On Sept 28 the Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura, was in Katabi Town Council to launch the Annual Police Week activities. Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Just weeks earlier, the IGP had been in this part of the general Entebbe area in Wakiso district on a different …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Museveni visits women murder scene in Entebbe
THIS WEEK: Museveni visits women murder scene in Entebbe Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As pressure over government inaction over women murders in Entebbe and Nansana municipality was heightening with some groups opting for protests, the president made a spot check on one of the scenes in Katabi town …
Read More »Uganda Police hunt for two men believed to be women kidnappers
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are hunting for two men sighted and reported Friday morning for attempting to kidnap a woman at Abayita Ababiri on Kampala- Entebbe road. (see map bottom) Police say the two men, believed to be kidnappers, jumped out of a numberless and tinted-glass black Ipsum. The victim, who …
Read More »Fear, confusion as Uganda ‘serial killer’ murders pile up
Fear, confusion as Uganda ‘serial killer’ murders pile up Entebbe, Uganda | Michael O’HAGAN | AFP | “We keep finding bodies. It was once a month then once every two or three weeks then every week,” said Rose Nakasinge, a middle-aged farmer. “We had to do something.” In a gruesome spate …
Read More »Vule Airways set to take off at Entebbe International Airport
But can the carrier survive with its low cost flights in East Africa and beyond? Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA |A low-cost carrier, Vule Airways, is set to fly out of Entebbe International Airport starting November subject to regulatory approval from the Civil Aviation Authority. Robert Mwesigwa, the co-founder and …
Read More »UGANDA AIRLINES: Museveni meets Airbus representatives
President meets Airbus representatives, assures Ugandans, “Uganda Airlines will succeed” Entebbe, Uganda| PPU| President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that once revived, the Uganda Airlines will succeed mainly because of the direct travel opportunities that it will offer its citizens in the diaspora, the business community and tourists. He said the …
Read More »JOBS: Senior admin officer, UN Regional Service Centre Entebbe
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, …
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