USCR has board of directors, members of board and non-executive board. The members of each board are
listed below;

Dr. Sikander Lalani

Chairman Executive Board

Dr. Lalani is Chairman of Roofings Group which is made up of Roofings limited, Roofings Polypipes and
Roofings Rolling Mills.

Dr. Lalani is very enthusiastic about giving back to the community and for this reason, he has support for sickle cell initiatives in Uganda.

Mr. Nsubuga Erostus

Member Executive Board, Chairman Economic and Bussiness Committee

Mr. Nsubuga is the proprietor of AGT Group and he is the Chairman and Chief Executive. Mr.Nsubuga is
a Swedish citizen born in Uganda. He is an entrepreneur with vast experience in international marketing in Africa, Asia, and Europe. He has worked for 10 years for Ericsson AB Telecommunication company in Stockholm, Sweden as Sales and Marketing Manager for Africa and Asia. He Pioneered in setting up the first Mobile Cellular Telecommunication Network in East and Central Africa, Celtel – now Airtel Uganda, where he worked as Sales and Marketing Director for 5 years. He is the pioneer of Mobile World International BV, a Dutch company dealing in the distribution of Mobile Cellular telecommunication products for different network operators in Africa where he worked as Managing Director for 3 years. Mr.Nsubuga has other responsibilities and some of them are: He is: The Chairman of Uganda Biotechnology and Biosafety Consortium (UBBC): Chairman of Buganda Cultural and Development Foundation (BUCADEF): Chairman of Swedish-Ugandan Business Association (SUBA): Chairman of Tissue Culture Business Network (TCBN) in East and Central Africa: He sits on the Presidential Technical Advisory Committee on Business Competitiveness in Uganda under the Presidential Investors Round Table (PIRT) 2015-2018: He sits on CICS committee under the Ministry of Finance in Uganda: He is a Board Member of the newly constituted organization “The European Business Forum (EBF) in Uganda. He was the: Chairman of the National Crop Research Resources Institute (NACRRI) in Uganda 2006 – 2009: Chairman of Presidential Investors Round Table (PIRT) Agribusiness in Uganda, advising the President of Uganda on Agricultural Business Investments in the country 2007 to 2010: and others.
Mr. Nsubuga has been very instrumental in the Family Economic empowerment program where AGT group has given planting materials and technical support to families affected by sickle cell disease.

Dr. Major Lukiah Lucky Mulumba

Member Executive Board

Dr. Lukiah is a Family Nurse Practitioner Doctor of Nursing Degree from, University of Alabama, USA. She was
very instrumental in starting Uganda’s American Sickle Cell Rescue Fund- America in 2005. Through her
continued effort, she has overseen the transformation of the sickle cell people in Uganda.
She has also been a very big pillar in the establishment of UASCRF -Uganda. She is working to create
partnerships of UASCRF with organizations in the diaspora.
She is interested in ;
1. Developing Sickle Cell research in Uganda
2. Evidence-based practice/treatment in all health care centers in Uganda
3. Supporting infrastructure development to include sickle cell clinics in each district of Uganda
4. Supporting the creation of a Major bone marrow center in Uganda
5. Contributing to an increased life expectancy, better living conditions for those living with sickle
cell in Uganda
6. Working with the Ministry of Education to create a school curriculum to include sickle cell education
and awareness

Ms. Annet Dolorence Namirembe

Member Executive board

Ms. Annet Dollorence Namirembe, a Senior Principal Nursing officer of St. Francis Hospital, Nsambya. She
is also a member of the Buganda Government, Ministry of Health Senior Management team.
Ms. Annet is very instrumental in overseeing our programs regarding offering free medicine to people
living with sickle cell throughout the country.

Mrs. Winfred Lalani

Member Non-Executive Board

Mrs. Winfred Lalani is a former Miss Uganda Aspirant. She is very enthusiastic about community
development initiatives. She is an advocate against the gender inequality of rural women in Uganda. Her
goal is to see that women in Uganda being treated with the due respect they deserve.
Mrs. Winfred has currently championed the family economic empowerment program. She has donated
Land along Gayaza road to our Sickle Cell Mother’s forum to start up a pilot poverty eradication farm.

Hajj Haruna Kalule Kibirige

Member Non-Executive Board

Hajj Haruna commonly known as HKK is the Managing Director of Hotel Africana. Hajj Haruna has been
instrumental in championing sickle cell initiatives in Eastern Uganda particularly Manafwa. Hajj Haruna has continuously given Hotel Africana resources to sickle cell initiatives. He has encouraged all the hotel staff to test and know their sickle cell genotype

Mr. Stiuart Mwesigwa

Member Non-Executive Board

Mr. Mwesigwa is the Business Development Manager at Roofings
Group. He is very instrumental in fundraising for USCRF in the corporate industry.
Mr. Abdullah Mulumba;
Mr. Abdullah Mulumba is a registered Nurse in the USA. He has played an oversight role on the various
health programs USCRF has run overtime. He has also been instrumental in helping UASCRF write
grant applications

Ms. Sarah Kibirige

Member Non-Executive Board

Ms. Sarah Kibirige is a Marketing expert working with Hotel Africana. She was very instrumental in the
success of the sickle cell annual conferences. Ms. Sarah is continuously guiding UASCRF on how to
market its brand.