Monica Azuba Ntege

Monica Azuba Ntege (née Monica Azuba) is a Ugandan engineer and politician. She was the Minister of Works and Transport in the Ugandan Cabinet. She was appointed to that position on 6 June 2016 replacing John Byabagambi, who became Minister for Karamoja. She was replaced by Katumba Wamala in the cabinet on 14 December 2019.

Quotes

• It is owned 100 percent by the Ugandan government, but after that the plan is to work with other airlines and in future we will float share.
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• We’re moving progressively, but we’re getting there. We had a national airline and it went down. We don’t want to make the same mistakes.
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• Further planes could be added every two years depending on the performance of the business, with profitability coming “at a later stage,”
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• Our people have been charged exorbitant prices for tickets because there was no competition.
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• The expansion will coincide with the opening of a new international airport at Kabaale close to the Congolese border in 2021, a hub that will serve Uganda’s expanding oil industry. The carrier will also provide links to four regional airfields that are being expanded to encourage tourist visits.
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