Cultural Heritage Tourism Conference: Community Voices from Rwentango

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[00:06:58]group which came in the you stand up and you introduce yourselves and what you do in your different capacity because that's why we need our uh guests to know and then when they are speaking they speak accordingly. Yes.

[00:07:17]the Aian group but you can stand then after your name then you speak your different capacities what you your activity and what you do because the the team here has to know you maybe starting from here I'm a tourist Uganda if you don't know any mugabi of culture international and a teacher by profession.

[00:08:05]My name is Namwana Victoria. I am a writer. I am a habatologist.

[00:08:11]I am a wildlife photographer, a farmer and an amateur.

[00:08:29]and experience. I'm also a hiker as well as my passion. Thank you so much.

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[00:09:21]I work with the United States of America.

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[00:09:52]You all my name is Benjamin O. I'm a conservation educator with Uganda Wildlife Education Center conservation area under and I'm also a member of a conservation Uganda.

[00:10:12]Hello everyone, I'm Kay.

[00:10:15]Um I've worked with international visas both within in Uganda and also in Europe though I'm also passionate within I have passion for tourism and this is my first experience within tourism. So I'm very happy to meet all of you. Thank you.

[00:10:38]>> Uh good afternoon to you all.

[00:10:41]My name is uh Eric Sindu.

[00:10:45]I'm a conservationist by academic and professional background, a student of masters science in environmental management at Kala International University and also a student of bachelors of laws at M University who is also the chief executive officer of Avian conservation design.

[00:11:19]And Zara I I I am I'm still pursuing a diploma in wildlife and tourism management and I specialize in bats.

[00:11:39]and bagging is my best.

[00:11:43]Thank you.

[00:11:45]Good afternoon everybody. My name is I come from Ginger and I work with [Applause] [Music] Precious.

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[00:12:19]So my name is I'm a born of so I'm a conservationist in conservation society and I did wildlife management from Uganda wildlife.

[00:12:37]Thank you all.

[00:12:42]I'm a winner district, a member of and a sales and reservation manager in interior safaris and a post to graduate at Campala International University doing tourism and hotel management. Thank you so much.

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[00:13:27]Good afternoon everyone.

[00:13:30]>> My name is Simon Pet from Aura but staying in Kala. I'm a certified tour guide and I'm very happy to be here.

[00:13:42]>> Good afternoon everyone.

[00:13:45]I'm Narin and I'm an accountant by profession.

[00:13:51]I'm also a student of certified public accountant Uganda and I'm on my level two.

[00:14:00]I'm the finance and admin manager of conservation Uganda.

[00:14:05]I would like to thank the people of hosting us. We are grateful.

[00:14:25]of science conservation biology at international university and I'm working as a conservation and problems manager at conservation conservation Uganda it's a registered n organization So restoration we do bad resue most especially for those endangered birds.

[00:15:29][Music] So we consume we do habitat restoration and also do community sensitization.

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[00:15:53]So thank you so much member as I said organization is still young. So it's organiz membership subscription first you subscribe and as our member and then you become a member. So engineer is our corporate member and we thank her so much for support.

[00:16:32]Candi I'm a student of environmental science at international university and a member of Good afternoon everyone.

[00:16:53]I am student at school of schooling studying basic skills of body and also conservation test theory at school of Uh I go home [Music] [Applause] TV and top JJ. coming in.

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[00:18:11][Applause] The stage name the name of Marcel private lecture I lecture nature of nature is the gesture of the nature and publicly what do I do I'm a nature lover I'm a nature communicator.

[00:18:55]I organized festivals and expose about nature, culture and tourism.

[00:19:02]And lastly, I'm a nature adventurer.

[00:19:07]I have adventured very many things. I think I'll get a short time. I'll talk about it. But mainly I'm extremely happy and happy to be here. My lovely friend. Thank you for inviting us and thank you for doing such a thing because my home this what I do.

[00:19:26]I come from the power of Uganda.

[00:19:35]I work with a company called Paris Adventure.

[00:19:43]You see that post? That's where I work mainly and briefly as I told you I do festivals. On 10th August I have a nature walk. It's called African nature walk and run. We shall pass in the middle of the forest of the of the twin swamp in the twin of the west.

[00:20:14]Excuse me. He's going to do a performance and talk about his what he does practically because on the program introduction.

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[00:21:28][Applause] Now I'm going to the introduction of the elders.

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[00:23:03]We shall have this [Music] uh all protocol observed and by the names of Molo Isaac. I'm from Uganda. I work with Lake Buro in the office of a chief and I'm delighted to be with him here today. Uh thank you for the warm welcome. Uh you already introduced one of our staff. I thought they would introduce with us.

[00:23:31]>> H it's okay if they uh thank you for for serving and uh yeah thank you for the warm welcome.

[00:23:47]Good afternoon everyone.

[00:23:50]>> Good afternoon colleagues in conservation.

[00:23:54]>> My name is Fred Samia.

