Gen. Jeje Odongo handing over Rotary Cancer Run kit to Rtd Gen. Robert Rusoke this afternoon.
Foreign Affairs Minister, Gen. Odongo Jeje Abubakhar, has this afternoon officially launched and handed over a consignment of running kits to Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Robert Rusoke, Uganda’s High Commissioner to the Republic of Rwanda together with the Ugandan diaspora in Kigali who will be participating in this year’s 11th Edition of the Rotary cancer run on September 4, 2022.
The Minister who is in Kigali for official engagements with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation the Republic of Rwanda was accompanied by Bagiire Vincent Waiswa, the Permanent Secretary, Amb. Arthur Kafeero, Ag. Director Regional and International Political Affairs.
Odongo expressed gratitude for the overwhelming support received from the Uganda Mission and the Ugandan diaspora in Kigali in support of this Noble cause.
The Uganda High Commission in Kigali has participated in previous editions of the Run and on Sunday, the Mission Staff led by Amb. Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Robert Rusoke, Amb. Anne Katusiime Deputy Head of Mission – Kigali, Robert Tugume Accounting Officer, Baluku Ronald 3rd Secretary together with the Ugandan diaspora in Kigali will be participating in this year’s 11th Edition of the Rotary cancer run.
The launch of the Cancer Run took place at the official Residence of the High Commissioner.
This year marks the 11th Edition of the Rotary Cancer Run in Uganda, an annual event organized since 2012 by Rotarians to raise funds for a one-stop cancer screening and treatment center at Nsambya Hospital- Kampala.
