{"id":696,"date":"2023-09-04T09:34:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T09:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwegatech.net\/uegcl\/?p=696"},"modified":"2025-11-18T09:34:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T09:34:49","slug":"uegcl-receives-certificate-of-recognition-at-2023-rotary-cancer-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lwegatech.net\/uegcl\/uegcl-receives-certificate-of-recognition-at-2023-rotary-cancer-run\/","title":{"rendered":"UEGCL Receives Certificate of Recognition at 2023 Rotary Cancer Run"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On 27<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;August 2023, UEGCL received a Certificate of Recognition from the organizers of the 2023 Rotary Cancer run at Kololo Independence grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The certificate received by the UEGCL CEO, Eng. Dr Harrison Mutikanga is a sign of appreciation to the company for its generous commitment to sponsor the annual event since 2017.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s run attracted over 40,000 runners with at least 40 UEGCL staff participating in the 21km,10km and 5km courses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anthony Wanendeya, a new staff at UEGCL, went for the 10km. \u201cI was flagged off with the people of 5km but as I headed towards the starting point, I instead followed the10km route since the 5km was too crowded and one could not run but just walk, luckily I was able to catch up with the 10km group.\u201d Wanendeya shares.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the fight against cancer continues, the Head of Communications and Corporate Affairs, Mr Enock Kusasira reiterated the commitment to consistent support for this noble fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is an opportunity for us to keep supporting this cause since the number of people who have lifestyle diseases is on the rise hence it is a right move for us to associate with,\u201d he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kusasira also implored young people to have physical exercise as a daily routine in order to keep such diseases at bay.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The support and participation in this annual event are a Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR initiative that the company engages in as a way of giving back to the community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s edition is geared towards raising funds for the construction of two bunkers that will house 2 LINAC cancer testing and treatment machines at St. Francis Hospital Nsambya plus other associated equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rotary Cancer Run was launched in August 2012 and has since become an annual event that has aided in the incredible fight against Cancer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 27th&nbsp;August 2023, UEGCL received a Certificate of Recognition from the organizers of the 2023 Rotary Cancer run at Kololo Independence grounds. The certificate received by the UEGCL CEO, Eng. Dr Harrison Mutikanga is a sign of appreciation to the company for its generous commitment to sponsor the annual event since 2017.&nbsp; This year\u2019s run [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwegatech.net\/uegcl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwegatech.net\/uegcl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwegatech.net\/uegcl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwegatech.net\/uegcl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwegatech.net\/uegcl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lwegatech.net\/uegcl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":698,"href":"https:\/\/lwegatech.net\/uegcl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696\/revisions\/698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwegatech.net\/uegcl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwegatech.net\/uegcl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwegatech.net\/uegcl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwegatech.net\/uegcl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}