[00:23:57]I work as a chief warden in the Kimber conservation area.

[00:24:02]Nice meeting you and glad to be with you today.

[00:24:20]the senior office of ministry of tourism under the department of museums and monuments department the custodian of all cultures in Uganda.

[00:24:33]I come for [Applause] one of the founders with my family members, my grandfather, my father, my uncles.

[00:25:18]We are the founders of Ranger Community Campsite and I'm one of the directors of Ranger Agurism Demonstration and Training Farm.

[00:25:28]I'm a director of Misor.

[00:25:36]I'm a marketing man manager director at Jak Ecoourism Center, Mukono Zoo.

[00:25:46]Our suppliers and our permit owners is wildlife authority and the ministry.

[00:25:53]They are the ones we are collaborating with to give us the animal.

[00:25:58]I am the founder and uh found founder of tourism and hospitality forum. They are calling me.

[00:26:08]We are having the same meeting but coincidence is happening.

[00:26:14]I am the vice president Anor Heritage and Culture Tourism Association.

[00:26:23]Now here uh the director [Music] how would I I don't know how I call her.

[00:26:36]She's a member of Ankor Heritage and Cultural Tourism Association.

[00:26:42]We have 8 88 members under the Ankor Heritage and Culture Tourism Association.

[00:26:52]And we when we launched we said the members in their different districts in anor region we will begin with workshops and seminars and conferences put out their products in their respective village and this is the first of its kind.

[00:27:20]I I pushed her to have this her vision being realized and this is where now we are seated. We we are seated here because of an associate member. But when I see that UA is here with the request from the PS of Ministry of Tourism is abroad and said he she was going to be May Mr. decent govern our chief warden.

[00:28:14]We are very happy when we see you here uh with one of your senior staff at the at the wildlife authority, Madame V, Madame Vanessa Mbe who spoke with you that we begin this journey. We are beginning today for community sensitization, community conservation awareness campaigns. We are taking them all over in an area's neighboring national park.

[00:28:50]Mine is not a speech but I'm saying why are we here when we see the tour operators the young ones and the senior one know this place this place will be marketing but aan team the tour operators can the the m culture and the writer all these are talents who are going to promote this and all these things hold in your mandates between ministry and all this you you'll give us more elaboration about our what we are supposed to do I I was giving a brief about [Music] so Wait, don't meet But yeah, what would you I am for example tourism.

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[00:37:20]Uh the team from we had we did introduction s and you found when your chief had done his introductions and Mr. recently from the ministry of tourism.

[00:38:00]The senior tourism officer in charge of museum culture is the one representing the PS and the ministry.

[00:38:12]Uh I would like you to introduce yourself that they know that you are part of the chief. I was I met the chief with Madame Vanessa in Kala and they promised that they cannot miss this country. So we want to know your department and we collaborate.

[00:38:35][Music] Thank you so much. Uh my name is Joyce Namba. I am the tourism.

[00:38:48]I make sure I must be here because my boss is here. I am so happy to be here.

[00:38:56]Thank you so much.

[00:38:59]>> Good afternoon everyone.

[00:39:01]>> Good afternoon.

[00:39:02]>> My name is Idit Nakenz law enforcement lake conservation area.

[00:39:08]I'm here as Wen Community Conservation.

[00:39:12]I'm I'm representing Wen Community Conservation. Thank you so much.

[00:39:21]So department.

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[00:40:27]>> Good job.

[00:40:28]>> I'm glad to be here by name Robert working with Ganda Wildlife Authority uh in department of transport. Thank you.

[00:40:41]Thank you very much.

[00:40:43]Uh we are also joined by the team from one of I can say the best agurism farms we have in Uganda. I told you I'm the director of Ranger agro tourism demonstration.

[00:41:04]But then there are people who go an excellent mile and put their package very well and you want to see. So this team from Kera last week I had them at my zoo in in now they are here team your introduction sir in your capacity.

[00:41:41]Good afternoon everyone. I'm appropriator of uh good afternoon everyone.

[00:41:52]I'm W project coordinator.

[00:41:57][Music] Hello everyone. I'm Osman project manager.

[00:42:06]>> So in our presentations uh just I would request maybe if you could to give us a small brief about Kera what you have anyone of you you can brief us because we are that's what other members we are doing.

[00:42:29]Good afternoon once again.

[00:42:32]Good afternoon once again.

[00:43:04]So I use English Once again, Paul [Music] inviting farms [Music] by hand.

[00:44:02]Yes, this team knows something like farms farms.

[00:44:23]Uh it's a combination of so many things.

[00:44:28]It's an agro tourism center where we we we said agriculture plus tourism that's the whole thing we got at agriculture and tourism combined together.

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[00:45:57]plus other things.

[00:46:04][Music] Fish fish farming [Music] conservation.

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[00:46:59][Music] This thing looks like [Music] So I'm [Music] because we are trying to change the mindset of the people.

[00:48:18][Music] So, At least here you can be able to see. I know this.

