Flagging off MTN Marathon at MTN Arena Lugogo

Residents of Wiila Sub County in the eastern district of Amuria are arriving in Kampala to take part in the ninth edition of the Annual MTN Kampala Marathon, slated for Sunday November 27, 2011, setting off from the Kololo Airstrip.

The exercise under the theme  ‘What’s Your Reason To Run?’ is expected to attract over 20,000 people who will raise  up to 230 million shillings.

MTN says the money will be handed over to water Aid to execute water projects around the country, particularly in Amuria  where vulnerable people have no access to clean and safe drinking water.

Area mp who is also state minister in charge of relief and disaster preparedness Musa Echweru says the project will help keep children in school as many of them have been missing class because they had to fetch water for their parents.

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The ambulance was donated courtesy of a Canadian businessman Don McLaughlin who offered the ambulance to state minister for disaster preparedness Musa Ecweru.

Ecweru however says the Ambulance will serve the entire Teso Region.

The area was the worst hit by LRAs invasion of eastern Uganda that saw the birth of the Arrow boys militia which fought alongside the UPDF to get rid of the Joseph Kony led rebels in Teso.
Ecweru was the head of the Arrow Boys.

The ambulance worth 400 million shillings is fitted with facilities that enable the medical attendants deliver a mother while the ambulance is in transit.

Ultimate Media

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