Australian official hails Ugandan students who studied in Australia
Among those elected are Kagonyera as the chairman of Australia Alumni Association of Uganda, deputized by Edward Kayeisiga and Hellen Kawesa the Parliament’s public relation manager as a treasurer.
Mary Kasirye was elected as secretary while Justine Bukenya, Dr. Liz Kakunda and Solome Namugenyi were elected as executive members.
The patron pf the association, Patrick Bitature thanked the members for being well organized. He however encouraged them to start savings credit scheme as this will create business development opportunities.
Bitature said “Since you are well organized you can do a lot to improve on the lives of Ugandans. This is an opportunity for you to put together your resources as a group and do a significant investment.”
He gave an example of Indian association of Uganda which has marshaled resources from its members and connected others to business links and as a result they have grown big.
