By reporter
With
divergent views on the newest beauty pageant, missy curvy which was launched
this week still on, the tourism minister, Ephraim
Kamuntu comes out boldly to disown it as not being part of the big five
tourism attraction packages in the country designed by the ministry.
The arch
bishop of the church of Uganda, His Grace, Stanely Ntagali yesterday released a
statement condemning the contest. Not him alone a number of women activists and
legislators as well as members of the general public have come out to bush the
contests saying they are demeaning the image of a Ugandan woman.
Responding
to questions from journalists, Kamuntu
says missy curvy being a private sector led product, there is no way govt can
intervene as well as take it up. “ I have been receiving phone calls from
various people, asking me whether we don’t have any other product to show case
as well as others supporting the product.”
He also gave
the example of miss Uganda which he says is also a private sector initiative and
govt has less powers to control it.
Kamuntu further says, tourism being a multi
sectoral product, its everyone’s responsibility to conserve and also come up
with their suitable packages.
However, the
chief executive officer, UTB, Stephene Asiimwe
confirms that missy curvy is not on the list of Uganda’s tourism packages and
will never be on the list.
But the
president of Uganda, H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yesterday pronounced his
support for the contest saying, there is nothing wrong with it since the
country hosts miss Uganda contest and no one contests them then why contest
missy curvy contests.
Missy curvy
is spear headed by Winnie Mungoma under the hospice of missy curvy Uganda.
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