Mr. Ishmeal Sekandi the long serving Executive Director of the Uganda Hotel Owners Association has resigned and has been replaced by Mr. Sam Balagadde who has been introduced by the chairman of UHOA Mr. Ibrahim Muwanga the owner of Hotel Africana located in Kampala.

Sekandi has been working very hard in the past years he has been in the position so the new director should know that the hospitality sector is one of the components of the country’s tourism industry and there is need to work together with all the other tourism trade organization to develop the Uganda tourism industry in general.