KAMPALA, June 12th, 2020―Kansai Plascon Uganda, a subsidiary of Japanese paint company Kansai Paint Co., Ltd., yesterday, June 12th donated 4,000 litres of the company’s Anti Mosquito Paint to the Ministry of Education and Sports for use in schools ahead of the post-COVID-19 lockdown reopening of Uganda’s educational institutions. Additionally, in support of the government’s fight against COVID-19, the company has also made available 20,000 face masks for teachers, as they prepare for the reopening of schools. The donation was handed over to the Honourable Dr. John Muyingo, the Uganda State Minister for Higher Education by Mr. Mizumoto Horii, the…
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Toyota Uganda Ltd, yesterday June 2nd 2019, handed over a brand-new Hino 500 series truck valued at UGX 225 million to the National Covid taskforce to support in the transportation of medical and food supplies as part of Uganda’s efforts to fight the Covid-19 pandemic in the country. Along with the truck, the company, also donated 6.5 tonnes of Supreme maize flour and UGX 20 million cash. The donation was received by Hon. Mary Karooro Okurut and Mr. Emmanuel Katongole, the heads of the government fundraising taskforce. Handing over the donation, Toyota Uganda Managing Director Mahmood Omar, said they…
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UAP Old Mutual Group Uganda has today handed over to the National COVID-19 Taskforce a contribution of 100 hospital beds worth UGX100 million. This is over and above an earlier donation of UGX10 million made towards COVID-19 relief efforts in the country, The beds will be distributed to the various regional referral hospitals to help in the improvement of healthcare during and after COVID-19 crisis. The contribution was presented by representatives of the Board and management of UAP Old Mutual Group Uganda to Hon. Mary Karooro Okurut, the National COVID-19 Taskforce chairperson. Handing over the donation, the managing Director of…
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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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The Office of the Prime Minister has this morning unveiled a citizen fundraising platform aimed at assisting the government of Uganda in mobilising resources and funds from its citizenry and well-wishers to boost the coronavirus fight in the country. Developed by the National Information Technology Uganda (NITA-U), the application utilizes the national electronic payment gateway to collect funds/donations from individual donors. The online system enables anyone with donations from as little as UGX 1,000 to make a contribution at their convenience (using a mobile phone or website). Prospective donors can visit https://covid.pay.go.ug/, to make donations from their mobile phone…
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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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Airtel Uganda today confirmed that it has contributed UGX1.25 billion (approximately USD328,400) to Uganda’s Ministry of Health, primarily to support health workers on the frontline in the battle against COVID-19. “As the number of confirmed cases in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) updates multiple times a day, health workers continue to fight the outbreak on the front lines and this puts them at risk of contracting the virus due to their proximity to the most severe cases,” read the company statement released today. “Airtel Uganda recognizes that without an influx of urgently needed protective equipment, more healthcare workers may fall…
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has reportedly donated half his salary to government efforts to fight the Covid-19 disease. According to @GovUganda, the Official Twitter Account for Government of Uganda, the president also said that he will ask the First Lady, Hon. Janet K. Museveni to also donate half her salary. “As everyone is joining the fight against the pandemic, Our President @KagutaMuseveni has donated half of his monthly salary to the National Taskforce led by Dr. @RuhakanaR the Prime Minister of Uganda. “I will ask Mama Janet to give 50 per cent of my salary to the taskforce,” @GoVUganda twitted….
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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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