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Museveni Meeting With Former Ethiopian Airlines CEO Sparks Speculation Over Uganda Airlines CEO Job State House has dismissed claims of an appointment, saying President Museveni’s meeting with former Ethiopian Airlines boss Girma Wake was consultative, even as Andrew Mwenda quotes the President on plans to overhaul Uganda Airlines’ leadership and management.

President Museveni (Left) with Girma Wake, former Ethiopian Airlines CEO (Center) alongside a Uganda aviation official.

President Museveni has held discussions with Girma Wake, the former Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines, amid an ongoing search for a substantive Chief Executive Officer of Uganda Airlines following the exit of Jennifer Bamuturaki. The meeting, which focused on aviation management and broader industry issues, sparked speculation on social media that Wake could have been appointed to lead Uganda’s national carrier. However, State House has dismissed these claims, with Senior Press Secretary to the President, Sandor Walusimbi, saying that no appointment has been made. “It is not true that the President has appointed anyone to the position of CEO…

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Paul Murungi is a Ugandan Business Journalist with extensive financial journalism training from institutions in South Africa, London (UK), Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. His coverage focuses on groundbreaking stories across the East African region with a focus on ICT, Energy, Oil and Gas, Mining, Companies, Capital and Financial markets, and the General Economy.

His body of work has contributed to policy change in private and public companies.

Paul has so far won five continental awards at the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism in Johannesburg, South Africa, and several Uganda national journalism awards for his articles on business and technology at the ACME Awards.

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