Corporate Social Responsibility by Kakira Sugar Mara Leisure Camp
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Madhvani Group Magazine Volume 18 No. 1 June 2010 Kakira hosts the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda Mara Leisure Camp, Kenya, acquired by Madhvani Group Corporate Social Responsibility by Kakira Sugar Welcome... 7 Kick polio out of Africa In the first issue of the Madhvani Group Magazine for 2010 and once again showcase the recent activities and developments taking place within the Group. 8 Mweya Safari Lodge gets a new General This issue strongly features the Group’s Corporate Manager 30 Madhvani Group donates to Bududa 3 Acholi Paramount Chief in Kakira Social Investment activities which is crowned by 8 Industrial Security Services (ISS) gets a new the announcement of the Scholarship Scheme for landslides victims 2010/2011, where over UShs 500 million has been General Manager 30 Madhvani Group donates to Haiti disaster pledged to needy and deserving students. This single 3 MPs visit Kakira to familiarize on Amuru project largest private sector contribution to education 9 New general manager at Paraa Safari Lodge Earthquake victims in Uganda is yet another milestone achievement 4 Corporate Social Responsibility by kakira Sugar 10 Long serving employees recognized at Mweya 30 Uganda solo exhibition and since 2003, when the assets of the Madhvani 6 Market orientation workshop held for Kakira Foundation were returned, a total of 817 students Safari Lodge 31 have been sponsored at a cost of over UShs 3 billion. production team 11 Chobe Safari Lodge update 6 Kakira launches range of branded sugar packs This edition of the Group Magazine has been made 12 Mara Leisure Camp, Kenya, acquired by possible with input from the following individuals:- Proprietors Madhvani Group Pamela Atim Muljibhai Madhvani & Co. Ltd. 14 My dream wedding at Mweya Safari Lodge Kakira Sugar Works Plot 25 Main Street, P.O.Box 54, Jinja 16 Update from India Emmanuel Basaliza Madhvani Group signs MOU with the Government of Southern Sudan for a new Photographer Kakira Sugar Works Correspondence 17 Excel Construction continues to excel! sugar project at Mongala in Central Equatoria All correspondence should be 17 East African Packaging Solutions Ltd. Enoch Nkuruho addressed to: district State Executive Director The Editor, Group Magazine 17 W.R. Vasudevan join as Executive Director P.O.Box121 Jinja, Uganda Tharun Patnaik Tel: +256 - 41 - 4444000 18 Kakira hosts the Prime Minister of the Republic 31 Modernization at Mwera tea estate – General Manger East African Distributors E-mail: [email protected] of Uganda Madhvani tea Johan Gowes Registered at the GPO as a Newspaper 20 Madhvani Foundation Alumni Association General Manager Coleus Crowns (U) Ltd. 32 Update on East African Distributors Contacts appoints Patron 33 Rwanda Investment Forum Conference in Mahesh Kamath Jinja: 21 Former Madhvani Foundation scholarship Executive Assistant to Directors Muljibhai Madhvani & Co. Ltd. Plot 25, Main Street, beneficiaries share their memories I would like to thank all the above and any others P.O.Box 54, Jinja whom we may have missed out and please keep Tel: +256 - 33 - 2342100/200 22 The 2010-2011 Madhvani Scholarship sending your input for future publications. Scheme Kakira: Enjoy reading! Kakira Sugar Ltd. 23 Commonwealth steeple chase Queen’s baton 10 Kms Jinja - Tororo Road The Editor Tel:: +256 41 - 4444333/6 passes through Kakira MADHVANI GROUP JUNE 2010 24 Wheel chair donation program continues Kampala: Madhvani Group 24 Group’s donation to Buluba lepers hosptial Plot 96 - 98, 5th Street Industrial Area, Kampala 25 Coleus Crowns: Past, Present and Future Tel: +256 - 41 - 4259390/4/5 26 News in pictures Design/Layout 29 Buyala festival sponsored by Madhvani Group Kigali- Rwanda on 10th–11th May, 2010 Big Presentations Ltd Jumbo Plaza, P.o.Box 6386 - Kampala 29 Madhvani Group donates for reconstruction of Tel: +256 39 2964308 the Kasubi tombs E-mail: [email protected] 1 delegation of six Acholi heads led by His Highness the Paramount Chief, Rwot Acholi Paramount A David Onen Acana II visited Kakira on 25th February 2010. The royals were welcomed by Joint AGRO INDUSTRY Liberty Life Assurance Uganda Coleus Crowns (Uganda) Ltd Managing Director, Mr. Kamlesh Madhvani and P.O.Box 22938, Kampala, Uganda P.O.Box 54, Jinja, Uganda other Kakira officials. They were taken around Kakira Sugar Ltd. Tel: 041 4233794 / 4254708 Tel: 075 3224433 the factory, nucleus estate and other facilities. P.O.Box 121, Jinja, Uganda Fax: 041 4256414 / 4259643 Fax: 043 4120710 Chief in Kakira Tel: 041 4444000 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] The Amuru project is envisaged to provide Fax: 041 4444333 / 6 Makepasi Match Ltd all the direct employees with benefits that Wed site: www.kakirasugar.com Software Applications (Uganda) Ltd P.O.Box 54, Jinja, Uganda would include housing, medical treatment and E-mail: [email protected] P.O.Box 22811, Kampala, Uganda Tel: 043 4121070 subsidised primary education. Tel: 