Tag: UCAA

CAA to Investigate Uganda Airlines over Flight Disruptions

The Director General Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) Mr Fred Bamwesigye has revealed that the Authority is set to investigate Uganda Airlines over a repeated series of flight disruptions that have left a number of passengers traveling with the airline stranded in the past few days. While responding to the questions during the UCAA’s a stakeholder […]

CAA Ordered to Pay Fired Whistleblower over Wrongful Termination

URN The industrial Division of the High Court has ordered the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) to pay UGX 26 million to a former security assistant who was unfairly fired from his job after he reported smuggling 12 Rhino horns at Entebbe International Airport to his bosses. The court awarded general damages to Arnold Olweny […]

Uganda Police Commissioner Remanded over Abuse of Office

The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has charged and remanded the Uganda Police Commissioner of Human Resources Eldard Mugume, to Luzira Prison over abuse of office. Court heard that Mugume along with Ms Lillian Waidha, illegally recruited individuals into the force between February and March 2013. On the same day, retired police sergeant Oyet Francis pleaded […]

Civil Aviation HR Manager Remanded over Abuse of Office

The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has charged and remanded the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) Human Resource Manager Ms Jennifer Etit Okaka, over corruption, causing financial loss, and abuse of office. Court heard that between June and November 2023, Okaka failed to update the authority’s payroll system to remove a staff member who had resigned, […]

UCAA inaugurates National Committee on Wildlife Hazards

The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) board chairperson Hon. Justice Steven Kavuma has formed a National Committee on Wildlife Hazards Management to address rising wildlife strikes near airports across the country. “This is one area of aviation safety where proactive and collaborative management can make a real and lasting difference, the formation of this National […]