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[00:49:11]Dragon fruit.

[00:49:34][Applause] All of these things are there.

[00:49:48]So far, you get the point.

[00:50:13]Those are sports things.

[00:50:20]We have these birds. Beautiful ones.

[00:50:42]Madame Madame Because there's a lot in the villages.

[00:51:13]You can see you know a lot of at least you all said you know you have visited Kera.

[00:51:24]Our partnership with the ministry and the wildlife authority is to see that we promote the big brand that is purely but by accident I found also another car used now and then >> yeah there >> and and somebody there.

[00:51:57]>> You said you are working where >> I'm working with international business.

[00:52:02]>> Okay.

[00:52:04]>> International guys.

[00:52:12]>> So I would like to call for the next presentation a small entertainment but you also educational.

[00:52:21]Uh, I think you you can come.

[00:52:33]Yes.

[00:52:39][Music] I'm called Marcel private lecturer. The lecturer who lectures a lecture of nature by nature.

[00:52:52]I'm an adventurer. I have adventured very many things. I think I'm the second adventurer to church.

[00:53:02]I'm an artist but I'm a nature singer.

[00:53:07]I organize festivals and expose about nature, culture and tourism. So briefly on 10th before I say anything I have to say this because of the feel that we have on 10th August I invite all of you to come to believe the power of Uganda as Uganda is the power of Africa to the nature land and nature walker which is called African nature walk.

[00:53:36]We are going to walk from an African swamp briefly. I come from and I'm saying is the power of Uganda.

[00:53:47]It's not just babble. God is the one who did it.

[00:53:51]Why is it called the power of Uganda for the baders and other people? One in the whole country of Uganda has got 110 craters. You can't find it anywhere.

[00:54:05]Out of 110 craters, we have 32 crater lakes.

[00:54:11]Out of 110 craters, we have 28 crater swamps.

[00:54:17]Out of 110 craters, we have 50 empty or dry craters full of different animals, full of different birds, full of different adventures.

[00:54:30]Out those 32 g legs the unique thing we have five legs they in the shape of the heart you can't find it anywhere and I'm the one who have adventured it with a real proof is a natural proof from myself private lectures why am I saying this I'm happy because also my sister has tried to promote something here I'm doing it in but I found when she's doing it here so I was extremely happy I'm just coordinating it with what I'm doing because I was happy out We have we have been with one lake which is in the shape of the map of Africa.

[00:55:04]Most of you officers we have been knowing like Rototo. But now me as private lecturer I have adventured another lake which is called career. It is in the shape of a map of Africa opposite.

[00:55:20]I have that banner there. As you are seeing it is showing what I have designed called African shaped itinary. I have developed 12 itineraries. But out of 12 itineraries, I have just picked two itineraries. One is called African shaped itinerary.

[00:55:38]Another one is called water forest itinerary. What is unique there?

[00:55:43]Out of that African shaped itinary, I have discovered only three things which are in the shape of the map of Africa that we not find anywhere all over the country and East Africa and Africa.

[00:55:56]One lake is called Lake. It is in the shape of the map Africa lake carrier. It is also in the shape of Africa but opposite there is a thin swamp. That thin swamp is called champ and rungul. One of the swamp has got a forest in the middle and that forest is in the shape of the map of Africa with the kasmadas.

[00:56:18]If I have ventured that then I have named it African shaped itinary. is the it was full of African and on top of that I have discovered that our neighbor in Rubiri we have got elephants those elephants they have they have got here 50 60% they in the shape of the map of Africa relatively I have also invented that in our place from Riri the fish called tilapia type of tilapia it has the bone inside it is also in the shape of the map of Africa I've also adventured that even the fish called clapia in its head there is a bone which is in the shape of the map of Africa 80 to 90% the relative the reliveness there is that part of kahon of somaria there's that part of south Africa and the rest of the it is you can see with your naked eyes so I've adventured them through my own experience my time my energy my money so that I can prove that when I'm when I'm telling that is the power of Uganda and Uganda is the power of Africa you prove from what I have adventured church you said Uganda is the power of Africa but is the power of Uganda as Uganda is the power of Africa if you love nature just say cha >> if you love nature just say >> feel free just say cha >> because nature it's the one that gives you energy and anything to breathe which the breathe the natural fresh and instant air that you breathe just Say it loudly because nature is important for you.

[00:57:55]>> Officer just say it with energy because >> never if you torture the nature the nature will the fuel. So let us the nature for the future of the nature manufactures the moisture in our nature and for the few private lectur the lecturer who lectures a lecture of nature by >> clap your hands if you love privilege briefly I believe that when nature meets the character a human nature captures the gesture of the of the nature at this juncture and for the future.

[00:58:39]That's why we are here. When nature meets culture, a human nature feels the gesture of the nature at this juncture and for the future.

