The 12 recognized women in a group photo with UCAA Director General Bamwesigye (4th Left in the behind row)
Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has recognized 12 long serving staff in commemoration of this year’s International Women Day.
UCAA has for the past three years celebrated Women’s Day by highlighting the different roles women undertake in the aviation industry.
Speaking at the event to recognize the outstanding women on Friday March11, 2022, UCAA Director General, Fred K. Bamwesigye, said this year’s International Women’s Day theme of #BreakTheBias is in tandem with the unique role played by women in technical departments within UCAA.
“The Authority has this year opted to celebrate Women in aviation in a different way. Considering the fact that the Authority has just celebrated 30 years of existence and registered various milestones along the way, we deemed it prudent to recognize female staff who have diligently served the Authority with commitment and directly contributed to the successes registered in the entire period of 30 years since establishment,” Bamwesigye said.
He added that UCAA is working towards improving the gender gap and currently employees 381 females which is 29% of the total employees. Of these, 9 females sit on the Management team.
“That is the spirit behind the special recognition that UCAA Management has accorded to the twelve (12) long serving ladies who are being appreciated for a good job done and awarded accordingly,” he said, adding: “It is not easy for one to serve impeccably for 30 consecutive years. I congratulate the 12 female staff as we continue to celebrate them as part of the Authority’s 30th Anniversary and as part of this week’s Women’s Day celebrations. We also have several ladies who have made tremendous steps in their career progression. We celebrate them all.”
The recognized women
| No. | Name | Number of years served |
| 1. | Timbigamba Rose Mary |
30 |
| 2. | Apio Grace Miriam
|
30 |
| 3. | Sendegeya Winnie | 30 |
| 4. | Nyemera Molly Besigye | 30 |
| 5. | Nakafeero Aisha
|
30 |
| 6. | Ndibulyawa Robinah | 30 |
| 7. | Nakkazi Olivia | 30 |
| 8. | Lwanga Edith | 30 |
| 9. | Kayongo Milly
|
30 |
| 10. | Nakakande Jesca
|
30 |
| 11. | Nabukenya Margaret
|
30 |
| 12. | Nakasi Pauline
|
30 |
Passenger Traffic
He noted that in January 2022, Entebbe International Airport recorded 62,677 departures and 47,870 arrivals totaling 110,547 passengers, an average of 3,566 per day.
In February 2022, the airport recorded 46,275 Arrivals and 56,156 Departures totaling 102,431 passengers, an average of 3,658 per day.
While this is clearly an improvement from the daily average of 2,568 recorded in 2021 and that of 1500 in 2020, it is still short of the daily average of 5,000 passengers per day that the airport used to record in 2019 prior to the advent of COVID-19.
