of office. Eugenie some weeks ago made travel history in Uganda when her agency Swanair was elected to become a full franchise of Carlson Wagonlit Travel. Eugenie has been a leading beacon in the travel fraternity for many years and has held the TUGATA chair for the past 4 years. SHERATON HONOURS OUTGOING RHINO FUND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Sheraton Kampala last night gave a big send off party to Yvonne Verkaik, who has been Executive Director of the Rhino Fund Uganda for the past 8 years and is now moving to France with her husband Bruce Hathorn &endash; who was ranch manger at Ziwa and also a member of the Board &endash; to take up dairy farming. The Sheraton Kampala has long been associated with wildlife conservation in the country and their 'Going Green' programme, where guest contributions are matched by the hotel, have gone a long way to support such conservation efforts like the Rhino Fund. Yvonne Verkaik has rightly become Uganda's Rhino Lady due to her tireless efforts to promote the return of the extinct species to the country. The Board of the Rhino Fund and leading conservation and tourism figures were invited for the event and also present were senior staff from the Disney Animal Kingdom, which a few weeks ago sent a breeding pair of rhinos to Uganda in a much publicized translocation. The Chairman of the Board of RFU (this correspondent) and his colleagues applauded Yvonne for her great achievement to have started not only the rhino enclosure at the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre but also finished the 17.000 acre rhino sanctuary at Ziwa Ranch, where now 3 breeding pairs are located and expected to reproduce in due course. The introduction of the Eastern Black Rhino is also on course and some of the endangered species may in fact arrive on the sanctuary before the end of the year, again due to Yvonne's persistence and resourcefulness. Yvonne was during the last board meeting also elevated to play a continued central role in the Rhino Fund Uganda through the Advisory Council, which brings together eminent conservation personalities from across East Africa and the rest of the world for the benefit of fund raising and guidance to the board and management of the Fund. The Board has in the meantime also appointed Mr. Deren Coetzer as new Executive Director and Secretary to the Board, to be based on the sanctuary at Ziwa Ranch, and Mr. Mike Oberholzer as a new Board member, representing Ziwa Ranchers Ltd. Fare you well Yvonne and Bruce and God's speed on your way together with our lasting gratitude. KENYA AIRWAYS TO START ISLAND FLIGHTS Following the start of regular flights to Paris Kenya Airways has now also announced new flights to Mayotte and Comoros, both French speaking islands in the Indian Ocean off the East Africa coast. These new flights will start in November with the start of the winter schedule. Visit their website www.kenya-airways.com for more details and bookings. FIRST LOT OF TREES CUT IN MABIRA Reports have emerged that several acres of nurtured 'Musizi' (measopsis emini) trees have been cut in recent days and are being turned into charcoal. NFA (national forest authority) officials are guarded about pinpointing the suspected culprits in the scheme but suspicion is rife amongst the conservation fraternity that the Mehta owned SCOUL &endash; Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited may be behind the development, as they have been trying for months to get their hands on thousands of acres of protected forest land to expand their sugar plantations. Apparently offers by the Buganda kingdom, which would have nearly doubled the size under plantation but owned and operated by outgrowers, i.e. independent small scale farmers, did not find favour with SCOUL, who intend to control the plantations directly and rather turn independent farmers into cheap labour. NOW GIFTED BY NATURE CAMPAIGN UNDER AUDITOR GENERAL SCRUTINY The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority has now asked the Auditor General to probe into the expenditure of about 1.35 Million US Dollars over the 2005/6 CNN campaign and related work of the 'Gifted by Nature' initiative, which they claim flouted public procurement guidelines and regulations. The Authority had in September 2005 rejected a request by the Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry to set aside the procurement rules and this is the second time that the deal is now being looked at over allegations from the public and parliamentarians. The top managers of a USAID funded programme, who were deeply involved in the initiative, have last weekend quietly left the country after the controversial project came to a timely end. NEW HUNT FOR KILLER CROCS Another crocodile was shot as vermin after attacking people fetching water from the shores of river Mayanja. Most recently a young boy was critically injured and while normally UWA are called in to trap the beasts and relocate them, vermin control officers now swung into action to protect their own neighbourhood. They are still hunting for more crocodiles, which in past years have killed several people, injured many and also taken a number of livestock when coming to the water. LICENSING COMMITTEE TO SIT IN NOVEMBER The CAA Board of Director's licensing committee is apparently set to have a second public hearing some time in November this year, when applications for new air service licenses and renewals of existing licenses will be heard. The date will be advertised in a public notice at least 30 days prior to the hearing, when all new applications will also be listed for public information. STOP PRESS KENYA AIRWAYS HALTS START OF BRAZZAVILLE AND COTONOU FLIGHTS In a sudden turn of events Kenya Airways released a terse press statement yesterday afternoon, in which they announced the postponement of the new flights to West Africa. Unresolved issues over the bilateral air services agreement &endash; BASA &endash; seem to be behind the delay, which paints the commitment of African countries to the Yamoussoukro aviation agreement in a poor light. As if Congo Brazzaville and Benin were in position anyway to dictate terms, when offered new air connections by one of Africa's leading carriers, but apparently their mind-boggling bureaucrazies (punt intended) have now anyway thrown a spanner into the works of KQ's network expansion, at least for a while. JINJA CELEBRATES CENTENARY Jinja municipality, also self appointed 'Adventure Capital of East Africa' will between September and December this year celebrate the 100th anniversary of its town status and its 50th anniversary of its municipal status. Founded by the British in 1901, when they made a small fishing village at the source of the mighty river Nile into their provincial headquarters for the Busoga Kingdom, it was in 1906 given town status. In 1956, a few years prior to Uganda's independence, Jinja was elevated to municipal status. In the early years of independence Jinja rose to become the industrial heart of Uganda, being connected to the railway system from Mombasa's port but also by lake harbour to the other main ports on Lake Victoria, Kisumu (formerly Port Florence) and Mwanza. During the Amin era the municipality fell into disrepair, when most of the industries had to shut down, and only in the mid 90's did Jinja awake from its long slumber. Today it is home to Uganda's national Hotel and Tourism Training Institute and offers a wide range of adventure activities along the upper Nile valley, such as rafting, kayaking, bungee jumping, horse riding, cross country biking and quadbiking. It is estimated that about 25.000 visitors come to Jinja per year now to participate in such activities, which makes the tourism industry the mainstay of the area's economy, although industrial and manufacturing activities have of late also been resurrected. Check out the following websites: Uganda Tourist Board / Tourism Uganda at www.visituganda.com  



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