! UTLcrownsQueen

- MONITOR,
Sept. 20, 2005 -
By: Darius Mugisha

Uganda Telecom Limited crowned its Mr and Ms UTL at a colourful corporate function held at their Rwenzori Courts home on Friday. The event was not like the usual beauty contests but rather an in-house corporate function to display workers' intelligence with an entrepreneurial vision.

Telecom Cashcows' Lydia Namubiru emerged Ms UTL while Mr Thomas Sekanwagi scooped the Mr UTL title and The Wanderers team emerged the best team with a total of 15.5 points out of 20.
Mr Dennis Mbidde, the event's coordinator had said.

CONGRATULATIONS: Lydia Namubiru (L)
who emerged Ms. UTL is congratulated by
a colleague on Friday. Mr Thomas Sekanwagi
(not in picture) scooped the Mr UTL title.

"The judges will choose the winners basing on the candidate's personality, eloquence, and effectiveness in expression of ideas.;
The function that kicked off at 5p.m. saw UTL workers divide themselves into four teams according to the various departments of the company-The Telecom Wanderers, The Telecom Watchdogs, Telecom Cashcows and the Telecom Bulls. Each Team had a representative who was the contestant.

Each contestant spelt out his or her year's contribution to the company on top of answering three UTL questions put forward by a panel judges.
There was karaoke and dancing competitions where worker displayed rare dance antics.

West Nilers Party with Mango

Mean while, over the weekend, residents of the West Nile districts of Pakwach, Nebbi, Paidha, Arua and Koboko were not only treated to an extension of services by Uganda telecom's mobile telephone brand Mango, but a host of activity and give aways.

This was part of activities to mark the launch of the network in Koboko, the latest to be connected in the region. The locals were treated to booming dancehall music from the Mango promotion truck that punctuated several marketing skits where several locals won an assortment of items.

These included iron sheets, bags of sugar, hoes, phones, bicycles, blankets e.t.c which, according to James Mutebi, Mango's Northern Regional Marketing Coordinator, are part of a scheme of empowering the community within which Mango operates.

Mutebi said Mango is the first telecommunication company to extend its network to Internally Displaced People's (IDP) Camps that had been tagged impenetratable due to insecurity.
Mango also donated a computer to Teremunga Primary School, one of the leading schools in the area.

- MONITOR,
Sept. 20, 2005 -
By: Darius Mugisha

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