The First Lady also the Minister of Education and Sports Mrs. Janet Museveni has flagged off food distribution in the Karamoja sub region
The foodstuff worth 50,000 US dollars donated by Huawei Technologies Uganda for distribution to support the people of Karamoja who are struggling with famine.
This is a fulfillment of a pledged by Huawei Technologies Uganda to the First Lady at the beginning of August.
The First Lady flagged off the food distribution on Thursday at a function held at State House Nakasero immediately after the Huawei delegation led by the Vice President of Huawei Southern Africa Region Mr. Zheng Peng (Mars) officially handed it over to her.
The Minister of Karamoja Affairs Dr. Mary Goretti Kitutu and the Minister of State for Karamoja Affairs Agnes Nandutu witnessed the flagging off of the food donation and the distribution to the beneficiaries in Karamoja started on Friday.
Others in the Huawei delegation at the flagging off were the Deputy Managing Director Huawei Technologies Uganda Gao Jian, the Manager Huawei Uganda, Maurice Magembe Lwesanya, and the Spokeswoman Huawei Uganda Mukyala Fouziya Sooma.
Mrs. Janet Museveni thanked Huawei Technologies on behalf of the people of Karamoja for the food donation in this season when everyone knows that they badly need the food.
“We are very grateful that you could come in and hold hands with us and we thank you so much for what you have done”, she said.
Mrs. Janet Museveni thanked Huawei Technologies on behalf of the people of Karamoja for the food donation in this season when everyone knows that they badly need the food
She also appreciated Huawei for including Masuliita Children’s home in the beneficiaries.
She explained that her office, in collaboration with other stakeholders, are trying to get the street children off the streets of Kampala and they are taken to Masuliita where they can be empowered to get some skills to live by and become self-reliant.
