By Weswa Ronnie
SIRONKO
MTN Uganda has donated coffee processing machines to Kalaa Mugosi Women Empowerment Limited located at Busita Sub County in Sironko district.
The machines donated by the Telecom Giant on Friday, 1st March, 2024 are coffee dryers and three pulp machines.
Kalaa Mugosi Women Empowerment Limited is a business enterprise dealing in coffee with at least 146 coffee women groups from different sub counties in Sironko and Bulambuli districts.
While speaking during the donation of the items, Deogratious Odwori, the head of operations at Tan Telecom eastern region who represented Sanjay Tanna, the Executive director of Tan telecoms, revealed that the donated items were worth Shs20M.
He said MTN chose to support women under Kalaa Mugosi Women Empowerment Limited so that they increase their business with the aim of improving their household incomes.
Odwori also urged other women outside there to take this as an example and organise themselves such that they can fight poverty.
Sarah Story, the director of Kalaa Mugosi Women Empowerment Limited said the purpose of forming this business enterprises was to empower women through coffee farming.
She says that the enterprise plays a role of processing coffee and selling it on behalf of members from different groups.
Florence Nambozo, the Sironko District Woman Member of Parliament urged women in the enterprise to use the donated items well such that they grow their groups.
She also appealed to government to support such mothers who are organised such that they can fight poverty and improve on their household incomes.
