Mr. Fred K. Bamwesigye has served as the Ag. Director General of Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) since July 2020. He was appointed as the Authority’s Deputy Director General on 5th May 2018. Prior to...
The government is set to spend at least Shs 78 billion to set up and operate the testing centre for arriving passengers at Entebbe international airport for the next one year. Mandatory Covid-19 testing for...
Uganda has heightened security along its border with Rwanda to reportedly curb the increasing cases of illegal immigrants and smuggling of livestock by Rwandan nationals. On February 27, 2019, Rwanda closed its borders to Uganda...
Government will today avail two types of vaccines, Pfizer and Astrazeneca, to Ugandans amid debate among scientists that the latter offers more sustained protection against Covid-19. Dr Misaki Wayengera, the head of scientists advising government...
A five-floor building that collapsed in Lukuli, Makindye in May last year and killed 13 people was being constructed by an “engineer” whose highest qualification is a certificate in bricklaying. This revelation is contained in...
The plan by government to digitally track vehicles has suffered an onslaught from Shadow Internal Affairs Minister, Hon Abdallah Kiwanuka and opposition MPs, who termed the move illegal.Global Systems LLC, a security and IT systems...
A Ugandan government official has been sentenced to 40 years in prison and ordered to pay $5.4m (£4m) in compensation. The court heard Godfrey Kazinda - an accountant in the prime minister's office - had...
By Tegike Ashirafu President Yoweri Museveni has threatened that governmet will petition court challenging the decision to give the murderers life imprisonment instead of death sentence. Museveni made these remarks yesterday while presiding over the...
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will address the nation tomorrow September 22 on COVID-19 and the measures being taken to control it. The address is set for 8pm. He is expected to address the long standing...
On Thursday, 16 September 2021, the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr. Matthias Schauer, handed over five ventilators to Dr. Rosemary Byanyima, Deputy Executive Director of the Mulago National Referral Hospital and Dr....
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