After the annual retreat in early January, YPMA members agreed that they should have a monthly breakfast meeting and since Jinja had led in placing the request, they were easily given the opportunity to hold a breakfast meeting. Members descended on Jinja on February 4, 2017 with four major activities, the breakfast mentoring session, a walk to the source of the Nile and a boat ride and lunch.
Jinja town was once Uganda’s largest towns in the country. It’s possible that economic wise, it may still be the second largest industrial town of the country. This is because of the Madhvani establishment in Kakira. It lost the glitter it had but it still has the good ideas any visitor can listen to and go away happy.
The group had breakfast at Sunset Hotel at which I delivered a short lecture on the 6 habits of successful managers. Despite the drizzle, the group had a three kilometer walk from Sunset Hotel to the Source of the Nile. The source of the Nile is a national asset that is kept like a village well. This is where the Nile begins its 4000 mile journey to the Mediterranean Sea. Many people want to visit it but both Jinja municipality council and the National tourist Board have not figured out the standard they require to make this national treasure indeed a treasure.
The Nile River story is legendary and the place deserves better. It’s a good tourist venue and there are boat ride attractions. It is also possible to have a quiet lunch in one of the restaurants there. We enjoyed the boat ride. It was beautiful. The board had two sitting levels and the level down was occupied by the more youthful people in the group. They danced away the one-and-a-half-hour journey. The journey was ended with lunch at the Jinja City Hotel. The hotel depicted signs of African Entrepreneurship, having TVs to show football as the revelers enjoyed a meal or a drink. Thank you YPMA. Special thanks go to team leader and the new management team and to Ibrah and Gad in Jinja, who volunteered to host the group.
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