Increasing Impact and Visibility is Our Focus

First, I want to congratulate Rtn. Carol on earning the title of Immediate Past President (IPP) and the excellent job she did as President of the Rotary Club of Mukono Central. In addition, we should all recognize the outstanding work done by our Past Presidents and they continue to do for our club.

As I mentioned in my installation remarks, our vision for our club in the upcoming year is 4-fold: Club Projects, Club Membership, The Rotary Foundation (TRF) and Club Visibility.

As members we need to increase our club presence in the community and this will help us in increasing our membership. This all starts with us the current members. We need to have an engaged membership.

There are many ways to get involved, such as committee duties, service project participation, contributing financially and making Rotary more visible in our community through conversations. Engagement is what keeps people in Rotary.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DIE) has to be more than a slogan. Diversity of members makes a club stronger. We understand that difference is good. We need to be inclusive of others with different experiences. We need to bring those, who have been historically excluded, into membership.

We need to adopt the Rotary International Action Plan Four Priorities into our thinking and decision-making. The four action plan priorities are:

• Priority #1: Increase Our Impact
• Priority #2: Expand Our Reach
• Priority #3: Enhance Participant Engagement
• Priority #4: Increase Our Ability to Adapt

It will be an interesting Rotary Year as we Unite for Good, but all years are interesting. In the past, our club has faced challenges we all know about and some we did not. There is always the unexpected that will occur. But let’s all unite for the goodness of our club, community, district and Rotary International.

The incoming Board has already approved the Strategic Plan, Updated the Club Bylaws and has proposed various undertakings with an aim of engaging and energizing members and strengthening our administration i.e., adapting succession planning to ensure continuity in our leaders and growth.

Annually we strive to attain citations at the highest level, both in the District and at a Rotary International level, we believe in letting our work speak for itself and this year is no different, we aim to repeat but we shall also do more to make the world know about our amazing work through increasing our Public Relations & Image.

We will continue to harnessing the power of social media including our website, Facebook, X (formally twitter) as well as add other social media as recommended by Rotary International. We hope to increase our presence in the local media as well increase the reach of our Downtowner weekly bulletin, we need your support.

Foundation giving will always be a club priority, our targets are set, with a focus on new Paul Harris Fellows and Sustaining Members. Our club has a 50%-member participation rate, which means, we are a bit below our target is set to100% participation.

While our goals have been identified and the work has begun, we recognize that these goals are not attainable without you our members, our most valued asset. Equal attention will be given to the fellowship aspect of service life and there will be many opportunities for us to gather socially, and for us to grow as one unit. Details are listed in our calendar of activities.

In closing, let me take this opportunity to congratulate the club for a successful Magic of Rotary year. I would also like to congratulate each of the new Board members. Our fellow club members have shown their confidence in us by electing us to our respective positions, and I look forward to serving with you. I am humbled and elated to serve as President of this club.

Rtn. Isaac Ssamba

Club President – 2025/2026

Rotary Club of Mukono Central

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