Former West Nile Miss Tourism Queen, Ambassador Princess Sheila Obia is set to unleash the first-ever Angara and Anyoyia festival in the region.

Princess Sheila Obia At a Press Confrence

The festival, according to Obia, is aimed at promoting the culture and economic empowerment of the local people.

Angara is a unique fish type found only in the Albert Nile located in the upper Nile River in the North West of Uganda.

Angara

Meanwhile, anyoyia is a delicacy made of mainly maize and beans with its routes traced to the Alur community, though it is now widespread across most communities in the West Nile region.

The two delicacies have become a sense of pride and identity to the population of West Nile although no or little attempts have been made in the past to popularize them. “This is basically a festival we are organizing to promote our delicacies in the region and we want to empower our local people so that they can earn a living.

We want to encourage them to know that the work they are doing is not in vain, and give them a platform where they can come and showcase for a bigger market,” Ms. Winner Meteta, a member of the festival organizing committee said on Friday.

She noted that the funds from the festival organized under the Batel’s foundation spearheaded by Queen Obia will go towards supporting the girl child education in the region.

Previously, Queen Obia who is the chief executive officer of the Batel’s foundation had held a number of activities including charity runs under her Nongovernmental organization in support of the girl child.

“We are not going to do the ordinary Anyoyia that we usually go out on the street and buy for shs500, now we have another version that is modified in chicken, meat and different other flavours,” Obia said during a press conference at Coco Palm in Arua town.

“We want to teach the women to do it in a better way because we are tired of seeing our people just do things the ‘corridor way’ and get pennies for all their work,” Obia added.