[00:58:49]Lastly, lastly, allow me also a from the experience that sister has shown us of coming here, allow me to show you why am I called private lectur. I lecture of nature to the human nature to capture the ge of the nature at this juncture for the future. I'm an artist. When you go on YouTube and you type myself private lecture, he'll bring you what I sing about and I told you I do festivals and expose.

[00:59:23]Aian, I request you kindly and my fellow visas.

[00:59:27]I do three festivals and expose in a year. Every 10th of August, we shall have African shaped itinary. We shall be launching that. But we have nature run of African nature run and nature walk.

[00:59:44]We are going to walk to pass to start from on the top of the twin swamp. This is the twin swamp. This is the swamp and this is the swamp. On top of here, this is where you're going to start. So we are going to pass in the middle of the swamp.

[00:59:59]As we are going, you'll be seeing different parties. When you are there, you feel like as if you are in another planet with a view of Kab National Park. When you on top, you see at least five crers.

[01:00:14]One called Machete in the Queen National Park. You connect the rift valley and crater legs. You connect four thing and volcanic eruption eruption. So what do I mean? And why they call me why do they call me myself private lecture it's not just simp just verbal I'm the first person to make an itinary called African shaped itinary which has got those three things that I have told you which you are seeing there on the what on the chart this is one I'm also the first person I think in Uganda live around the church here to adventure the two one of the biggest waterfalls in the western region but the unique thing was with the waterfalls which is called country Marcel waterfalls they are twin waterfalls when uh when I was showing it to recent I was on UBC because of that expo that I'm telling you explorer is part of Uganda tourism expo when I was talking about people rang my receive I received like 50 calls they said lecture what you talking about is it's not there I said no don't you do don't oppose something before you see it I've adventured those waterfalls and they Twin waterfalls. Why do you refuse before you come to visit the power of Uganda to adventure them?

[01:01:34]I've adventured those legs. Even the same people who are there on that lake that I have that I discovered the neighbors they started following on social media when you got me on Tik Tok they said lecture don't deceive us. I've been here in Keller in Korea. I have not been I've been drinking this water but no you have not seen. I said no.

[01:01:54]There is a proverb which says I don't know how to say in English but the one that cannot be explained by the old person but it also can be it can be also experienced and explained by the young person according to the time and the passion that he has developed. So on the last event which is called nature tourism expo we do it every 26th of December on lake which is on the lake which is in the shape of of the heart.

[01:02:29]I put boat competition canoes people compete from the end of the lake to another one. I have organized people put banana rafts competition.

[01:02:41]I saw what if our grandfathers were using banana stems to sit and start fishing. What should I do? Something different in the whole country that another person has not done. So I got those banana stems. I told them they combined it. First I I made a banana raft in the shape of the map of Africa.

[01:02:59]When you go on YouTube you see and the map of Uganda. People said how can bananas how can you change banana into the shape of the map of Africa? I was trying to create that show that is the power of Uganda and to bring create the number of tourists to to add the number of tourists. So we I have that that game banana rafts people combine bananas banana stems after them they sit on them they compete from from side to side.

[01:03:28]Somebody who wins he gets what? A prize.

[01:03:32]Uh-huh. I have I've also created another competition of people swimming. If you are a swimmer, you come and compete with my people. Swim from an angle to the other one. When you get when you when you win, you get a reward. I have made competitions of women grinding on a grinding stone and even mingle millet in pots, not susp.

[01:03:59]when you see people mingoring and the number that I get last Christmas I got 800 people who came on my on that festival so I invite people from bala everywhere on 10th come to visi to go to nature walk and nature run and briefly let me finish because I will not finish >> okay I want to thank my sister who has come to create what I'm also creating to be creative But lastly my brothers officers I invite you on 10th also to come to experience that is the power of Uganda and Marcel is a private lecture lecturer who lectures a lecture of the nature I'm finishing never >> if you let us for the future of the nature manufactures the moisture I private lecturer lectures of nature my name.

[01:05:00]>> Thank you very much.

[01:05:02]>> You can see that everyone is branding themselves for people to come and go there and see.

[01:05:10]So at this juncture I'm going to invite Miss Culture International come and and and tell us a river which what is within around because these are the ambassadors who sell communities then and after that I'll also have the community warden and conservation warden then after chief.

[01:05:39]Okay, you can go ahead.

[01:05:42]>> Good afternoon to you all ladies and gentlemen.

[01:05:46]Um, I'll observe all protocol. My name is Sani Ruth Mugabi, the first runner up, Miss Culture International as well as Miss Culture Uganda.

[01:05:58]Um, I'm really grateful for the opportunity that I've been able to travel all the way from Campala to come to this place.

[01:06:09]Um, it's very beautiful. The landscapes, the canopies, the quietness, the air is really fresh. It's it's an amazing space. Um from the time we arrived up to now from the different activities we've done in early morning we did um birding and with the team we've been able to identify approximately 41 bite species in this place.

[01:06:42]Um we had a walk down to the stream and we've been able to interact with some people in the community. They are really welcoming, very hospitable, very nice and they love what they do cuz they were doing harvesting.

