Nabagereka hails varsity for fundraising for women’s hospital
Nabagereka of Buganda Sylvia Nagginda (left) and Ms Jolly Katerega, the wife of the Kampala University vice chancellor during the premeir of the documentary on Friday. Photo | Gabriel Buule
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- While officiating at the premiere for the documentary dubbed Man of 50 Titles at Kampala University in Ggaba, Kampala, the Nabagereka commended Prof Kateregga and those who donated generously to the initiative.
The Nabagereka of Buganda, Ms Sylvia Nagginda, has hailed an initiative by Kampala University vice chancellor Prof Badru Kateregga to raise funds to build a women and girls’ hospital through a documentary film.
While officiating at the premiere for the documentary dubbed Man of 50 Titles at Kampala University in Ggaba, Kampala, the Nabagereka commended Prof Kateregga and those who donated generously to the initiative.
“I have learnt that proceeds from this Docu-Movie will go to the refurbishment of Princess Diana Health Centre with a vision to upgrade it to the first women and girls research hospital in Uganda. Together, we can make this dream of a women and girls hospital a reality and I am pretty sure the future will count on us,” she said.
Prof Kateregga launched a documentary about his life to fundraise for Princess Diana Health Centre, a girls’ hospital on Salaama Road that was founded by fallen ambassador for women and girls Esther Nakajjigo in 2014.
The Nabagereka also noted that she holds in high esteem the fallen Nakajjigo for the vision she had to support the women and girls of Uganda and all over the world.
She called on the people of Buganda to be innovative and document or film information that will be helpful to the future generation.
“I want to thank you, professor, personally for coming up with this very brilliant initiative of profiling your life’s journey. It was so thoughtful of you to tell and act your story when you are still alive, this is a true legacy that needs to be emulated,” she added.
Prof Kateregga noted that he had a desire to accomplish Nakajjigo’ s dream to establish the hospital through her existing Princess Diana Health Centre, for which she had named him a patron before leaving for the United States, where she unfortunately died last year.
“In the course of my life journey, I came across a young girl Esther Nakajjigo, in 2014, who was advocating for improving the wellbeing of the teenage mothers. One chord we struck in common was both of us were philanthropists with limited resources. We agreed to pull together to uplift the cause of the child mothers,” Prof Kateregga said.
Prof Kateregga revealed that he chose to dedicate a docu-movie about his life story to benefit the women and girls of Uganda whose health matters are of concern to all, with all proceeds going to reestablishment of the Princess Diana health facility through a fundraising drive.
The premiere was co-hosted by Godfrey Kirumira, the chairman Kwagalana, a group of rich businessmen in Kampala, Twekobe Ejjudde and the entire Kwagalana club, who raised at least Shs40 million to the cause.
