UWA

Dr James Musinguzi’s Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) sits at the core of Uganda’s ambition to radically scale its tourism economy. Under the Uganda National Tourism Policy (2025), the government is targeting a fourfold expansion in tourism foreign exchange earnings, from $1.025 billion in the 2025/26 financial year to $4 billion by the 2029/30 financial year, alongside a rise in domestic tourism expenditure from UGX 3.7 trillion to UGX 5.4 trillion over the same period. These are not incremental goals; they represent one of the most aggressive growth bets in Uganda’s medium-term economic strategy. The centrality of UWA to this ambition…