Gates was last in Uganda in 2004 on a gorilla-tracking trip
Co-founder
and current chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates is set for another visit
to Uganda between August 9 and 12, sources say.
Also popular for being one of the richest people in
the world, Gates’s trip here will be to track mountain gorillas in the
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
An advance team to prepare for the visit has
already arrived in Kisoro district where Gates and his wife, Mellinda
Gates, are expected to launch their gorilla-tracking expedition.
The 56-year-old entrepreneur was last in Uganda in 2004 for his first ever visit. Then, he had come to track gorillas too.
A Uganda Wildlife Authority official in Kisoro who preferred anonymity declined to divulge more details about the visit.
Uganda boasts of being home to almost half of the
world's population of mountain gorillas. There are about 300 mountain
gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
The country first opened up its doors to tourists
to track the gorillas at Bwindi in April 1993. Since then, Uganda's
tourism industry has been substantially boosted by annual revenue from
the national park tucked away in western Uganda.
By Bruce Amp
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