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The new traffic fines: Road safety improvements vs financial gains COMMENT | Samson Tinka | Road safety is a multifaceted issue that requires the cooperation of individuals, communities, and governments for it to work. By promoting awareness, enforcing laws, improving infrastructure, and encouraging community involvement, we can work towards safer roads …

    COMMENT | Samson Tinka |  Following the enactment of  the Petroleum Supply (Amendment) Act, 2023, Uganda National Oil Company Limited (UNOC) has since December 1, 2023 held the exclusive role of importing petroleum products, which would subsequently be distributed to oil marketing companies (OMCs). There were initially questions …

COMMENT | Samson Tinka | At 9.25am on May 18th, it is planned that Uganda Airlines will depart Entebbe International Airport for Gatwick London. At exactly 16:55hrs, the Airbus A330-800 Neo will touch down. The journey from Entebbe to London that has been hitherto 18 or 18 sometime 22 hours depending …

  Those travelling outside the city or country, please don’t communicate your plans on social media. You will alert the criminals that your home is free with out any occupant. These crude guys will rob you clean. Share your travel plans with a few trusted inner people. COMMENT | Samson …

COMMENT | Samson Tinka | Cash in transit, commonly known as CIT, is a service offered by major private security companies (PSOs) in Uganda. This service involves security companies entering into commercial long or short agreements with either banks and other big trading companies that may need to move money from …

COMMENT | Samson Tinka |   Time really flies. Uganda Airlines marked 5 years in the sky on 28th Aug 2024. That was the date an inaugural flight departed Entebbe for Nairobi. We celebrate these five years because this is a milestone for the national career. The naysayers gave the airlines …

COMMENT | Samson Tinka |  Leaders make or break society. Leadership is defined as the ability of an individual or a group of people to influence and guide followers or members of an organization, society or team. There is an argument that none of the scholars has so far settled, and …

COMMENT | Samson Tinka |  By Monday morning of 12th Aug 2024, 22 people were confirmed to have died after the Kitezi garbage disaster. Information from the Kiteezi community shows that there is a good number still unaccounted for persons. Yet, as way back as 10 years ago, there were pointers …

COMMENT | Samson Tinka |  If reports about a planned relocation of Luzira government prison to Buikwe are true, it will be an interesting development as it offers a new start to the way the country handles criminals. I would support the decision for various reasons from land optimization, improved safety …

COMMENT | Samson Tinka |  On 13th December, a passenger who had booked a ticked on Uganda airlines to Dubai missed a flight because he came late. This would be ok because we miss flights for one reason or another. However, he and colleagues filmed a short video and later shared …