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Entebbe International Airport records highest-ever monthly passenger traffic in July

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe International Airport handled 230,577 passengers in July 2025, the highest monthly traffic in the airport’s history surpassing December 2024, with 222,301 passengers. According to the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Entebbe International Airport recorded 119,127 arrivals and 111,450 departures, averaging 7,437 per day. This growth was partly attributed …

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Entebbe Airport registers 2nd largest number of passengers

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe International Airport recorded its second largest number of passengers in June, registering 213,217 international passengers in a single month, according to the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The number includes 106,583 arrivals and 106,634 departures giving an average of 7,107 arrivals and departures …

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Kayoola EVS boasts of increasing passenger numbers

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Operators of Uganda’s first-ever passenger electric bus, Kayoola EVS, are registering a high number of passengers. Kayoola bus is manufactured in Uganda by Kiira Motors Corporation. Two of these,have been offering passenger services at the Northern Bypass. On Monday, Kalita transporters deployed two Kira Motors Kayoola …

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Taxi operators decry low passenger numbers

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Taxi operators plying different routes within Kampala city are living in uncertainty about the future of their business, due to the gradual decline in the number of people using taxis. The taxi operators say the number of people using taxis dropped since the government lifted …

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Police hunt for gunmen who robbed Link Bus passengers

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mityana District is hunting a group of gunmen who mounted a roadblock and robbed an unspecified amount of money from passengers aboard a Kampala-bound Link Bus. It is alleged that the passengers were traveling on a night bus from Bundibugyo when the …

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UAE eases restrictions on transit passengers from Uganda

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Arab Emirates-UAE has relaxed measures for transit passengers from Uganda. The passengers will no longer have to conduct two COVID-19 tests before departing from Entebbe International Airport. This comes days after the UAE lifted a travel ban on flights from Uganda following reports …

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