President Museveni has directed the head State House Anti-Corruption Unit Brig. Henry Isoke, with a team comprised of officials from the Internal Security Organisation, Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence, the Special Forces Command and the Uganda Police Force to investigate alleged acts of sabotage by some top officials and other staff at the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
An anonymous source said that there are two investigation desks which will investigate acts of sabotage on the side of UCAA which include frustrating plans to have Entebbe International Airport certified for direct flights to Europe and the United States of America.
The source said the investigation will also focus on the mismanagement of multi-million-dollar projects at the Airport.
“One of the desks is investigating acts of sabotage by some top officials on the side of UCAA which include frustrating plans to have Entebbe International Airport certified for direct staff to both Europe and United States of America,” the source said, adding that the second desk of investigation will focus on the rampant corruption and extortion of money by the Airport staff.
The Authority earlier released a statement distancing itself from acts of some of its staff members and promised to take action.
“We have noted various trending social media videos highlighting cases of alleged extortion of money from passengers through the Entebbe International Airport. Uganda Civil Authority does not in any way condone such acts, and where such acts have happened, it is highly regrettable and unacceptable,” the statement read in part.
It further read: “We would like to assure the public that previously reported cases with specific details have been thoroughly investigated, and where staff of various agencies operating at the airport were found culpable, serious disciplinary action was taken including termination of contracts and withdrawal of airport access passes from them.”
This was later reemphasized by the Authority’s public affairs manager, Vianney Luggya, who said action has since been taken against staff at the airport who were found guilty of money extortion.
