President Yoweri Museveni as head of the Uganda State receives a certificate of UNESCO inscription of Empaako heritage from Stephen
Rwagweri Atwoki, a culture expert and Executive Director of Engabu Za Tooro and
Elder Isaya Kalya Atwoki, the Treasurer and Custodian for Empaako Heritage Development
Trust at a public ceremony that took place at Karambi – Fort Portal on 16th
September 2014.
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| President Museveni (middle with hat) Receiving the UNESCO Empaako Inscription |
The president acknowledged and recognized the inscription and
subsequently the dossier and certificate maybe inscribed and deposited with the
national archives.
Empaako Heritage was inscribed by UNESCO on the world list
of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
during the 8th Session of Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding
Intangible Cultural Heritage which took place on 4th December 2013
in Baku, Arzebaijan.
Engabu Za Tooro (Tooro Youth Platform for Action) carried
out the research and defended the inscription before the UNESCO experts and
world scholars of culture during the period of 2010 to 2013.