[01:07:02]And um when I came back, I saw the crafts that are being made by the people in the community using our local materials that is um preserving heritage and making it value addition through art and craft which is really good because these things are not just for the sake of having them but they are adornments.

[01:07:29]We used to decorate, we used to serve food, we use as all of like for everything we do. And I really loved as an artist, I love the creativity and the craftsmanship cuz it's very neat work.

[01:07:44]You don't it's like machine made but it's handmade. So that is also a beautiful thing I loved about the community and the work they doing. And um lastly, I'm yet to experience more, but we had a the before meeting where they were discussing about the culture in Ankle. Um the way of life, the way of dressing, um milking, making it the staple food like I had the verbal discussion. I can't wait to indulge in the whole experience. So my coming here is not just for vibes but I have learned and I am ready to um get the knowledge of this culture out to the world and together with Avian tribe 56 and everyone else we are willing to always collaborate and work with this community and we shall always come back.

[01:08:45]This has become my new home and I am I guess I am always welcome and I am welcome. Thank you so much.

[01:08:55]Thank you very much.

[01:08:58]Uh before uh community and conservation warden uh I want you to hear from the Aian team and you you know how we are going to deal with the community what they have experienced then now we know the practical way how to handle I'm a student of university and I'm also so we have been here for not so long but in we started from here up to the other hill I think it's around like uh 1k no 1k I use this but I've been able to identify 41 species. So you can imagine how precious this place is actually. So it's a call uh for the community member to start uh doing community conservation and also encouraging uh to skates and call for organizations especially those that are doing working on toys come and start doing bad watching from here. And I think the most favorable conditions are the savylvanas and also being near the the forest and also having that river down there.

[01:10:31]>> So I would say those are the most favorable conditions that have covered birds in this area. We have seen in this several indigenous tree species including the fig the fig and the fig tree. So some people they do tourism in identifying the indigenous tree species and we have seen that this place is also rich with indigenous tree species that can also attract tourism.

[01:10:59]So we are still here for more 2 days and we shall be exploring more and also informing the communities on how they can promote their tourism and also teaching them how to promote tourism and how to do tourism. Uh but before I leave the stage I want to recognize our corporate members. That's this is the first time to have you and also rent once again. Thank you so much.

[01:11:23]So we are still here for more 3 days and we shall be exploiting more as we give information to the community and how they can improve in touris. Thank you.

[01:11:35]At least now we have content to take to the PS and minister that the communities once they love what they want to promote.

[01:11:56]They are saying [Applause] How we are going to collaborate, promote [Music] Okay, you can come [Music] representation here.

[01:13:12][Music] Good evening everyone.

[01:13:22]Once again, my name is Joyce.

[01:13:32]Uh [Music] National Park open days program community [Music] for free. Thank you.

[01:14:22]organizing buses close to the main gate.

[01:14:43]drives.

[01:14:52]So it is normally in October.

[01:15:07]So October community.

[01:15:20]Thank you so much.

[01:15:25]Okay, thank you so much enforcement department.

[01:15:39]But now community conservation.

[01:15:45]She has talked more about bridging the gap between communities and the park to in a vistro.

[01:15:55]You request you come and visit the park.

[01:15:58]Then um we we also we carry out collaborative management between different communities especially the ones uh the ones that are adjacent to the park and also some of the resources you come to the park you request like firewood collection and I had the counelor alleging that when the communities go to the park that we kill them not really. Whoever comes to the park, you have to register at the gates.

[01:16:34]We have different gates. So if we check that maybe you've not registered in the park and the allegations that someone has been killed in the park, you know a park is a park that different wildlife.

[01:16:48]So we don't kill anyone. If we arrest a person, we take we take that suspect to the police. We don't we are not mandated to kill any person. So you can add up more activities and we are community. So let's conserve our nature. Let's let's conserve wildlife.

[01:17:12]In case you see anyone killing wildlife, please you report to us cuz if we kill all the animals then we shall not get their revenue.

[01:17:20]>> Yeah.

[01:17:22]>> Okay. Let's conserve wildlife for future generations. Thank you so much.

[01:17:29]Thank you.

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[01:22:05]So, so Father story potentials.

[01:22:47][Applause] [Music] So that is a tourism potential.

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[01:24:11]at experience Uganda government donation from USAD promoting tourism for biodiversity here is Africa Wildlife Foundation Uganda Community Tourism Association training that is Queen Elizabeth.

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[01:25:35]I think this is the only chance now that you have this audience. You can deal with them and they trust you that what you have the community behind you.

[01:25:56]What is going to happen to this place?

[01:25:58]Why is these stories come meet and go and vice president heritage and culture tourism association?

[01:26:07]I have to see what is in neighboring the parks that we collaborate and promote the sites.

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[01:31:14]You said the permanent secretary.

[01:31:18]He's a very big man because when they are inviting >> Yes.

[01:31:26]>> they wrote a letter of the permanent secretary. Yes.

