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  • First Ladies!!!! Nancy Kitaka & Barbie Itungo shine in Independence attires

    First Ladies!!!! Nancy Kitaka & Barbie Itungo shine in Independence attires

    9th October was a big celebration for Uganda as the country reached her 59th Independence land mark.

    For the normal Ugandan, it was just another day to hail the freedom fighters of the yester years. But for the Ugandan fashion zealots in Uganda and across the world, it was a fashion extravaganza.

    The internet was awash with a number of pictures, but only two stood out. It was the picture of the the Kampala First Lady Barbie Itungo (Bobi Wine’s wife) and UK-Uganda first lady, Nancy Kitaka renowned as the first lady of Uganda in the UK diaspora.

    Their pictures went viral because they seemed to have ushered in what seemed like the trend of the independence day weekend. They rocked the same fashion outfit, a one armed dress, and they shone brighter than the yellows in the Ugandan flag.

    Almost like it was rehearsed, because as Barbie Itungo attended family friend, Nubian Lee’s matrimonial affair, Nancy Kitaka was on the other end of the earth, sharing in the same fashion-thought train.
    Barbie rocked a silver dress, while Nancy Kitaka shone in a black and yellow dress. The two have often been compared because they have a lot in common.

    Both ladies are renowned for championing very impactful charitable causes for the girl child. Nancy Kitaka has made her presence felt across both Uganda and the overseas.

    She’s a renowned MC for the Ugandans leaving in the Diaspora, but as well as a mother who has changed the lives of many young girls through donations of hygiene materials like sanitary pads.

    We celebrate both ladies in the same light and we hail them for hoisting the Ugandan flag ever so high.

  • Nancy Kitaaka donates Holic sanitary pads to Namere community girls

    Nancy Kitaaka donates Holic sanitary pads to Namere community girls

    Philanthropist Nancy Kitaka’s #PadsForAll campaign seems to be gaining ground and spreading across Uganda like the proverbial wildfire.

    Shortly after donating pads to the Mildmay International HIV Specialist Hospital through musical artiste Sama Soja and dance artiste Patricia Nabakoza, she managed to yet again orchestrate a successful pads donation in Mpelerwe, Namere.


    Speaking at the handover ceremony that happened yesterday in Mpelerwe, renowned dance artiste Patricia Nabakooza apologized that Sama Soja, the ambassador of the #PadsForAll campaign couldn’t be with them at the hand-over ceremony because he was down with a fever.


    “It is unfortunate that the lead ambassador of the campaign Sama Soja can’t be with us today. But he sent his regards, and he urges each and everyone of the young girls here not to leave school because of lack of Sanitary Pads. We started the campaign earlier this year and we are glad to have helped many young adolescent girls who have been challenged healthwise and academically because of lack of access to sanitary pads,” explained Patricia Nabakooza.


    Over 200 girls from areas around Namere, Mpelerwe left beaming with happiness after receiving free sanitary pads in a Socially Distanced Hand Over occasion, from Nancy Kitaaka in partnership with Holic pads on Saturday.
    Dance artiste Patricia Nabakooza said that she already understood how big the donations meant.


    “I feel so happy, and fulfilled to be handing over the donation because I’m helping a fellow girl child. I was born and bred in the ghetto, and I understand what it means to have to choose food before sanitary pads. Many teenagers can’t afford sanitary pads because of the same reason. Nancy Kitaka’s intervention will go a long way in helping them. We can’t thank her enough,” Explained Patricia Nabakooza.


    Lovinsa Kayendeke, a 15 year old beneficiary of the donation said she was elated that Nancy Kitaka managed to reach out to her area.
    Helen Kilonde, a community counselor, while speaking at the function noted the need for teenagers to avoid peer pressure. While Joyce Nalunga, the host of the event, said that the problems need to be tackled at house hold level.


    “Before we address the problem of lack of sanitary pads. We should advise parents to start the conversations about sex earlier in life. That way, adolescents comprehend the changes happening in their lives, and therefore know better how to deal with them. That said, I want to thank Nancy Kitaaka and the Buddo Junior class of 89 for their generosity and kindness towards my community Namere Village Mperwerwe. We believe our community has been impacted and the lives of the teenagers will not remain the same,” said an ecstatic Joyce Nalunga.

  • Nancy Kitaka donates Holic Sanitary Pads to MildMay International Hospital

    Nancy Kitaka donates Holic Sanitary Pads to MildMay International Hospital

    Earlier yesterday, as a way of joining the entire world to celebrate the Worlds AIDS Day, Nancy Kitaaka in partnership with Holicpads donated sanitary pads to the HIV inwards and outwards patients of Mildmay International HIV Specialist hospital.

    Nancy Kitaka, a nurse in the United Kingdom who has worked with Mildmay International HIV Specialist hospital, atop working with Positive East, Terrence Higgins, among other UK based HIV Charities, remotely orchestrated the donation from UK.


    Speaking during a phone call, Nancy Kitaka who wasn’t in the country at the time of the donation explained to the press that the donation is an extension of the Pads For All Campaign, a campaign geared towards providing sanitary pads to under privileged teens in Uganda.

    To hand over the donation of the pads was the Ugandan ambassador for the Pads For All Campaign, musical artiste, Kizito Ivan Tony alias Sama Soja, together with Ghetto Kids dance artistry star, Patricia Nabakooza, who were received by an elated Yvonne Karamaji of Mildmay International HIV Specialist hospital Uganda.


    “We thank Holipads and Nancy Kitaka for the timely intervention. By donating to our patients here at MildmayInternational HIV Specialist hospital. with sanitary pads; they have added many bricks to the fighting of HIV AIDs. The most devastating effect of Covid19 on our economy has been the loss of income. Factor in the fact that students are returning to schooland the families have less income, and you realize how sanitary pads can easily be disregarded in low income families. We therefore thank Holipads for the initiative, and hope that they come back,” explained Yvonne Karamaji.

    Dance artiste Patricia Nabakooza, renowned for her work with the Ghetto Kids, explained that she, as an Ambassador of HolicPads had already interfaced with some of the challenges that Ugandan teenagers experience during puberty.


    “I have witnessed firsthand, the many problems that teenagers go through at school when coming to terms with the changes in their bodies. Often, they lack information about how to deal with the body changes, but many lack sanitary pads. It is even worse for those with ailments such as HIV Aids.  The teachers are also not that helpful, as they obliviously cultivate the stigma about body changes in girls, especially the Menstruation Period.  That is why I am passionate about working with Holic Pads and Nancy Kitaka to make sure that many girls across Uganda receive pads,” explained Patricia Nabakooza.

    Mariam Jumba, a brand Ambassador of Holic Pads said that the donation is merely a call for many across the world to join the fight to help girls who can’t afford Sanitary Pads access them.

    Yet while giving credit, she also mentioned that part of the donation was facilitated by Old Students Of Budo Junior School class P7 1990, Miss Pride Of Africa London, JF Solutions London Pier, One Night Spot London, Jose Job Links London & Virtual Interment London. They donated about 50boxes of sanitary pads to help girls who cannot afford them at even any cost.