{"id":12,"date":"2025-08-04T12:46:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T12:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/?p=12"},"modified":"2025-08-04T13:12:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T13:12:29","slug":"uganda-tourism-board-welcomes-new-ceo-ms-juliana-kagwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/04\/uganda-tourism-board-welcomes-new-ceo-ms-juliana-kagwa\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda Tourism Board Welcomes New CEO, Ms. Juliana Kagwa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/utb-boss.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/utb-boss.jpg 770w, https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/utb-boss-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/utb-boss-768x454.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Uganda Tourism Board Welcomes New CEO, Ms. Juliana Kagwa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) has officially welcomed Ms. Juliana Kagwa as its new Chief Executive Officer, marking a new chapter for the country&#8217;s tourism sector. The handover ceremony, held on June 16th, 2025, was presided over by UTB Board Chairperson, Ms. Pearl Kakooza in the presence of the vice chairperson, Mr. Ron Kawamara; board members Mr. Rashid Kiyimba and Dr. Ojara Margaret; and Deputy CEO Mr. Bradford Ochieng.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Kagwa brings over two decades of experience in marketing, sales, and brand leadership across Africa, with a notable career in fast-moving consumer goods and agribusiness. Her expertise spans senior positions at Seed Co International and Uganda Breweries Limited, where she drove award-winning marketing campaigns and promoted Ugandan brands globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcoming Ms. Kagwa, Ms. Kakooza expressed optimism about UTB&#8217;s future under her leadership. &#8220;Ms. Kagwa&#8217;s extensive experience in brand management and commitment to sustainable development make her an ideal leader for UTB,&#8221; she said. Ms. Kagwa conveyed humility and enthusiasm, stating, &#8220;I look forward to building on the great work done thus far and amplifying Uganda&#8217;s story to the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Kagwa&#8217;s leadership extends beyond business strategy to impactful social initiatives. She led partnerships like the ROOTS reforestation initiative and launched the &#8220;Vaccination for the Nation&#8221; campaign during the COVID-19 pandemic, helping over 500,000 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Ms. Kagwa at the helm, UTB is poised to promote Uganda as a premier tourist destination, driving economic growth and transforming lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uganda Tourism Board Welcomes New CEO, Ms. Juliana Kagwa The Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) has officially welcomed Ms. Juliana Kagwa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"right-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"normal-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"boxed","ast-global-header-display":"disabled","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"disabled","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"disabled","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"disabled","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions\/22"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}