UWA receives equipment from USAID/B4R to strengthen financial management

The items that include 44 laptops, 39 scanners, 20 printers and 11 complete solar units were received from the Chief of Party B4R Jennifer Talbot by the Acting Executive Director UWA Mr Stephen Masaba at Uganda Wildlife Authority Headquarters in Kampala.

Mr. Masaba Steven thanked USAID for the continued support they have always been giving UWA mostly during the period of COVID 19 and was happy to note that USAID understands the role of UWA.

He said that the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities is working hard to promote destination Uganda and therefore support from USAID comes in handy to ensure that UWA executes its mandate well in order to give visitors to protected areas a good experience.

“The Ministry is working hard to promote destination Uganda and we should be doing our part in terms of readiness to give visitors a good experience. Now that we are recovering from COVID 19, we are pleased to receive support that is going to improve on our revenue collection systems and enhance our efficiency,” he said.

The Chief of Party B4R Talbot Jennifer said that their area of focus is to support Lake Mburo Queen Elizabeth, Murchison Falls and Kidepo Valley conservation areas.

“These are the conservation areas that we are looking at, we believe the equipment will be installed in those areas and there will be no need of tracking because we know UWA is a transparent organization,” she said.

She expressed hope that the equipment will be put to good use.