Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director Sharifah Buzeki, has commended Absa Bank for prioritizing Girl Child education, noting that the benefits of educating a girl child are immense for the society.
“The benefits of having a girl child in school cannot be overstated. What benefits an individual girl, benefits the family. The more you educate a girl child, you educate a nation” she noted as she addressed crowds that participated in Absa Bank marathon targeting girl child education.
She commended Absa Bank for hatching this dream of not only bringing fun to the runners, but also minding about their health.
“This run is a journey to our healthy living. It’s also a great journey to keep the girl child in school. So, this effort is rightly appreciated and a noble cause. Let’s run for the girl child, let’s keep the girl child in school..let’s also better our health” she said.
She called on all stakeholders to ensure that the girl child remains in school in order to guarantee a better society. Buzeki noted that by educating a girl child, she’s also helped to have a quality life that enables her to raise a better family.
The KCCA supremo also used the opportunity to rally participants to support KCCA in it’s endeavors to have a cleaner City. She called on Kampalans to act responsibly by way of reducing on garbage.
“Ensure that you reduce on what you put out as waste, ensure that you reuse what you can, ensure that we’re in a cleaner City” she urged.
This Absa KH3 7 Hills Run 2025 dubbed ‘I Will Run To Change Her Story’, started at 6am at Millennium Grounds-Lugogo. It was punctuated with warm up drills for the participants and entertainment. Various segments to spice up the activity were held including a 21km run, 10km run/walk and above all, a 5km walk for the Chief Executive Officers among whom included KCCA’s Hajati Sharifah Buzeki!
