May be not. We hope it succeeds. Hope is one thing, facing up to the realities is another. There is great anticipation but also tremendous trepidation. After close to 20 years, Uganda's national carrier, Uganda Airlines, is primed for revival.
In a few weeks, two Canadian-made small/short-distance aircrafts are scheduled to land at our only international airport, Entebbe, pushing us closer to a fully functional heretofore defunct national airline. For the patriot and optimist, the hope is that this doesn't turn out as yet another bungled-up national project that falls afoul of the pursuit for personal fortunes, an all too pervasive phenomena in Uganda under the current regime. For the critic and sceptic, there are at least two sources of worry and reason to be wary.
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