How CAA Ignored Auditor General’s Recruitment Red Flags for Two Years—Until Museveni Intervened Uganda Civil Aviation Authority faces a major scandal after audit findings exposed irregular hiring of 136 unqualified staff without interviews, costing UGX 255M monthly. President Museveni orders sacking of 152 employees as accountability crisis deepens.

For over two years, Uganda’s Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) ignored major red flags from the Auditor General about irregular recruitment—an oversight that has now spiraled into a national scandal, culminating in a presidential order to sack 152 unqualified staff. The unraveling of this scandal began with the Auditor General’s financial year report ending June 2023, which revealed that the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) had recruited at least 136 staff on both permanent and contractual basis without following any competitive interviews or merit-based assessment procedures. These irregular appointments bypassed standard recruitment protocols, raising serious concerns about transparency, accountability, and adherence…