Prudential Uganda has donated UGX 300,000,000 million towards food relief in the country. The donation is meant to feed the most vulnerable and poor greatly affected by the lockdown and will be distributed by two organisations: Humanitarian Operations Projects and Emergencies (HOPE) and Heal the Planet Global Organisation (HTP). “Communities across the country have been greatly affected by lockdown measures designed to curb the spread of Covid-19. These measures, while implemented with positive intent, have adversely affected the most vulnerable people in our communities, who survive by being able to access the urban centres every day for their livelihood. Disruption…
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Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in Uganda today has handed over 3 Nissan pickup trucks to the Government Taskforce on Covid-19. The handover to the Prime Minister and Chair of the National Task Force for COVID-19, Rt. Hon. Ruhakana Rugunda was done by Conrad van Niekerk, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Regional Managing Director in charge of Uganda, Tanzania, and Ghana. The three vehicles are in addition to a consignment of food relief worth UGX390 million from The Coca-Cola Foundation, distributed through the Uganda Red Cross Society to vulnerable families affected by the lockdown. The company also earlier donated Ush85million to the Ministry of…
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When President Museveni- needed to mobilise Ugandan companies and individuals to support the government’s efforts to fight Covid-19 and its effects, he knew he could rely on one man- Emmanuel Katongole. This April, President Museveni appointed Mr. Katongole to chair a 15-(wo)man committee- to oversee and spearhead fundraising efforts to support government’s fight of the deadly Coronavirus. The committee of eminent persons from the public and private sector, included: Robert Kabushenga, Apollo Makubuya, Dr. Diana Atwine, Bishop Joshua Lwere, Dr. Ian Clarke, Dr. Francis Omaswa, Aga Sekalala, Francis Kamulegeya, Kishor Jobanputra, Patrick Mweheire, Bwoch Gustavus, Keith Muhakanizi and Dorothy Kisaka….
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Tell us about your journey with Coca-Cola Beverages Africa My journey at Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) dates back to 2008 when I joined as a graduate trainee under the Supply Chain Department in Ethiopia. That experience opened me up to work hard for bigger opportunities over the years. I worked my way up over the years holding different positions: Fleet Manager, Distribution Manager, Country Logistics Manager, Logistics Director, Supply Chain Director, and most recently was appointed as the General Manager in Uganda. I have grown with CCBA for the last 12 years, mostly in Ethiopia. Like many others in the…
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Absa Bank Uganda has donated four (4) mobile isolation units valued at UGX 100 million to the Ministry of Health to aid in the emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The donation was handed over to the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr Diana Atwine, by the Ag. Chairman of the Board of Absa Bank Uganda Limited, Mrs Nadine Byarugaba. Speaking at the handover ceremony, Mrs. Byarugaba said, “We are proud to be part of the private sector’s concerted effort against the COVID-19 pandemic, and this contribution is just one of the ways which we are joining the…
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By Joseline Kateeba As part of its emergency response to COVID-19 and to mitigate the impacts on the closure of certain workplaces and the restrictions on the movement of individuals, the Government of Uganda commenced the distribution of food to vulnerable populations. According to H.E. the President, food relief is intended for those persons who were doing ‘leja leja’ work, earning a daily subsistence like salon and bar workers who are now unable to earn. Under the leadership of the Minister for State for Disaster Preparedness Hon. Musa Ecweru, a huge relief effort is underway entailing the mobilisation of funds…
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Ruparelia Foundation, the charity arm of the Ruparelia Group and Gateway Delta, real estate development company out of Mauritius, have today donated a consignment of 4,000 food kits to be distributed to especially Kampala’s urban poor. Each of the 4,000 food kits contains 2 kilograms of posho, 1 kilogram of sugar, 1 kilogram of beans, and detergent soap/1 bar of soap. This is the third time the Ruparelia Foundation is making Covid-19 related donations. The first time, the group made a donation of 5,000 food kits to Kampala Central residents. The group also donated two Tata pickup trucks in response…
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Kansai Plascon Uganda Limited, Uganda’s largest paint company has donated 19,360 kilograms of soap valued at UGX50,000,000 to the government of Uganda’s anti-Covid-19 taskforce. Company officials; Mr. Santosh Gumte and Mr. Tyron Immelmann, the Managing Director and Marketing Manager respectively, handed over the relief package this morning at the Office of the Prime Minister, to Hon. Mary Karooro Okurut, the Minister in Charge of General Duties in the Office of the Prime Minister. Hon Karooro also chairs the 15-member committee in charge of the Covid-19 response fund. Also, present to receive the relief package, was Dr. Ian Clarke, a member…
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In one of a kind move, Tugende, a Ugandan social enterprise that provides asset financing to informal sector entrepreneurs and MSMEs, has suspended, for two months, penalties on late repayments for it’s over 23,000 active customers in Uganda and Kenya. This is to ease cash flow pressures on their mainly boda-boda riding customers caused by Covid-19 related travel restrictions that have been imposed by governments in Kenya and Uganda. Boda-bodas are motorcycle taxis commonly found in East Africa. In Uganda for example, the government has extended a previous 14-day movement ban by another 21 days, till May 5th, 2020 and…
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Kampala, 14 April 2020 – Insurance and financial services provider, Sanlam Uganda, has donated UGX285 million (US$75,000) to the Government of Uganda’s National Response Fund for COVID-19. The fund was set up to help combat the global pandemic and its effects on the country. Sanlam Uganda is an umbrella brand that comprises Sanlam General Insurance Uganda, Sanlam Life Insurance Uganda and Sanlam Investments East Africa Ltd. The financial contribution, which was donated by the three companies as part of their Corporate Social Investment (CSI) programme, will go towards the purchase of protective wear for frontline health workers, including face masks,…
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