The Entebbe Rotary fraternity yet again held their noble fundraising Golf Tournament at Entebbe Golf Club on Saturday with a sole aim of raising funds that will be channeled towards helping kids with heart complications get the much needed heart surgery. A total of 105 players took part in the stable ford format tournament and team Lets Go Travel were crowned champions after they returned a total of 113 points. Team Lets Go Travel comprised of Orach Geoffrey and Moko Emma who returned an identical 38 points each while Niwamanya Johnson and Basiima Bridget returned 37 and 34 stable…
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Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has embarked on the process of overhauling the Entebbe International Airport Department of aerodrome rescue and fire fighting in a bid to have a stable fire and rescue services at Entebbe Airport and in Uganda. The process of overhauling the department of aerodrome rescue and fire fighting has began with fixing the man power gaps and as a result, 25 fire fighter trainees who have been undergoing training in fire fighting skills for the past 17 weeks were passed out on Friday and are ready for deployment. While speaking at the Pass out ceremony on Friday,…
What an exciting weekend it was at the Par 72 Kitante Golf Course as the senior Golfers (55 years and above) yet again proved their stamina at the CAA sponsored 2018 Uganda Seniors Open Golf Championship. Out of the 154 players who were in action for the 36 holes two day tournament, it was 66 year old John Mugyenzi who had the last and final smile after he returned a Nett score 141. Mugyenzi, a handicap 13 Golfer carded 71 Nett on day one (Saturday) and 70 Nett on day two (Sunday) to be crowned Overall Winner. Mugyenzi defeated his…
With the ever growing and dynamic aviation industry, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has embarked on the process of reviewing and updating the search and rescue regulations (SARs) with a major objective of sensitizing and getting feedback from the different stakeholders, agencies and institutions that play a vital role in search and rescue services as contained in ICAO Annex 12. While addressing the opening of a search and rescue and construction of instrument flight procedures stakeholders’ workshop held in Entebbe on Wednesday, CAA Deputy Managing Director Fred Bamwesigye disclosed that the review and update process of the search and rescue regulations…
Entebbe General Hospital administration was on Thursday grateful to receive a Land Cruise Prado from the Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School Of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MRC/UVRI&LSHTM) which will help them in their community health outreach programs in Entebbe and it’s surrounding areas. Speaking at the handover of the vehicle, Dr. Muwanga Moses, the Entebbe General Hospital Medical Superintendent thanked the Medical Research Council for the donation and added that the vehicle will be assisting in the community especially carrying out the research projects and community health programs. The vehicle will be assisting in…
Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has bolstered it’s position and ranking on the African Continent after it successfully sponsored and hosted the regional Aviation English Language Train the trainer course. The five day training which was held in Entebbe from 15th-19th October 2018 and conducted by the International Federation Of Air Traffic Controllers’ Association (IFATCA) had participants from Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Yemen and Algeria. Speaking at the closure of the five day training on Friday, the Uganda Air Traffic Controllers Association President Arthur Ahumuza thanked CAA for sponsoring the course and indicated that the purpose…
~This partnership increases the brand’s presence in Uganda to 305 locations~ Uganda, October 12th ,2018 : Xpress Money, one of the most dependable money transfer brands in the world, recently partnered with FINCA UGANDA to deepen its footprint in Uganda. This partnership with FINCA UGANDA comes by virtue of the brand’s association with Diamond Trust Bank – Xpress Money’s principle partner in Uganda. Xpress Money offers its customers the ease of transferring money through its 305 agent locations in the country, which include 27 locations of FINCA (U) LTD. Uganda, one of the foremost countries in the Eastern African…
DTB Uganda has joined its customers to celebrate the annual customer service week which is always effective 1st – 6th October. The event is celebrated across all countries within which DTB has a presence. The main them for the week is #SustainingCXexcellence. “Life is too short not to celebrate every nice thing. Our Customers have been too nice and loyal to the bank. It’s for this reason that that we dedicate this week to celebrate our customers,” said Samuel Muyingo, the Head of MTS and Marketing. The DTB staff members were all chants thus “Dear Customers, you are the…
Jemba Edward a business man based in Entebbe and the proprietor of Home and Away Furniture has accused a one Maurice Barigye an Engineer of plotting to grab his 1 acre piece of land located along plot 38 research Road, Nakiwogo-virus, Division A in Entebbe Municipality. This follows after Jemba Edward claimed that Maurice Barigye hired over 30 yet to be identified people including three armed men who stormed the piece of land in the wee hours of Thursday morning at around 3am and they demolished his three bed-room house that he erected on the piece of land. Jemba also…
Uganda’s Keisha Kagoro Wiltshire, aged 9, finished 3rd in the just concluded 2018 SA Kids Junior African Challenge 2018 in the U9 year’s category, a premium international golfing event presented by the U.S. Kids Golf Tournament Players Association at the San Lameer country club, South Africa. The Junior Africa Challenge 2018 is an individual stroke play competition for 3 days, with the title of Junior Africa Challenge Champion awarded to the best girl and boy in each age group. This international golfing event that was played from the 27th – 30th August 2018 attracted more than 140 children from 52…