On a hot Monday evening, Mr. Tony Otoa was scheduled to speak to the Rotary Club of Kampala South about SME’s being the engine of Uganda’s Economy. By the time the Rotary norms were done, you could hear a pin drop as everyone logged on in eager anticipation of what Kampala South had served up. SME’s being dear to many, the club hosted a sell-out attendance of over 200 Rotarians from four (4) continents, as well as Rotaractors and friends of Rotary.
There couldn’t have been a better choice of speaker for this hot topic other than the current Executive Director of the Stanbic Bank Business Incubator Programme, a semi-autonomous entity of Stanbic Holdings. Evidently, he was drawing from his vast experience in enterprise development at Stanbic Bank and previously at Total E&P, plus his formative grounding in Busoga College Mwiri.
THE STORY OF BUMASIKYE - Compiled by PP Esther Mwambu
The Rotary Club of Kampala South has a special relationship with Bumasikye through the Bumasikye RCC. Bumasikye is a sub-county located in Mbale district and in this story, our own PP Esther Mwambu expounds more on the activities of Bumasikye RCC as we continue to learn about another one of our buddy group names.
The Charter of Bumasikye RCC
The Bumasikye RCC was chartered in March 2016 by the serving RC Kampala South President, Patrick Lassu.
Kikandwa members enjoying a fun selfie moment last Saturday at their home hospitality.
NYACONGA BUDDY GROUP LUNCHEON
Members of Nyaconga had a bonding moment at Athena Hotel last Saturday where they enjoyed a sumptuous lunch
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Welcome back to our Past Presidents' lounge where we learn about which moments and events made our past leaders who they are today. This week we had an interesting interview with PP Susan Matovu, known to the club as Senga Sue and she shared her personal journey in the club as President.
Please tell us a little bit about yourself.
My name is Susan Matovu. My Rotary journey started as a member of the Rotaract Club of Kampala City, then later as a Rotarian in 1997 so it feels like I’ve been part of the Rotary fraternity forever! I was President of this Club for the year 2006/2007. Interestingly, three other Rotaract OG's and OB's of the Rotaract Club of Kampala City were Presidents in the same year – RC Ssese Islands, RC Kampala and RC Kampala North.
The concept of transmitting images alongside audio in a communications exchange dates back over 150 years to the 1870's. Video conferencing technologies have developed more rapidly since 1927 to present day where almost every mobile computing device has capability for video conferencing or video calls. The biggest boost to the usage of such technologies could arguably be in the past 4-5 months with the advent of COVID-19 lock downs necessitating virtual meetings for majority of human interactions.
Fred joined the Rotary club of Kampala South in 2013 and has been an active member since then. This week we had a one on one with him and here is what he had to say;
1. What do you enjoy the most about Rotary and your club in particular?
FLL; I enjoy it whenever I find time to attend.
2. What's your favourite sport to watch and which team do you root for?
First is football ball especially Arsenal and Barcelona
Secondly, Cricket especially Australia national team, on club level South African Cape Cobra.
PE Prossy Namatovu Lukwago from Rotary Rubaga Lakeview says she got to know about Rotary Kampala South through Charles Odaga, Dr. Kalungi and other Rotarians, when they worked together during Rotary Cancer Run19. “RC Kampala South fellowships are educative, fun and members/ guests are engaging.” said PE Prossy after she was asked for her opinion about the Rotary meetings of Kampala South.
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