{"id":8599,"date":"2016-01-26T02:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T10:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.nrs.com-2\/?p=8599"},"modified":"2022-07-21T15:42:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T22:42:48","slug":"juma-of-itanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2016\/01\/26\/juma-of-itanda\/","title":{"rendered":"Juma of Itanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/152585574?h=dff7fff252&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"970\" height=\"546\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Humanity, hope and the fate of a mighty river.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Directed by Tommy Pennick<br \/>\nOfficial Selection, Banff Mountain Film Festival 2015<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As Juma Via Kalikwani walks through the dirt streets of his hometown, he is bombarded with children and adults alike who flock to see him\u2013his role as the Director of Operations for Nile River Explorers, a large Jinja, Uganda based rafting company, has earned him hometown stardom. But Kalikwani\u2019s beginnings are humble. As a young boy, he became friends with the first rafters to discover the warm rapids of the Victoria Nile, and slowly worked his way up through the ranks of NRE to his current role.<\/p>\n<p>Kalikwani and the rest of the Ugandans who benefit from the rafting and tourism industry nearly lost their livelihoods in 2011 when the Bujagali Hydroelectric Project was completed, burying half of the Nile\u2019s famous rapids in its reservoir. Fortunately, the companies were able to relocate downstream and continue their businesses. Following the construction and a public uproar from the local people, in 2007 the Ugandan Government signed a non-development agreement with the IDA\/World Bank called the Kalagala Offset Indemnity Agreement to protect the area for its cultural significance and tourism value.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the agreement, the World Bank and its affiliates were quiet as the Ugandan government accepted a loan from the Export-Import Bank of China and contracted China International Water and Electric Corporation to build the Isimba Power Station. Three dam heights were proposed; the largest, which would generate an estimated 183 MW will create a devastating reservoir to the people and economy of the Victoria Nile. The smallest, which would generate an estimated 170 MW\u2013only 13 MW less\u2013would spare most of the rapids and homes in its path.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From the Director:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>While there is no denying the need for more power generation in Uganda, the Isimba Dam discussion bypasses the compromise that the local people are striving for. Please contact your country\u2019s World Bank representatives; for more information about this, please go to: <a href=\"http:\/\/isimbadam.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">isimbadam.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juma Kalikwani and the rest of the Ugandans who benefit from the rafting and tourism industry nearly lost their livelihoods in 2011 when the Bujagali Hydroelectric Project was completed, burying half of the Nile\u2019s famous rapids in its reservoir. Fortunately, the companies were able to relocate downstream and continue their businesses. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":8648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[339],"tags":[62,507,316,59,380,39,33],"class_list":["post-8599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nrs-culture","tag-conservation","tag-nrs-films","tag-rafting","tag-travel","tag-uganda","tag-videos-2","tag-whitewater-kayaking","post-grid"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Juma of Itanda | Duct Tape Diaries | NRS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On the banks of the mighty Nile, Meet\u00a0Juma Via Kalikwani as he reflects on his past and future life in the Ugandan village of Itanda. \u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2016\/01\/26\/juma-of-itanda\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Juma of Itanda | Duct Tape Diaries | NRS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On the banks of the mighty Nile, Meet\u00a0Juma Via Kalikwani as he reflects on his past and future life in the Ugandan village of Itanda. \u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2016\/01\/26\/juma-of-itanda\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Duct Tape Diaries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nrsweb\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-01-26T10:00:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-21T22:42:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/31185105\/Juma-Facebook.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"NRS Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@nrsweb\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@nrsweb\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"NRS Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/26\\\/juma-of-itanda\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/26\\\/juma-of-itanda\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"NRS Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/675a6b3093818733d2480ba16d61967b\"},\"headline\":\"Juma of Itanda\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-26T10:00:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-21T22:42:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/26\\\/juma-of-itanda\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":340,\"commentCount\":1,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/26\\\/juma-of-itanda\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\\\/duct-tape\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/31185105\\\/Juma-Facebook.png\",\"keywords\":[\"conservation\",\"NRS Films\",\"rafting\",\"travel\",\"uganda\",\"videos\",\"whitewater kayaking\"],\"articleSection\":[\"NRS Culture\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/26\\\/juma-of-itanda\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/26\\\/juma-of-itanda\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/26\\\/juma-of-itanda\\\/\",\"name\":\"Juma of Itanda | Duct Tape Diaries | NRS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/26\\\/juma-of-itanda\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/26\\\/juma-of-itanda\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\\\/duct-tape\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/31185105\\\/Juma-Facebook.