Netanyu’s on arrival at Entebbe airport as welcomed by Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda

At Entebbe airport, Mr. Netanyahu who is  companied by  his wife, Sarah Netanyahu,  was welcomed by Prime Minister Ruhakana, state minister for foreign affairs Okello Oryem among other officials.

“I am setting out for another visit to Africa, my fifth in three and a half years,” Netanyahu was quoted by local media before taking off from Tel Aviv.

“Israel is making a big return to Africa, and Africa has already returned to Israel. These are important ties politically, economically and in terms of security,” he said, adding that he hopes to have good news upon his return.

Netanyus disembark from the plane at Entebbe airport

In July 2016, Natanyahu participated in a ceremony in Uganda to mark the 40th anniversary of Operation Entebbe, a hostage rescue by Israeli commandos at Entebbe Airport in 1976.

The operation, which aimed to rescue 106 passengers of an Air France flight that was hijacked by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, succeeded in freeing 102 of the hostages. Netanyahu’s brother Yonatan, who led the mission, was killed.

It has also been reported that in the past, Israel contacted the American administration and other foreign governments in an attempt to encourage them to improve their relations with Sudan and to make overtures in its favor, in light of the severance of ties between the Arab-African country and Iran.

Reports in Israel and abroad in recent years have said that Israel might renew its diplomatic relations with several Muslim countries on the African continent, including Mali, Niger and Sudan.

Prime Minister, Ruhakana Rugunda welcomes Israeli’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Entebbe airport

After Netanyahu visited Chad in 2019, it was reported that Israel was working to formalize ties with Sudan, and Israeli officials spoke about it publicly on several occasions, especially after the ouster of dictator Omar al-Bashir.

Haaretz previously reported that Israel had secretly deported asylum seekers from different African countries to Uganda.

To this day, asylum seekers are being deported to Uganda in what Israel has called “voluntary departure.”

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Board Chairman of Uganda Aviation School Capt. George Mike Mukula.

The Board Chairman of Uganda Aviation School Capt. George Mike Mukula, recently expressed his disappointment in the Civil Aviation Authority for allegedly blocking investment in the sector.

According to Mukula private investment in the Aviation Sector in Uganda is failing to pick up because of the inadequacies and a complacency culture that has riddled the Civil Aviation Authority at all levels.

In a heated response, the director air safety security and economic regulation Samuel Muneeza addressed the media this morning refuting these allegations.

Muneeza said that given air travel is border-less, any compromise will endanger lives and put the country at risk of sanctions.

He says even the nations that would invest in using Entebbe airport would back out if the country was cited in any scandal costing the country lots of money.

Civil Aviation authority officials maintain most Ugandan nationals don’t have the capital to run an airline, or civil aviation school.

Muneeza says even Flight Captain Mike Mukula who understands how the system works is trying to undermine it knowing he does not meet the set standards.

Mukula has revealed intentions to sue the Civil Aviation Authority for a loss of over $ 1.5bn.

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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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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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