Board Chairman’s Speech
March 16th, 2023
(The protocol will be reviewed as appropriate)
- The Guest of Honor, the Patron of Kulika Uganda, His Grace the Most Reverend Paul Ssemogerere,
- The outgoing Trustees, Mr. Peters Musoke, and Dr. Makuza,
- Members of the Board of Trustees and Board of Directors,
- The political and cultural leaders
- Our funding Partners, (Malteser International, GIZ, Pelum Uganda, Bio vision Africa Trust to mention a few)
- Our business partners (Centenary Bank, Save the Children)
- Past and present beneficiaries
- Distinguished Guests,
- Ladies and Gentlemen,
Warm greetings from Kulika Uganda!
On behalf of the Board of Directors and on my own behalf, I welcome everybody to the Kulika Uganda Training Centre at Lutisi. Thank you for accepting our invitation to attend this historic function during which we will inaugurate our Patron, celebrate the service of two distinguished Trustees and show case some of the work we do.
We heartily thank the Archbishop for accepting our invitation to serve Kulika Uganda in the capacity of Patron.
- Once more, can we give a round of applause to our new Patron!
Governance
Our Guest of Honour, at the helm of the organisation is a Patron, who is supported by 3 Trustees. The following are the current Trustees.
- Deogratias Yiga
- Brother Vincent Barigye
- Josephine Kiiza.
The Board of Directors are composed of 6 members as follows:
- Alastair Taylor – Board Chairperson
- Julian Omala – Member and Chairperson Finance Committee
- Ambrose Obi – Member and member of the Finance Committee
- Jane Kisakye – Member and member of the Programs Committee
- Evarist Baguma – Member and member of the Finance Committee
- Magdalene Amujal – Board Secretary/Executive Director
The Board is supported by 2 Committees:
Programs and Fundraising Committee
- Jane Kisakye – Chairperson
- Betty Ikalany – Member
- Christopher Ssewagudde – Member
Finance, Risk, Human Resource and Administration Committee
- Omala Julian – Chairperson
- Ambrose Obi – Member
- Evarist Baguma – Members
Management and Staff
There are 8 Management staff headed by the Executive Director and in total Kulika Uganda employs 29 staff members.
Kulika Beneficiaries – Key farmers and scholarship beneficiaries
Dear Patron, the organization has a wealth of social capital formed by Key Farmer Trainers and scholarship beneficiaries. These help us to carry our work in different areas in the country. The Key farmers underwent training in ecological organic agriculture and are now practicing on their farms, and the scholarship beneficiaries received education support from Kulika scholarship fund. Both categories are represented in this ceremony
- (key farmers and scholarship beneficiaries are introduced by show of hands)
Our Guest of Honor, I would like to give you an insight into the beginnings