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-26T10:00:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-21T22:42:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/675a6b3093818733d2480ba16d61967b\"},\"description\":\"On the banks of the mighty Nile, Meet\u00a0Juma Via Kalikwani as he reflects on his past and future life in the Ugandan village of Itanda. \u00a0\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/26\\\/juma-of-itanda\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/26\\\/juma-of-itanda\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/26\\\/juma-of-itanda\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\\\/duct-tape\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/31185105\\\/Juma-Facebook.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\\\/duct-tape\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/31185105\\\/Juma-Facebook.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/26\\\/juma-of-itanda\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Juma of Itanda\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/\",\"name\":\"Duct Tape Diaries\",\"description\":\"Duct Tape Diaries, NRS&#039;s official blog, entertains, educates, inspires and celebrates the paddling lifestyle through compelling storytelling and photography.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/675a6b3093818733d2480ba16d61967b\",\"name\":\"NRS Staff\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f31f91fa11fe7dd3bf6a5a2a6e45e866635ade3ae2d556998daee301412d555f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f31f91fa11fe7dd3bf6a5a2a6e45e866635ade3ae2d556998daee301412d555f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f31f91fa11fe7dd3bf6a5a2a6e45e866635ade3ae2d556998daee301412d555f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"NRS Staff\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/author\\\/nrsweb\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Juma of Itanda | Duct Tape Diaries | NRS","description":"On the banks of the mighty Nile, Meet\u00a0Juma Via Kalikwani as he reflects on his past and future life in the Ugandan village of Itanda. \u00a0","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2016\/01\/26\/juma-of-itanda\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Juma of Itanda | Duct Tape Diaries | NRS","og_description":"On the banks of the mighty Nile, Meet\u00a0Juma Via Kalikwani as he reflects on his past and future life in the Ugandan village of Itanda. \u00a0","og_url":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2016\/01\/26\/juma-of-itanda\/","og_site_name":"Duct Tape Diaries","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nrsweb","article_published_time":"2016-01-26T10:00:41+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-07-21T22:42:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/31185105\/Juma-Facebook.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"NRS Staff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@nrsweb","twitter_site":"@nrsweb","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"NRS Staff","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2016\/01\/26\/juma-of-itanda\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2016\/01\/26\/juma-of-itanda\/"},"author":{"name":"NRS Staff","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/#\/schema\/person\/675a6b3093818733d2480ba16d61967b"},"headline":"Juma of Itanda","datePublished":"2016-01-26T10:00:41+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-21T22:42:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2016\/01\/26\/juma-of-itanda\/"},"wordCount":340,"commentCount":1,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2016\/01\/26\/juma-of-itanda\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/31185105\/Juma-Facebook.png","keywords":["conservation","NRS Films","rafting","travel","uganda","videos","whitewater kayaking"],"articleSection":["NRS Culture"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2016\/01\/26\/juma-of-itanda\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2016\/01\/26\/juma-of-itanda\/","url":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2016\/01\/26\/juma-of-itanda\/","name":"Juma of Itanda | Duct Tape Diaries | NRS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2016\/01\/26\/juma-of-itanda\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2016\/01\/26\/juma-of-itanda\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/31185105\/Juma-Facebook.png","datePublished":"2016-01-26T10:00:41+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-21T22:42:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/#\/schema\/person\/675a6b3093818733d2480ba16d61967b"},"description":"On the banks of the mighty Nile, Meet\u00a0Juma Via Kalikwani as he reflects on his past and future life in the Ugandan village of Itanda. \u00a0","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2016\/01\/26\/juma-of-itanda\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2016\/01\/26\/juma-of-itanda\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2016\/01\/26\/juma-of-itanda\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/31185105\/Juma-Facebook.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/31185105\/Juma-Facebook.png","width":1200,"height":630},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2016\/01\/26\/juma-of-itanda\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Juma of Itanda"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/#website","url":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/","name":"Duct Tape Diaries","description":"Duct Tape Diaries, NRS&#039;s official blog, entertains, educates, inspires and celebrates the paddling lifestyle through compelling storytelling and photography.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/#\/schema\/person\/675a6b3093818733d2480ba16d61967b","name":"NRS Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f31f91fa11fe7dd3bf6a5a2a6e45e866635ade3ae2d556998daee301412d555f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f31f91fa11fe7dd3bf6a5a2a6e45e866635ade3ae2d556998daee301412d555f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f31f91fa11fe7dd3bf6a5a2a6e45e866635ade3ae2d556998daee301412d555f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"NRS Staff"},"url":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/author\/nrsweb\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14280,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8599\/revisions\/14280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}