[01:31:29]>> So he's representing the permanent secretary and once the permanent secretary is here the exactly the boss of the function. So the permanent secretary today, the chairperson of this event, the organizing committee, the vice chairperson, the colleagues in conservation.

[01:32:03]I once again welcome you to this important occasion.

[01:32:10]in I'm not very conversant with but as a person from the BU group when we used to stud history they name those in the B group I can hear and understand what they are talking maybe very soon I'll be I take interest very fast and learn more of it.

[01:32:43][Music] I'm happy to see you here on this day.

[01:32:50]We came a bit late to arrive.

[01:32:54]We had a meeting with the partners, the concessioners, the lodge owners in Leuro and around Lake Kimuro.

[01:33:06]We had a breakfast meeting and after I had to travel to come because I had promised him I have to attend.

[01:33:17]I was supposed to be the parameter training in Janui as I told him and that day I decided that I would delegate but the program was postponed and that's why I decided to come.

[01:33:35]>> Thank you very much.

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[01:33:40]>> Thank you very much sir.

[01:33:41]>> I don't usually present.

[01:33:45]>> I'm happy to see you today.

[01:33:48]The associations which are here the gera farm.

[01:33:55]I've seen a number of things you are venturing in including wildlife.

[01:34:04]I think I'll interest myself also to come and visit you one time.

[01:34:08]I didn't know that you exist to have such knowledge and information.

[01:34:14]I'll be one of your clients one one day to visit you.

[01:34:18]The Avian uh conservation I want to thank you for that innovation.

[01:34:30]I've seen a very passionate people here.

[01:34:33]and passionate young people.

[01:34:38]When some of the people look at me, they think I'm young, but I'm old.

[01:34:42]So, I'm not a youth.

[01:34:46]I'm not a youth, but I encourage you with the spirit you have you have you are showing us today that you are exactly interested in conservation.

[01:35:00]For us, we are happy because the younger trees are the ones which make up the future forest.

[01:35:10]I want to thank the neighboring community who are helping us to preserve that forest and riveries.

[01:35:22]We thank you so much for listening to the message of conservation and we thank the initiators of this program for bringing aboard all the members in culture and conservation.

[01:35:42]You said is the first of its kind now here and I'm happy to be associated with it.

[01:35:50]So today we gather here to celebrate and discuss the rich culture heritage of our community tango and the neighboring communities and its potential to drive the tourism business and industry in Uganda.

[01:36:11]Culture, heritage tourism not only showcases our unique traditions and customs or history, but it also provides economic opportunities and fosters community development.

[01:36:33]As we explore ways to promote our cultural heritage, let us prioritize community led initiatives that preserve our authenticity and ensure equitable benefit and environment.

[01:36:51]So by working together, I think we can create a sustainable tourism model that honors our past while empowering our culture because time has is behind us.

[01:37:12]I want to thank those who did the bing activity today and I'm happy to hear the good news of the 41 species which you have identified today in science Uganda life authority is a scientific arm of the government it's a parameter organization but an agency with authority on the science of wildlife.

[01:37:49]And when we hear such information is actually information to add on the existing data and for us we we look at that and we appreciate what you are doing. We hope to share that information in the future so that we develop the culture the tourism in this area.

[01:38:10]We continuously get tourists who are interested in body >> and when they hear such information, it helps us to build very strong uh ideas and activities because we do marketing part of the marketing and we we do product development.

[01:38:36]We have unit which does product development for business.

[01:38:44]So such information is very current and we ask you to to share it with us. We are here to work with you to develop our cultural heritage and promote the conservation.

[01:39:05]Our counelor put some remarks which I need to put forward in the challenge of wild animals.

[01:39:16][Music] One of my colleagues talked about one of what the the councelor said, but I want to ree that information that the park has rules.

[01:39:35]The park was gazetted by government by parliament by the laws enacted by parliament and is managed by wildlife act.

[01:39:48]Scap 1 13 sc 315 of 2024.

[01:39:54]You know the law was revised when you were getting into the major process and the major process was completed.

[01:40:02]That's why the law was revised from 2019 to 2014. That's the current act. And it has a lot of issues, a lot of rules which govern the protection and management of wildlife in the national park. All the parks, not only and even wildlife outside the communities, we are responsible for it.

[01:40:29]But we are not the owners.

[01:40:32]We are just like men looking after wildlife because of the innovation and the science we we have. So we need to work together.

[01:40:44]Stop this norm of saying your animals your animals are destroying crops. They are our animals. They are for Uganda as a country.

[01:40:56]Those animals whatever even the birds and so on they are for the country Uganda. and even the global community they are not for who let's remove that mentality which has gone with us for centuries that these animals are for nose [Music] are your colleagues we are your sons we are your brothers and so on and sisters so let's have this information very here today that as we conserve we are conserving for the generation and we have to promote this conservation together. We can't only do it ourselves without you and that's why in our moto we have that stakeholder engagement and working together with the stakeholders and the communities to conserve this important resource.

