Nile Breweries Ltd has donated fuel, fuel to support Covid 19 District Task Forces. The fuel donation totaling 5500 litres, is a culmination of the company’s support to the Covid Task Forces of districts Kampala (1500litres),Jinja (1000litres), Buikwe (1500litres) and Mbarara (1500litres). “The humble contribution is to ease the transportation of the Covid Task Force teams, distribution of vaccines, contact tracing, and other related activities,” said David Valencia, Managing Director, NBL. “We as the private sector have a big role to support government efforts in the fight against Covid 19 pandemic as it has posed both health and economic challenges to our communities. A time like this calls for combined efforts,” he added. Collectively the fuel donation has cost the company Shs19M.
The fuel donation is the latest of the company’s efforts to join a consortium of companies to support government efforts in this time and encourage Ugandans to practice safety and health precautions as advised by Ministry of Health. Most recently in February, with industry peers, NBL donation medical equipment worth Shs30M to Mulago Hospital Intensive Care unit. Last year, the company donated 25,000kgs of maize meal worth 52M to communities and 2400 litres of fuel to district Covid Task forces of Buikwe and Mbarara.
According to Onapito Ekomoloit, Legal & Corporate Affairs Director, the purpose of Nile Breweries Ltd, which is ‘Bringing people together for a Better World’ remains as relevant as ever, in these challenging times. “This is our commitment to supporting our communities especially at times such as these is critical for all stakeholders as together we have a stake in our country,” he said.
“We can only strive when our community and customers strive with good health. We urge Ugandans to be vigilant and follow all the directives gives so that we can have a safe environment,” he added. The company has taken to following the SOPS and presidential guidelines on Covid-19 in its Operations. In April, in collaboration with Ministry of Health Buikwe team, staff and their spouses were vaccinated. It has also taken to innovations that promote at home consumption of beer via online platforms so consumers can enjoy their beers in the safety of their homes. Both Onapito and Valencia called upon Ugandans to support initiatives by the government of Uganda to combat the spread of Covid-19 and follow the presidential directives issued.