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Claims are that there is no single disease, be it a skin rash, fever, Joint pains or cancer among others that cannot be cured at the Kitagata Hot Spring. Visiting Kitagata is like going to a referral hospital. Seeing people both men and women cutting across all ages who are almost naked in water in pond like formation is the first sign that you have arrived at the healing place. Kitagata is vernacular ward meaning warmth. Due to the popularity of the spring both the village and the sub county is also known as kitagata in the western Uganda. The hot spring has attracted many visitors who throng the area to experience the curing power of the water that burbles from the ground. Patients at kitagata drink and bath with the spring water twice a day. They take turns to immerse themselves in the spring water so as to get healed. According to the guide at the Hot spring, the morning session is shorter because when the heat increases, the water gets hotter and uncomfortable for bathing. The pearl of Africa is where beauty transcends from wild flora and fauna to culture.

There is going concern about the destiny of forestland in Mabira and Bugala reserves reflecting growing awareness of the dangers facing Uganda and her environment. Mabira forest and Bugala reserves are one of the centers of birding activities in Uganda, tourism being a hot cake today.

Mabira forest has over 300 species of birds, some of them endangered like the Nahans francolin and the Papyrus gonolek. Mabira forest also have plants with medicinal value, some of them used by local communities to treat ailments likes impotence and heart diseases. Mabira forest is one of the reservations for Uganda tour circuit. While Bugala Island is one of the biggest Islands in Uganda where birding activities and other interesting ones like fishing is done in the country.

Let the human needs do not simply exceed the ability to respond positively to the environmental warnings. If the survival of humanity in Uganda depends on the countries remaining forests, like the issue of Sugar. Must the forestland of Mabira and Bugala reserves depleted in the name of sugar. Sugar, which is claimed not enough in Uganda approximately more than 60% of the population survive in rural areas without even knowing whether sugar or tea exists on this planet. Lets all humanity around the world over join hands to ensure the survival of the remaining forests. People talk of global heating, but what has been done on the ground.  In the past tropical forest in Asia, Africa and Latin America covered about 12% of the land’s surface. At present, they cover only 6%, and they will descend on this trend if at all even a small country like Uganda is to give away its natural blessings.

The police embarked on training its personnel last year 2006 in the preparation for Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting scheduled November this year. Police outriders and drivers went vigorous training at Kololo airstrip for over a week to strengthen their will.  While another group was said to be undergoing intensive training for VIP protection at Monyonyo, some criminal investigation department personnel were trained as well in crime detection.

Police spokes person Ochom, confirmed that the exercise was part of a wider training programme ahead of CHOGM. Since days are moving nearer and nearer, will police still carry out further training in preparation for CHOGM? Several developments is going and approaching to get done; the state house in Entebbe and several hotels such as Sheraton hotel, Grand Imperial, Hotel equatorial and Speke Resort Munyonyo have been renovated. New ones have sprung up around Kampala to host 53 Heads of States expected at the meeting. Uganda by 2010 will be one of the tourist’s destinations not to be missed.

Quality facilities in terms of hotels and lodges both within the Ugandan capital and national parks are coming up. What else, the country is known for its wild flora and fauna, and the hospitality of its people the reason why it’s commonly known as the pearl of Africa.