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enior golfers Fred Kasumba and Ruth Ssali emerged overall winners of the CAA Seniors Open Golf Championship in the men’s and women’s pools respectively on Saturday at Uganda Golf Club’s (UGC) par-72 course in Kitante. Kasumba was tied with Caleb Kakuyo off 72 nett but beat him on count back […]

Barely two months after the resumption of commercial passenger flights, the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has recorded an average increase in the number of passengers using Entebbe Airport. Fred Bamwesigye the UCAA acting director-general noted that Entebbe Airport recorded 42,633 international passengers in October when commercial passenger flights had […]

By Julius Luwemba Added 3rd December 2020 12:06 PM The boat can rescue up to 50 people in case of any accidents. Unlike the previous boats, the new Rigid Hull Foam Pontoon boat is mounted with fire-fighting muzzle. Photo by Julius Luwemba The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) unveiled a […]

By Julius Luwemba Added 22nd October 2020 06:34 PM CAA officials are optimistic that the aviation industry is slowly getting back to its feet by adjusting to the new way of doing business with the observance of health Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Park Youngshin (2nd right) handing over masks to […]

by MUHAMAD MATOVU The Civil Aviation Authority has tapped on the Kayoola EVS electric buses to transport staff of to and from work. According to CAA’s acting director general Fred Bamwesigye, Kayoola will provide solutions to some of the public transport problems they have been experiencing. “I am pleased to […]

By Julius Luwemba Added 5th July 2020 03:59 PM All our efforts are geared towards putting in place the necessary health standards against COVID-19. But still, we cannot be ready alone. Other airports must be ready as well. Fred Bamwesigye (left) and Zheng Biao. (Photo by Julius Bamwesigye) HEALTH   COVID-19 […]

By Eve Muganga Historically, firefighting has been a predominantly male dominated profession throughout the world. However, since the 1970s, women have made broken barriers in both professional and volunteer fire departments across the world. In modern times, women have served in a various fire service roles such as fire chiefs, […]

The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCCA) held an Air service Licensing Public Hearing where Companies that applied to obtain Air service Licenses in Uganda defended their applications and intentions in business before approval by the UCAA board The public hearing that was held at Mestil Hotel Nsambya saw three companies, […]

KAMPALA – The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) announces the operationalization of the new e- Air Service Licensing system portal which can be accessed at caa.go.ug The development has been introduced following the long and tedious manual process where the applicant has been required to obtain and fill a form, attach […]

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe International Airport has been re-modified to ease travel needs and clearance for dignitaries coming to Uganda for the G77 + China summit in April. The G77 is the largest intergovernmental organization of developing countries in the United Nations, used as a platform to […]