Uganda has secured €155.99 million (approximately UGX 650 billion) from the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), to transform Arua airstrip into an international-standard facility, under Phase one of the Uganda Airports Development Programme. According to the AfDB group, the upgrade will unlock trade, tourism and investment opportunities across the West Nile region and neighbouring markets […]
Several airlines plying the Entebbe – Dubai route remain parked at Entebbe International Airport, following the closure of the Dubai Airspace amidst continued attacks by the joint US / Israel on Iran and the retaliatory attacks by Iran on US bases in the gulf states. According to a source at the Airport, three Dubai Airlines […]
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 […]
The State minister for Works Fred Byamukama has revealed that more officials from the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) will be fired from the authority next week following ongoing investigations into the illegal recruitment of staff at the Airport. Min Byamukama made the revelation during an interview with NTV noting that President Yoweri Museveni had […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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