Kakira Sugar HR manager succumbs to Covid-19

Deceased Ms Martha Munnu. PHOTO/FILE/COURTESY

What you need to know:

  • Her death, now amongst Uganda’s known 868 Covid-19 fatalities- occurred from Victoria Hospital in Kampala.
  • Mass vaccination resumes June 28 as Uganda aims to go beyond the 843, 039 inoculated persons of its 41 million people.

The Human Resource Manager of Kakira Sugar Ltd (KSL), Ms Martha Munnu has succumbed to Covid-19.

Ms Munnu, who died on June 26 took over from Mr Moses Thenge in 2020.

She had previously served at Century Bottling Company (Coca Cola) in the same capacity.

Her death, now amongst Uganda’s known 868 Covid-19 fatalities- occurred from Victoria Hospital in Kampala, just a day after the company's former Industrial Relations Manager Mr Fred Wapakhabulo was laid to rest.

Reports indicate that she had been admitted earlier last week, battling the viral disease that accounts for over 77, 505 infections in Uganda as of Sunday.

In Uganda, just over 51, 000 recoveries have been confirmed by health authorities since the Coronavirus outbreak in March2020.

Mass vaccination resumes June 28 as Uganda aims to go beyond the 843, 039 inoculated persons of its 41 million people.