How can i bid farewell to my youth friend Jimmy Kitaka. Jimmy until his death has been managing the Jinja Agricultural Show Ground. I met Jimmy at Campus, he was a year below me. I re-joined jimmy when I was posted to Uganda Commercial Bank Jinja Main. Jinja was then a teacher. We remained good social friends and friends in need.
This morning, I am short of words to learn that my good friend Jimmy who on a number of times would re-reimburse my transport or at least give me the fare back to Kampala whenever I called on, has passed on at Nakasero Hospital!!
Jimmy is brother to another Kitaka formerly LC III Chairman who gave president Museveni a "Lubengo" in the days of Kisanja.
Jimmy where have you left me? What about our dear children?
One time I called on Jimmy and I asked for photos of the Show, some of the images he gave me are below on the link:
Jimmy, surely, you are gone????
REFLECTING ON AGRICULTURAL SHOW ISSUES:
TO
OUR ESTIMEED EXHIBITORS 2013
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RE:
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INVITATION
TO THE 21st SOURCE OF THE NILE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL AND TRADE SHOW-2013.
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Uganda
National Farmers Federation (UNFFE) warmly, welcomes you to the year 2013.
The National Executive Committee (NEC) and the Show Board would like to
inform you that preparation for the 21st Edition of THE NATIONAL
AGRICULTURAL & TRADE SHOW 2013 is already in progress.
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The
show is scheduled to take place from 8th to 14tht July 2013.
This show is always designed as centre for exposing the latest
innovations and technologies in the Agricultural and trade sectors let alone,
establishing business linkages. The theme for this 21st show is;
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“Promoting
Agro technology to enhance Food Security and Competitiveness in the regional
Markets”.
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Below
are details of space rental: - (Open Air Space)
1. UG SHS: 600,000= per 36sq.m
2. UG SHS: 900,000 per
75sq.m
3. UG SHS 1,500,000= 144 Sq
m
4. (PLOT) HOLDERS: PAY an Exhibition Participation fee of Ug Shs
400,000= only.
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Payments
by cheque are made in the name of Uganda National Farmers Federation.
Please
advertise in our SHOW PROGRAMME MAGAZINE BOOK in full colours, for
your Company exposure, and Product and Service Promotion, Full Page
1,500,000=, half page is 750,000.
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Tent
100 Seater cost 85,000 per day, 50 Seater costs 65,000 per day and 10,000= @
table per day & Chairs @ 500= per day.Exhibitors Cards are for sale at
10,000= per card.
For Further inquires please,
The Chief executive
Secretary,
- 077-2- 616926
The chairman Show
Board,
- 077-2-625687.
NB. For the Annual Kenya Agricultural & Industrial Study Tour, October
2013, please contact 0772 438 249.
Yours
in service,
Jimmy
Kitaka.
AGRICULTURAL & TRADE EXHIBITIONS MANAGER- 077 -2-438249.
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Uganda:
Agricultural Show Touts Food Security
By
Eriosi Nantaba, 17 July 2013
Jinja — The Uganda National Farmers Federation (UNFFE) has
held the 21st Source of the Nile National Agricultural and Trade Show at Jinja
Show ground in eastern Uganda, in a bid to Promote Agro-technologies to enhance
food security and competitiveness in the regional markets.
The show set a platform for displaying and identifying
innovations made by local and foreign companies through improved technologies
for better production, marketing and poverty eradication.
According to the show manager, Jimmy Kitaka, for the last
twenty years UNFFE organizes different stakeholders in agriculture and other
sectors in liaison with Ministry of Agriculture and its agencies like NAADs,
NARO, and NAGRIC etc to showcase various technologies, programs and
interventions geared towards uplifting our giant sector - Agriculture. "We
focus to encourage smart farming with a view to enhance sustainable national
food security, farm incomes and regional market opportunities. This will make
us benefit the advantages of regional co-operation," said Kitaka.
He said, "The exhibitors who come as far as Egypt,
Israel and around East Africa lessen the fear our Ugandan Poor, Middle and High
class citizens have in farming despite huge business gains the sector
exhibits."
There were a number of products showcased in the areas of
agricultural equipment and machinery, agro-chemicals, agro-processed products,
telecommunications, consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, food stuffs, handicrafts,
interior decorations, cultural entertainment, environment protection and
education materials among others.
The show is timely with the agriculture calendar of the
country since it's the period when farmers are opening land for the annual
season expected in September-October.
"Credible seed companies sell their seeds for the entire
week and as such farmers interact with credible companies in order to save them
from buying counterfeit seeds, drugs and other implements for this
season," Kitaka added.
President Museveni
will officially open the 16th annual Source of the Nile national agricultural
and trade show in Jinja today. Show goers thronged the venue as early as 9:00am
yesterday, even though some exhibition stands were still under construction.
Jimmy Kitaka, the show manager, said the event had attracted over 200 local and
foreign exhibitors.
