Uganda, May 5 -- I was invited by my friend who operates a travel agency here in Uganda to visit a few high-end tourist attraction areas, including some hotels that are considered five-star hotels, to assess together whether here in Uganda we are up to the same standards that are performed in Kenya and Tanzania.

I have to say the price list of such hotels is so steep that you wonder how many people are ready to pay such amounts for one or two nights of stay. It is obvious that there are reasons for high costs given that such hotels are far from Kampala or main cities hence the price of fuel to get amenities to those hotels is on the higher side. However, there is no consideration for the fact that there are mostly locals from the surroun...