[01:41:59][Music] We are thinking of having a project of fencing part of the park [Music] because of the human wildlife conflict.

[01:42:18]We need to reduce the issue of wild animals coming to destroy crops of the wani.

[01:42:28]And when the finances allow we shall start on the program of fencing.

[01:42:34]We are currently doing fencing in the Queen Elizabeth Maxon Falls and also Chido.

[01:42:46]Soon we shall come to Leuru and that will help us to protect and safeguard your crops from being vandalized by animals.

[01:42:58]Why these animals get out of the parks is basically two issues.

[01:43:07]They look for water and they look for food.

[01:43:14]We have plants called invasive plants which have evaded the national parks.

[01:43:22][Music] Some of these plants are brought But even us ourselves as we walk even by the vehicles we use the seeds can get entangled into the tires and as they go they are being spread.

[01:43:40]So over time we have realized that some of the environment in the park has changed from the grassland to now secret and even some areas have become forested.

[01:43:54]So government has put in money to restore the habitat of wildlife to ensure that we get it closer to what used to be to the original habitat where animals used to enjoy. And so because of the invasion of this plants some animals now have come to the ranches where they have been maintaining to look for the grass. So we are reversing that issue. We are working on our habitat. We are removing the invasive so that animals come back to the park. Those which are outside the park. Those which cannot come out which cannot come back to the park because some of them were born in some of this land and they don't know where Ambro is.

[01:44:43]When we face we shall do a translocation and get back those animals to the park.

[01:44:50]But for now bear with us. Let's conserve these animals together. If they come to your land, please don't kill because if you kill, the law will catch up with you just like any other laws. It's not only the wildlife law. If you steal, the law catches up with you. It's not the wildlife law which which acts on you. So the laws are there to protect and also to promote law and order.

[01:45:21]firewood. We allow people to access firewood but through a process.

[01:45:26]Just like someone's home, you can't just enter without knocking at the gate. Even the house you have to knock and they open for you.

[01:45:36]You entrusted us to manage these parks and we can't allow people to just enter the parks because you'll be asking us why why are people entering the parks and cutting all the trees.

[01:45:48]You are seeing this forest here. Suppose we just leave people to cut that forest.

[01:45:53]What will happen?

[01:45:55]Our future generation will ask us and we shall have questions and also climate change effects will affect us. So we have rules and regulations on parks and if you want to access any source in the park, [Music] we have ways and protocols you need to write and through the mechanism you are accepted.

[01:46:18]if that resource you want is available in the park. If it's not, we shall tell you it's not available. So don't use other tricks and meander to go and steal. You'll be arrested and prosecuted. So let's be mindful citizens of Uganda who respect the laws and abide by the rules.

[01:46:41]We have been hit by a bit of drought and dry spells.

[01:46:46]Right now we are diluting our our dams within the park.

[01:46:52]We are reshaping them to ensure they accommodate more water so that more animals can instead of getting to the areas outside in the communities they are able to stay in the park for some time. So these are the projects we are doing so that we ensure that the parks and the animals are safe.

[01:47:18]I want to thank the the Maru private lecture.

[01:47:31]He had very intriguing information.

[01:47:35]I like the the charisma >> and the effort you are putting in conservation. Such innovations are welcome and please continue with them because it's such innovations which make the two spend a lot of time within Uganda so that they spend that money and we get revenue so that our communities also get good livelihood and the welfare is improved.

[01:48:04]With that I will not say much. I've already said but I allow me because of the time to stop here. And once again I want to thank the organizers of this occasion for the work well done. Thank you so much.

[01:48:38]I come from in terms of culture like you saying I can identify myself as a ma but in terms of patriotism I'm a Uganda an African I've been seeing people identifying themselves. At first, I didn't want to use that because I wanted to show myself that I'm a patriotist and I I I I I work with everyone but I'm from parting that is where I spend most of the time.

[01:49:23]But I've also moved through many regions.

[01:49:26]I started my work in Kamodia in wildlife.

[01:49:32]I worked in Bundi and Mugahinga as law enforcement.

[01:49:40]I came to Dakota Campala. I was a research officer for about 10 years in the doing research on wildlife throughout Uganda.

[01:49:52]I was sent to Za Rhino Sanctuary.

[01:49:57]>> I was the first officer to take over management of rhinos in Za after the that conflict. You had was there handling that issue and we had to put it in order and to ensure that we manage our rhino ourselves Africans.

[01:50:17]From there I was sent to Muro as the acting chief warden and through interviews I was confirmed as a chief widen for and that's why I'm here with you today.

[01:50:32]So thank you for coming. Now before you go, there is a question which came over. I was launching my project at the Ginger Railway Museum as a restaurant to serve customers.

[01:50:50]But I delegated that function because I was there yesterday. I told her if I had not written, I wrote to the permanent secretary of zone requesting the ministry to be here and also the then I I I I captured myself there. Now there I was launching a project in Ginger. I will come and invite you at our museum restaurant.

