Uganda Red Cross press statement

The content thereafter on page 4 is a rehash of the 2013 crisis and part of the Chairman's report to the National Council Members in an annual National Council meeting involving URCS representatives of Volunteers and Members which sat on February 24th, 2017 at Uganda Red Cross HQ in Rubaga. URCS clarifi es on the head line as follows:

1. The crisis mentioned was a 2013 issue where thereafter the senior management and the Board then were relieved of their duties and legal actions subsequently taken on those responsible. The then Board was dissolved and all staff who occupied managerial positions were laid off.

A new Board and management was brought in office thereafter. To strengthen Board oversight functions, professional advisors were shopped from outside the membership. These include experts from the Media, Planning and Finance, Risk and Audit management specialists to mention but a few.

The management team is led by a seasoned change manager, Mr. Kwesiga Robert who had turned the Uganda RC around in late 1990s and up to 2005 and thereafter went for international engagements with the International Red Cross was brought back. The other senior management team members were sourced from the private sector and cooperates of high repute and are very professional and with the requisite experiences. CLICK HERE FOR MORE