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The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) is the government agency responsible for licensing, monitoring, and regulating civil aviation matters in the country. It is administered by the Uganda Ministry of Works and Transport.


Location

The authority's head offices are at
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, approximately south of
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, the capital and largest city of Uganda. The coordinates of the CAA headquarters are 0°02'23.0"N, 32°26'53.0"E (Latitude:0.039722; Longitude:32.448056).


Overview

The agency was created by an Act of Parliament in 1994 as a state agency of the Ministry of Transport, Housing and Communication. As of October 2016, it was under the Ministry of Works and Transport. The mandate of the UCAA is to coordinate and oversee Uganda's aviation industry, including licensing, regulation, air search and rescue,
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, ownership of airports and
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, and implementation of Ugandan and international
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. It also represents Uganda in an international capacity within the aviation community and in all other aviation matters. As of October 2016, the UCAA managed Entebbe International Airport and 13 other airports across the country.


Organization and operations

, the CAA works with an administrative and operational structure of six directorates: (1) Directorate of Airports and Aviation Security (2) Directorate of Air Navigation Services (3) Directorate of Safety, Security & Economic Regulation (4) Directorate of Finance (5) Directorate of Human Resources & Administration (6) Directorate of Corporate Affairs


Expansion plans

In January 2015, Minister of Works and Transport Abraham Byandala unveiled a 20-year plan to increase international airports from one to five and regional airports from two to three; and improve six existing local airports. The plan also calls for the improvement of Entebbe International Airport at a cost of US$200 million. Another $200 million will be needed to complete the upgrades to the other airports.


Governance

The acting chief executive officer and Director General is Fred Bamwesigye. The chairman of the board of directors is Justice
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. As of September 2023, the following are the members of the board of Uganda Civil Aviation Authority: 1. Justice Steven Kavuma: Chairman 2. Ms. Ethel Kamba 3. Dr. Andrew Alyao Ocero 4. Thomas James Kiggundu 5. Moses Paul Lubowa 6. John Washington Bulindi 7. Ms Sylvia Namubiru 8. Godfrey Ssemugooma


Name change

In July 2019, the
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signed ''The CAA Amendment Act 2019''. The parliamentary act changed the name of the agency to ''Uganda Civil Aviation Authority''.


Certification and recognition

In September 2019, UCAA was awarded an international aviation award in air safety following outstanding performance in the ''Universal Security Audit Programme'', conducted in 2017, by the
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(ICAO). Uganda scored 81.8 percent in the audit, compared with the global average of 73 percent and the African and Indian Ocean (APII) states average of 58 percent, according to ICAO. In October 2019, the ''International Trade Council'', recognized the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority with the Government Agency of the Year Going Global Award 2019, in the Aviation Category. The award is in recognition of infrastructure improvement, staff training, customer care, support of tourism and facilitation of agricultural exports through Entebbe International Airport. In September 2023, UCAA together with
Entebbe International Airport Entebbe International Airport is the only international airport in Uganda. It is located about southwest of the town of Entebbe, on the northern shores of Lake Victoria. This is approximately by road south-west of the central business distric ...
and
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underwent the ICAO Oversight Safety Audit. Preliminary results indicate that Uganda scored 72.17 percent against the APII regional average of 55.66 percent and the global average of 67.68 percent. Detailed scores of this audit are expected to be released by ICAO in the second quarter of 2024.


Developments

As of October 2024, Uganda had 57 active bilateral aviation safety agreements of which 26 were with
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n countries.


See also

* Civil aviation authority * List of civil aviation authorities *
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References


External links


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