[01:51:22]I am a founder of tourism and hospitality. They had top management today where I am the founder. I was needed but I I said let me be here just because of these businesses we do take us mileages but the market. So uh I I wanted to this gentleman called me when you were speaking and asked me a question. I said should I answer it here? Ask me a few translation of what the chief said. The counelor asked me that give us a small translation. I asked George he knows your language very well but that man should ask the question but vice presidentry.

[01:52:18]So A1 in story.

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[01:53:25]Now what do I do with this man?

[01:53:28]So maybe I don't know whether you can say 2014 2014.

[01:53:52]So I I was trying to consult because I've never heard of that case.

[01:54:00]But since you said the file is in Kala, they were requiring to to me informing me that the file is what we do for compensation.

[01:54:11]We have animals. Not every animal is compensated.

[01:54:16]We have different species of animals which are compensated.

[01:54:21]So that time you are talking about I was not here. I don't know exactly who handled the issue.

[01:54:29]But since you have raised it. I want to see how we follow up with that file where it ended.

[01:54:37]And if you have previous records maybe photocopies you can also help me to look at it and we follow up where the fight is because now when I came to this one of the funny challenges we face my colleague Chief Edison the late I came in to take over and I wasn't handed over so there was no hand up to now. So I'm trying to reinvent the wheel of certain issues which have been happening. So since you have you are del one and these members know you very well. We shall try to look at that to look at where the file is and we review what happened and why there was no compensation. But the government enacted that law and there is compensation. So when an animal causes havoc or a problem either eats your crops or injures you, we send our officers to come and do what we call an assessment. They write a report of the assessment and they recommend whether you are compass to be compensated or not. So that report comes to the chief when he looks at it and you are all the documents are satisfied then is forwarded to campala to to another board. There is a meet a committee which handles compensation and then they recommend otherwise and even they put the money you are supposed to be paid and they call you back and when you are called back you come to the quarter maybe of to sign an agreement that you are because of that money if you have a query then you can raise it. So the process is there only that for now I can give you a hint of the process since we are here. If an animal destroys the your crops and you report we come and assess take the photos and then the LOC is supposed to sign on your document to prove that there were the animal cause havoc in your because there are plants and crops. The catch officer has to write a report and he values the damage and then sometimes even the the police puts also report on that and those attachments they come and then we fulfill what we are supposed to do. In case it is cows or livestock, it's the veterary officer who writes that report and gives the value of the cow.

[01:57:30]So is added on the report which comes the chief warden and the chief warden action the file to kala for payment in case that animal the assessment is to look at which species of animal if it is a monkey it's not compensative but if it is issues like gorilla chimpanzes leopads lions those are compensative that's why we come to the assessment to understand which animal because sometimes it might be a cow and you are deceiving us.

[01:58:06]So from that assessment we can tell that this was a cow which just passed through someone's garden and is saying it's a wild animal. So the recommendations come this cannot be compensated but we shall look at the case review the documents if you have some of the copies and then we get back to you.

[01:58:25]Okay. Thank you.

[01:58:28]in in a brief I think you can do the translation briefly and we go to the ministry.

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[02:02:47]Thank you very much ministry.

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[02:03:33]Uh madame engineer assist make you understand to know and understand ministry tourism life and and twoies through the permanent secretary our line minister Mr. [Music] What?

[02:04:50]center culture is very very very important.

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[02:05:10]If they talk of tourism they mean life but there is of tourism ministry statistics the visitors they spend more money than those ones who come to visit the animals because they they spend a lot of time here with you.

[02:05:47]So in the morning had a comprehensive engagement with the local communities.

[02:06:02]Ministry of tourism and agriculture employing people who are not high educated.

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[02:06:44]Ministry through tourism development explore Uganda.

[02:06:56]A case in point [Music] support comprehensive report of what had transpired here. Then I submit to the secretary, the younger generation What should we do in order to promote culture or to revive the culture which has been campaigned by the the colonial and explorers and missionaries.

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[02:08:29]>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The one taking photo.

[02:08:30]That's okay.

[02:08:33]They have traveled abroad and they were sharing with the communities what those people were asking were asking them what they know about us.

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[02:09:33]>> It has strong roots from Banda. It has strong roots from What about those are the things we are promoting because they are very energetic. These are things which has mentioned them here. These are the things of intangible knowledge.

[02:10:23]Because tourism is all about spending.

[02:10:25]Am I communicating people?

[02:10:38][Applause] because one of the best qualities of a project is must be for people.

[02:10:59]It must be development oriented.

[02:11:09]It should be supported by the government.

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[02:12:15]Then ministry want to tell you that People and animals have a strong [Music] even those our forefathers.

[02:12:50]on board so that they should be protected by us.

[02:12:55]Chief has mentioned this not foreign exchange tourists the money we get from them they are the ones which the So that's where us work together.

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[02:13:51]So for culture Then I'll make sure holiday tourists.

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