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Al Shabab terrorists use Entebbe airport to run their operations

Gerald Businge — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:13:49 +0000

Intelligence reports have revealed that sections of Al Shabab fighters in Somalia have penetrated Uganda’s international airport whereby the members of the said terrorist group use the airport to run their activities at ease. We have also been told that the rebels use Nairobo as their base after Entebbe.

The intelligence officers were also shocked to run that the Al Shabaab fighters who the Uganda national army, the UPDF is fighting in Uganda have many representatives and supporters in Uganda. President Museveni or the government sent the UPDF soldiers to Somalia without the consent of Uganda Parliament or the consent of Ugandans. When one listens on radio talk shows in Kampala, notices that indeed many Ugandans did not support President Museveni to send soldiers to Somalia.

An intelligence officer at Entebbe Airport told our informer that the Al Shabaab commanders bribe some security officers at Entebbe Airport to travel to the rest of the world through Entebbe Airport. Even the UPDF leadership confirms that some of the Al Shabaab commanders travel through Entebbe International Airport without being noticed by the airport security.

This new intelligence revelation shows how Uganda is still vulnerable to Al Shabaab actions. In July 2011 the suspected Al Shabaab terrorists bombed Uganda in which attack over 76 Ugandans died and scores injured.

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Government to expand Entebbe airport

Gerald Businge — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:13:35 +0000

Uganda government is preparing to expand Entebbe International Airport due to increasing tourism revenue collection. Tourism is the second largest source of foreign exchange for Uganda after remittances from Ugandans working abroad. Uganda last expanded Entebbe airport 20 years ago.

The Transport and Works Minister, Eng. Abraham Byandala says the plans to expand Entebbe Airport are feasible because of the growth of the tourism industry in Uganda. Byandala says that the ministry is to expand Entebbe airport working on a strategic plan of five years.

The minister also says that Uganda will soon be making her own aviation fuel, and build large oil reserves and an aircraft maintenance center. Dr. Rama Makuza, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Managing director, says Uganda plans to expand Entebbe airport’s car parking by making it storied and the number of aero plane hangars will be doubled from 11 to 22.

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IPU president is in Uganda

Gerald Businge — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:40:08 +0000

President Abdelwahed Radi of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) assembly arrived at EntebbeInternationalAirporton Tuesday for the 126^th Parliamentary Assembly.

Abdelwahed Radi Radi was welcomed by the Speaker of Uganda Parliament ms Rebecca Kadaga and the leader of opposition, Nandala Mafabi at Entebbe International airport.

The IPU meeting will run from March 31^st to April 5^th at the Commonwealth Speke Resort Hotel Munyonyo. Kadaga says that the conference to be opened by president Museveni will bring together over 3000 delegates from across the world.

Kadaga says that the meeting will discuss good governance, rule of law, maternal health, vote rigging, domestice violence and the increasing police brutality inUgandaamong other issues.

IPU is an international organization of world Parliaments established in 1889. IPU works for peace and co-operation among peoples’ and for the firm establishment of representative democracy.

Ms Kadaga struggle to bring IPU conference to Uganda because many members of IPU consider Uganda as undemocratic because of the corruption, shielding corrupt ministers, displacing people from land largely because they are not in good books with the government in power, nepotism, favouritism in job allocation, tribalism in job promotion, oppression of opposition politicians and supporters, denial of Kabaka Mutebi’s right to move freely around the country, imprisonment of people without trial and vote rigging reportedly by the party in power, the National Resistance Movement.

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Col. Kiiza Besigye returns home amidst security threats

Gerald Businge — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:48:37 +0000

Uganda’s opposition leader Col. Kiiza Besigye is back in Kampala. He arrived at Entebbe international airport on Friday amidst tight security.

The tough talking security men and women denied him a right to greet his supporters at Entebbe Airport or to address them. The journalists were equally blocked from covering him. From Entebbe, Besigye who is also the leader of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) went to Kajjansi for Activists for Change rally.

At the rally the police reportedly arrested dozens of his supporters and fired bullets in the air to disperse his supporters. But Besigye on a microphone asked the security operatives to do whatever is on their mind.

The A4C meeting was later cancelled following the heavy deployment of the security both in plain clothes and in uniform. Besigye vows that the rally will have to take place on Saturday at all costs!

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Boda boda riders to demonstrate at Entebbe airport

Gerald Businge — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:19:54 +0000

Groups of motor cycle (boda boda) riders and operators have vowed to stage a violent demonstration at Entebbe International Airport because the government has banned them from accessing their airport.

The government banned them on Tuesday, a decision that left many boda boda riders disappointed. Fred Kaggwa, a boda boda operator in Entebbe told our informer that a demonstration is likely to erupt at Entebbe Airport anytime if the ban is not reversed.

The ban was instituted by joint security committees at Entebbe international Airport with effect from Wednesday this week in a bid to ensure security.

Moses Kafeero, the Entebbe Airport police commandant confirms that the boda boda riders have been stopped from accessing the airport.

The ban followed security reports that the notorious Al Shabaab fighters in Somalia were plotting to bomb Uganda over its involvement in the Somali insurgence.

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NRM boss finds driver in bed with his wife

Gerald Businge — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:28:59 +0000

A driver of one of the top ministers in the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government was driving his boss to Entebbe International airport today and he noticed he forgot his passport at home and he directed his driver to take him back.

When he reached at home his wife was bathing with soap on her face. The NRM boss whose name is withheld tip-toed & touched her on the boobs, and the wife responded, ‘Moses (the driver) have you dropped my stupid husband so soon? Relax, don’t rush, we have the whole of this weekend this time together.”

The woman noticed the person she was talking to was quiet; she washed her face only to see her husband standing behind her. The woman fainted and the known lethal mouthed minister called his guards to arrest the driver and to take the woman to Mulago hospital.

The soldiers brought the driver to the minister who gave him a slap on the spot. The driver denied the allegations but the minister ordered his guards to take him to Kiira road police station where he said he will find him when he returns from England.

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