041 4531521 / 2 / 3 Fax: 043 4121135 Kakira Sweets and Confectioneries Fax: 041 4531524 E-mail: [email protected] P.O. Box 121, Jinja, Uganda E-mail: [email protected] The Madhvani Group’s plans include immediate Tel: 041 4444000 East African Packaging Solutions Ltd. benefits for the local communities including the Fax: 041 4444110 Excel Construction Ltd P.O. Box 1189, Jinja, Uganda construction of infrastructure roads, schools, E-mail: [email protected] P.O.Box 1202, Jinja, Uganda Tel : 043-4120432 / 4120134 clinics and safe drinking water on commencement Tel: 041 4221996/4505959 Fax : 043-4120141 of the project. The Acholi Chief recognised Mwera / Nakigalala Tea Estates Fax: 043 4123150/041 4220482 E-mail : garud @ eapsl.com the potential benefits that the Amuru project P.O.Box 6361, Kampala, Uganda Website: www.excelconstruction.org will bring to Northern Uganda and promised E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 075 2799888 their support for the project. Rwot David Onen Fax: 041 4259399 [email protected] TOURISM Acana agreed to share his findings at Kakira by E-mail: [email protected] communicating the potential benefits to the TPSC Uganda MARASA Holdings Ltd Kajjansi Roses Ltd. P.O.Box 54, Jinja, Uganda P.O.Box 22827, Kampala, Uganda communities in Northern Uganda. P.O.Box 6361, Kampala, Uganda Tel: 041 4444000 Tel: 031 2260260/1 Tel: 041 4200959 Fax: 041 4444336 Fax: 031 2260262 The Amuru project will create employment for Fax: 041 4200314 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] over 7,000 people and about 5,000 workers on E-mail: [email protected] outgrowers farms. Along with their families, it will East African Distributors Ltd Mweya Safari Lodge benefit about 70,000 people. The spin off effects Chrysanthemums Uganda Ltd. P.O.Box 22938, Kampala, Uganda P.O.Box 22827, Kampala, Uganda of the Amuru sugar project will be visible in the Plot No. 29, Muzinda, Tel: 041 4255432 Tel: 031 2260260 / 1 neighbouring Districts of Gulu, Arua, Kitgum and Fax: 041 4255433 P.O. Box 6361 Fax: 041 4340056 beyond. Wakiso District, Uganda E-mail: [email protected] Lodge Tel No. 041 4340054 Tel: 075 2220099 Lodge Fax No. 041 4340056 The Acholi leaders were impressed by what the Mob : 075 2957963 East African Glass Works (1995) Ltd Web site: www.mweyalodge.com Fax: 041 4200314 P.O. Box 33479, Kampala, Uganda E-mail: [email protected] Madhvani Group was willing to do in Northern E-mail: [email protected] Mob: 075 2741373 / 075 2750 656 Uganda and promised to support the project. Fax: 041 4237380 Paraa Safari Lodge GROUP SERVICES E-mail: [email protected] P.O.Box 22827, Kampala, Uganda Tel: 031 2260260 / 1 Muljibhai Madhvani & Co. Ltd Industrial Security Services Ltd Fax: 039 2280588 MPs visit Kakira to familiarize on Amuru P O Box 54, Jinja, Uganda P.O. Box 1482, Jinja, Uganda Lodge Tel No.077 2788880 Tel: 043 4121318 / 4120511 Tel: 043 4131769 Lodge Fax No.039 2280588 Fax: 043 4123174 Fax: 043 4123174 Web site: www.paraalodge.com E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] project Madhvani Group Projects Division Muljibhai Madhvani Foundation Chobe Safari Lodge embers of Parliament representing the Parliamentary P O Box 6361, Kampala, Uganda P O Box 54, Jinja, Uganda P.O.Box 22827, Kampala, Uganda MCommittee on Natural Resources visited Kakira to familiarize Tel: 041 4259390/4/5 Tel: 041 4255432 / 077 2760110 Tel: 031 2260260/1 themselves with the proposed Amuru Sugar Project in Northern 031 2259390/4/5 Fax: 0312 263999/041 4255433 Fax: 041 4340056 Uganda and to get a better understanding for the reasons Fax: 041 4259399 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.mweyalodge.com behind the delay in getting necessary approvals for the project E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] to commence. [email protected] Madhvani Properties Division P.O.Box 33479, Kampala, Uganda Mara Leisure Camp MADHVANI GROUP JUNE 2010 Given the substantial potential benefits to Amuru and the Madhvani Group Central Purchasing Tel: 077 2799978 / 077 2760110 P.O.Box 17545 Enterprise road Division E-mail: [email protected] 00500 Nairobi, Kenya surrounding districts, the MP’s sought to better understand the P O Box 54, Jinja, Uganda [email protected] Tel: +254 020 557009 issues. Tel: 043 2343100/200 Wireless: +254 021 2101333 Fax: 043 4120696/4121217 MANUFACTURING +254 735 472911/0713 964340 The visiting MP’s were hosted by Joint Managing Director Mr. Mayur E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +020 556126 Madhvani who having taken them through the cogeneration Steel Corporation of East Africa Ltd Website: www.maraleisurecamp.co.ke plant, told of the Company’s willingness to expand the existing cogeneration to SERVICES P.O.Box 1023, Jinja, Uganda E-mail: [email protected] 50MW should the Government consider increasing the existing tariff paid to Kakira Tel: 043 4121451 / 2 from USD $ 0.06 to USD $0.10/unit, given that other suppliers are being paid USD East African Underwriters Ltd Fax: 043 4121453 MADHVANI GROUP JUNE 2010 Premier Safaris Ltd $ 0.12.