Amolatar, Uganda | Uganda’s Ambassador to France, Doreen Amule, has intensified efforts to market Uganda’s tourism and cultural heritage internationally after leading a delegation of European visitors to the Centre of Uganda in Amolatar District and the historic Kangai site in Dokolo District.
Amule, who visited the sites on Sunday, May 24, 2026, together with friends from France and Spain, described Ugandans as happy people and urged her European colleagues to help market the country abroad.
She explained that it had taken her 40 years to fully understand the role of an ambassador, adding that ambassadors should not only represent Uganda internationally but should also actively promote the country’s tourism, culture, and investment opportunities to the outside world.
Amule said the government facilitated her stay in Paris to market Uganda and attract benefits back home.
According to her, one of her European friends had persistently requested to visit Uganda in order to experience the country firsthand before promoting it internationally.
Amule cited Ndere Cultural Centre as one of the cultural tourism sites she has promoted abroad and emphasized that Uganda possesses diverse attractions that justify its reputation as the “Pearl of Africa.” She expressed optimism that the government and local stakeholders would work together to develop the Centre of Uganda into a major tourism attraction.
The delegation arrived in Amolatar through the Namasale Ferry before proceeding to the Centre of Uganda in Namasale Subcounty shortly after midday. The visitors were welcomed with traditional Lango songs and dances and were served locally prepared millet porridge commonly known as “nyuka kal.”
At the Centre of Uganda, Milton Mutto, a global health scientist, epidemiologist, sociologist, and physiotherapist, said he received a spiritual vision in Sweden in 2009 directing him to establish a national altar at the Centre of Uganda as a symbol of placing God at the centre of national affairs. He explained that the altar, raised in 2013 by representatives of Uganda’s 56 tribes, symbolizes unity, reconciliation, forgiveness, and peaceful coexistence among Ugandans.
Dr. Mutto added that the site serves as a national prayer altar and spiritual attraction comparable to Jerusalem and Vatican and appealed for government and stakeholder support to improve infrastructure at the site.
The Resident District Commissioner of Amolatar, Francis Okello Odoki Rwotlonyo, welcomed the European visitors and urged them to market the Centre of Uganda internationally as a major tourism attraction site.
Rwotlonyo said the district is recognized as the “Centre of Uganda” because of its strategic location and the symbolic monument representing all tribes in Uganda. He added that the site is historically significant as a recognized prayer altar and noted that the surrounding Lake Kyoga and Lake Kwania give Amolatar strong tourism potential.
The delegation later proceeded to Kangai in Dokolo District, where Kabaka Mwanga II and Omukama Kabalega were captured by British colonial forces on April 9, 1899, ending their resistance against colonial rule.
Historical accounts indicate that the two monarchs were ambushed in a dawn raid led by Col. Evatt with support from Semei Kakungulu before being subdued and later exiled to the Seychelles Islands.
Today, monuments marking the capture sites stand about 200 meters apart, while the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities is developing the area into the Mwanga-Kabalega Tourism Site.
