Dott Services Steps Up Fight Against COVID-19 With 20 Trucks for Relief Food Distribution

Dott Services Limited has offered 20 trucks to help the government in the ongoing distribution of food to the vulnerable people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

This comes after the company had donated several items towards supporting the government efforts in supporting Ugandans that have been affected by the lockdown following the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 in Uganda.

According to Naidu Anjaneyulu,  the company’s Procurement Manager, the 20 trucks will remain property of Dott Services but will be used by government for free until the distribution of food is complete.

“When we received information that the government had a shortage of transport, last night, we recalled all our trucks that were working on Tirinyi Road to help in transporting food items to the people,” Naidu said.

Dott Services has also offered 2,000 litres of fuel on top of the 20 trucks.

This website understands that the trucks have already been fuelled and parked at Nakawa food store waiting to be loaded with food to distribute to various Divisions in Kampala, Wakiso and other parts of the country.

State minister for ICT Peter Ogwang who received the trucks on behalf of the National Taskforce on Relief commended Dott Services for their generosity in the fight against COVID-19.

“On behalf of the subcommittee on Relief, I have this morning received 20 trucks of 40tonnage each from Dott Services Limited to assist in transporting food relief. They also offered 2,000 litres of fuel. Thank you Dott Services,” Ogwang tweeted.

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Previous Support 

As the President called upon the public to make more donations to make the work of the Government easier in trying to slow the spread of COVID-19. Specifically, the President called on companies and individuals to donate 4X4 brand new pick-up trucks for use by the health ministry.

The Dott Services Chairman & CEO Mr.Venugopla Rao addressing media on Monday said: “We as a local company believe that we should be part of this fight against COVID-19 and whatever small way we can do towards this fight and thanked Government for this initiative and we feel that we should be part of this.”