by cruz media 25th/06/2026
Diffrent legislators from the east African Parliament in Arusha were left amazed last week when one of them our sources have disclosed sneaked in documented plans and draft’s that a one juma witonze kiseka intends to bring as soon as he steps into arusha.
juma witonze is a Ugandan diplomat and also an ambassador in Bahrain who is vaying to represent Uganda in the east African Parliament. our sources said in this document, witonze has made well and clear plans to promote all the east African economy through bosting tourism, in this document juma is quoted saying that, our people in Uganda don’t see a border. They see one market. One family. One lake. But our tourists see two visas, two delays, and two different stories.”
Tourism doesn’t stop at the line on the map,A gorilla in Uganda and a lion in Kenya are the same trip in a tourist’s mind.
juma further mentioned different ways to harmonize this story such as creating one ‘East Africa Circuit brand. in this way Uganda sells the source of the Nile + gorillas. Kenya sells the Mara + coast. Rwanda sells recovery + conservation. But we market it as one 14-day journey. One website. One booking portal. Right now a tourist Googles ‘safari’ and gets 3 competing ads. Let them Google ‘East Africa’ and get us.”
juma further suggests Border tourism desks at Busia, Malaba, Mutukula, let’s put joint tourism desks. One desk, officers from both countries, same brochure. A tourist arriving at 6pm shouldn’t lose a night because they need to ‘figure out Uganda’ after Kenya. We guide them, we keep the money in the region.”
witonze further suggests the sharing of benefits and share the training.
A guide trained in Kampala should be able to legally guide in Eldoret for cross-border tours. Let’s have a regional guide certification. When money moves, skills move. When skills move, youth get jobs on both sides.”
He ended with a photo of a Ugandan who runs a boda stage 200 meters from the border. Half his customers are Kenyan, half Ugandan. “When tourism grows, his boda moves more people. When border delays grow, his boda stops. His income doesn’t care which flag is flying. Neither should our policy be
juma further sayid in his conclusion MPs don’t need to rewrite treaties to help both countries. They need to speak the language of the border: less friction, more shared customers. When tourism wins, both sides of the border win.
