{"id":1775,"date":"2017-10-27T11:34:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T08:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ug\/?p=1775"},"modified":"2017-10-27T11:34:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T08:34:22","slug":"zakayo-ugandas-oldest-chimpanzee-turns-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ug\/zakayo-ugandas-oldest-chimpanzee-turns-54\/","title":{"rendered":"Zakayo, Uganda&#8217;s Oldest Chimpanzee Turns 54"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a big day for one of Uganda&#8217;s main men. A man who contributes in both the tourism and environmental sector, Zakayo<span style=\"line-height: inherit\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"container_left\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article-image\">\n<div class=\"container_left\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Uganda&#8217;s oldest Chimpanzee will today be koined jt the wildlook fe conservation team to celebrate his 54th birthday. The event will take place at UWEC zoo in Entebbe district.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1776\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1776\" style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171027_111059.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171027_111059.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171027_111059.jpg 622w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171027_111059-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zakayo party last year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to our sources, Zakayo was rescued at one year on \u00a010<sup>th<\/sup> June, 1964, from Bundibugyo. The person who picked him up, stayed with the chimp zee fro about thirteen. years before later handing hi I&#8217;m over to Entebbe Zoo\u00a0in 1976.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>He was the alpha male\u00a0from 1976 to 2011,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1777\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1777\" style=\"width: 940px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171027_111303.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171027_111303-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171027_111303-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171027_111303-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171027_111303-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171027_111303.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zakayo cake last year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Apparently, around 1000 school children will be part of this celebration, which will contain a tree planting procession as one of the events.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1778\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1778\" style=\"width: 680px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171027_111104.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171027_111104.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171027_111104.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171027_111104-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Birthday boy eating his 2016 cake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;We shall also have educative talks on chimpanzees, art exhibition, music dance and drama from different schools,&#8221; said Isaac Mujasi, in charge of marketing for Uganda Wildlife Education Centre.<\/p>\n<p>We shall kewp.you posted on the details of the celebration. Happy Birthday to you Zakayo, from Ghafla.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a big day for one of Uganda&#8217;s main men. A man who contributes in both the tourism and environmental sector, Zakayo. Uganda&#8217;s oldest Chimpanzee will today be koined jt the wildlook fe conservation team to celebrate his 54th birthday. The event will take place at UWEC zoo in Entebbe district. 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