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They were taken on the inspection tour by the UCAA General Manager of Entebbe Airport Mr. Emmanuel Barungi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MCIB team also got first hand information about the challenges faced by their staff in order to find solutions to ensure seamless facilitation passengers at the  airport , UCAA Public Affairs manager Mr. Vianney Mpungu Luggya stated . <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luggya said that Barungi stressed the need for all airport stakeholders to exhibit high standards and uphold the image of the airport while interacting with passengers . This , he noted is aimed at ensurng a better passenger experince .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the National Citizenship and Immigration Board (MCIB) have visited the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) and taken on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8072,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/three-entebbe-airport-staff-arrested-and-24-others-are-under-investigations-following-public-outcry-over-corruption-and-mistreatment-of-ugandans\/","url_meta":{"origin":14110,"position":0},"title":"THREE ENTEBBE AIRPORT STAFF ARRESTED AND 24 OTHERS ARE UNDER INVESTIGATIONS FOLLOWING PUBLIC OUTCRY OVER CORRUPTION AND MISTREATMENT OF UGANDANS","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"January 23, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"By Our Staff Reporter Three errant staff have been arrested and disciplinary action\u00a0 has been taken against 24 others following public outcry over corruption and mistreatment of Ugandans at Entebbe International Airport. 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