Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health officials at Entebbe International Airport will no longer use the Quick Response (QR) codes on PCR COVID-19 test certificates to determine their authenticity, Uganda Civil Aviation Authority-UCAA has revealed. A statement issued by UCCA says they have decided to drop the use of QR …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders and businesspeople have today pledged to market Entebbe as an airport city, by identifying opportunities and helping out small businesses to thrive as the municipality prepares to become a city in 2022. This was one of the key messages that emerged at …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Securing a negative Polymerase Chain Reaction-PCR test within 72 hours of travel has been cited as the biggest hurdle for intending traveler since the reopening of Entebbe International Airport. A PCR test looks for traces of SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Civil Aviation Authority-UCAA has started refurbishing public toilets outside Entebbe International Airport. It comes days after a passenger circulated a video message on social media exposing the sorry state of the facility. In the message, the passenger complained that the toilets were poorly …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe International Airport will receive 12 commercial passenger flights today, October 1, 2020, the first day of reopening the airport, after a six months lull. The incoming flights include Turkish, RwandAir, Ethiopian Airlines, Emirates, Tarco Air and FlyDubai, among others. The airport was partially closed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority is still awaiting directives from the government on when commercial flights should resume as infrastructure upgrade continues at Entebbe International Airport amidst measures to control the spread of coronavirus disease. Last week, social media and a section of mainstream media …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Aviation police at Entebbe International Airport has arrested two drug dealers who were shipping drugs to Cameroon and India. Sources at the airport reveal that National Aviation Services Uganda at Entebbe International Airport received cargo for export from one Mugabi Azaria of Sky Net Worldwide …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Another batch of 300 Ugandans have returned from United Arab Emirates (UAE), a month after the first group of 270 arrived in the country. The Ugandans were stranded in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Umar Quwain and other states following the closure of Uganda’s borders and Entebbe …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 382 Ugandans, mostly domestic workers have returned from Saudi Arabia aboard a chartered Saudi Airlines flight. The group departed from King Khalid International Airport on Tuesday afternoon and arrived at Entebbe International Airport around 8pm. They were received by Foreign Affairs Ministry officials. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Another group of Members of the Watoto Children’s Choir has returned home after more than three months in Brazil. They are among the 88 Ugandans who landed at Entebbe International Airport last evening on flights from Canada, Brazil and the Caribbean. The choir, with 26 …
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