It was more about the need to raise funds to support Entebbe General Referral Hospital that perhaps attracted a strong field of over 700 runners that graced the Inaugural Aviation run that was held on Sunday in Entebbe and the participants who were visibly excited and in high spirits converged at the Entebbe Mayors Garden where they enjoyed the early morning warm-up drills before they were flagged off for the 10km and 5km races respectively by the Entebbe Municipality Member Of Parliament Rose Tumusiime and Mr. Eyob Estifanos, the ICAO Eastern And Southern Africa (ESAF) Associate Regional Programme Officer…
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As a result of It’s tireless efforts in fostering customer care services, infrastructure improvements, training of staff and contribution towards supporting tourism and Agricultural exports facilitated through Entebbe International Airport, Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has yet again been recognized by the International Trade Council (ITC) with the ‘Going Global’ award (2019) as the government agency of the year in the Aviation category. UCAA which continues to be a torchbearer among the Civil Aviation Authorities in Africa, was recognized at the International Trade Council Summit that was held in Chicago, USA on October 23, 2019. UCAA’s Dr. Tom…
Entebbe High court has convicted Godfrey ‘Troy’ Wamala of manslaughter for his role in the death of music artist Moses Ssekibogo alias Mowzey Radio. In her judgment today afternoon, Justice Jane Francis Abodo noted that prosecution failed to prove to court beyond reasonable doubt that Wamala killed Mowzey. She, however, said that court conquers with the prosecution that the accused person participated in the brawl that ended the artist’s life. Justice Abodo noted that prosecution didn’t at any moment in its submission connect Wamala to the killing despite being part of the bar brawl. Abodo also wondered why police…
Edward Katumba, a salesperson dealing in vending tiles is feared kidnapped after he went missing from his residence in Namungona zone in Kampala district Family members say prior to his disappearance he first received threatening messages from unknown persons warning him against engaging in political riots involving opposition politicians. The family members claim that Katumba disappeared in May and since then he has never returned to his residence despite informing police about his disappearance. Currently, the family members are stuck since his whereabouts are still unknown.
Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) in partnership with the Uganda Aeronautical Information Service Officer’s Association (UGAISOA) has organized a charity run dubbed ‘Aviation Run 2019’ in celebration of the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) 75 years of existence and the proceeds from the Aviation Run will be used to equip the emergency unit of Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital. The Aviation Run is slated to take place on Sunday, November 10, 2019, starting at 7 am. Kits cost Shs 25,000 each and are readily available at UCAA Head Office Entebbe, Kampala Liaison Office 7th Floor Workers House, Entebbe International Airport Information…
With just a mere 90 Air Traffic Controllers managing Uganda’s Airspace, Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has reiterated the need to increase the staffing levels in Air Traffic control so as to be at par with the growing aviation industry. Speaking at the Uganda Air Traffic Controllers Association (UGATCA) day celebrations that were held at the Old Kampala S.S grounds on Friday, UCAA Deputy Director-General Fred Bamwesigye disclosed that Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has tried to interest Ugandans especially school students to study aviation-related courses so as to get staff who can fill the current manpower shortage in…
With Entebbe International Airport’s growing passenger volumes from a paltry 118,000 in 1991 to 1.65 million passengers in 2017 and 1.84 million passengers in 2018 respectively, State Minister for transport Aggrey Bagiire has called on more Airline Operators to invest in Uganda’s Aviation industry. Minister Bagiire who addressed the 40th session of ICAO Assembly that was recently held in Montreal, Canada, congratulated the aviation fraternity on ICAO’s 75th Anniversary and also made a rallying call to all prospective entrepreneurs to invest in the aviation sub-sector in Uganda. Government Of Uganda has Liberalized air transport market access and airline ownership…
The two bosses of Middle East Consultants Ltd, a labor export agency in Uganda, were freed this week on tough bail conditions set by court and warned against interfering with police investigations. The duo who include Godfrey Kyalimpa (Recruitment and vetting officer)and Benon Kunywana (General Manager) were freed after paying cash bail amounting to Shs 2m each, in addition to depositing their original passports with court while their sureties each was granted non-cash bail worth Shs 5m and ordered to deposit their original national identity cards in court. The duo who had been on remand for over a week…
The Entebbe Court and Entebbe Police are badly hunting down for the Capital Pub Bar Boss a one Fred Mirimu after he failed to appear in court on Tuesday over a murder case that he was allegedly involved in with several others. After receiving the summons to appear in court a couple of days ago, the fella developed goose pimples and vanished into thin air coz he is too scared to stand in the dock. We have established that the foxy fella is hiding in a yet to be identified “cave” coz he isn’t ready to stand in the dock…
On Tuesday, the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) was privileged to host the United States Secretary Of Health And Human Services whose visit is primarily to follow up on the current Ebola threat from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and also reflect on the collaboration between Uganda and the United States that began over 25 years ago. In his remarks, US Secretary of Health, hailed UVRI for its continued readiness to contain the Ebola Virus. Today, the infrastructure that UVRI helped build has played a key role in preventing the spread of Ebola from the Eastern Democratic Republic…