JOBS: Senior admin officer, UN Regional Service Centre Entebbe Posting Title: Senior Administrative officer (Temporary Job Opening) Department/Office: Regional Service Centre at Entebbe Duty Station: Entebbe Deadline: 27 June 2017 This position is located in United Nations Regional Service Centre, Entebbe. The Incumbent will serve as head Deputy Chief of the …
Read More »COMMENT: The top job at Uganda’s CAA!
COMMENT | By Amos Wekesa Last evening some guys were talking about how people were lobbying so hard for Uganda’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) top job and my heart sank. CAA is the government agency responsible for licensing, monitoring, and regulating civil aviation matters and if we miss the train …
Read More »Entebbe Road to be cleared of illegal structures
Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) will from Monday morning start clearing illegal structures and markets located on their reserves along national roads, beginning with Kampala-Entebbe road. “UNRA will commence enforcement action to reorganize road reserves. Exercise kicks off tomorrow starting with road side vendors at Kibuye,” a source at UNRA …
Read More »UNRA to clear illegal structures, markets on Entebbe road reserves
Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has finalized plans to clear illegal structures and markets located on their reserves along national roads. The clean-up exercise to protect the national road asset will start with Kampala-Entebbe road and will later cover Kampala-Jinja road, Kampala-Masaka road, Kampala-Mityana road, Kampala-Hoima road and Kampala-Bombo road, …
Read More »THE WEEK: Entebbe International Airport now ISO certified
Entebbe International Airport now ISO certified Entebbe International Airport and the Civil Aviation Authority have received the ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Systems (QMS) certificate making Uganda one of the African countries to have received certification from the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). ISO 9001:2008 certification means that the country’s aviation …
Read More »Panic as avian flu breaks out
Experts say you may have bird or avian flu if you experience typical flu-like symptoms such as runny nose, sore throat, headache, respiratory difficulties, fever, muscle aches and diarrhea. Ministry of Agriculture on Jan.15 released an alert about the outbreak of the disease in two spots of Entebbe and Masaka …
Read More »CAA seeks to back AG in Besigye Entebbe Airport case
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has petitioned the High Court in Kampala, seeking to join Attorney General as a party to a case filed by former presidential candidate Dr. Kizza Besigye over his right to free movement that he says was violated on October 3 at Entebbe Airport. According to …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Fishing in the dark on Lake Victoria
Without a survey of the actual fish stock, fisheries managers focus on what they get out to ensure sustainability For some time now, fish catchers, processors, traders and government officials involved in Uganda’s fish sector have been saying that fish stocks in Lake Victoria are declining. The problem appears to …
Read More »JOBS: Conflict Resolution Officer, Entebbe
Job Opening Posting Title: Conflict Resolution Officer (2 Positions) – Entebbe Job Code Title: CONFLICT RESOLUTION OFFICER Department/Office: OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN Duty Station: ENTEBBE Posting Period: 02 December 2016 – 30 January 2017 Job Opening Number: 16-Ombudsman-OMBUDSMAN-68963-R-Entebbe (X) Staffing Exercise N/A Apply here Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »Five years for Qatar Airways in Uganda
ATC News by Wolfgang H. Thome Time flies goes the saying, especially in the aviation industry where flying is the order of the day. Qatar Airways, five years ago, commenced daily passenger flights from Doha to Entebbe, and on to Kigali, using Airbus A320 aircraft on the route. In addition …
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