Reime Uganda

Background

Arab traders moved inland from the Indian Ocean coast of East Africa in the 1830s. They were followed in the 1860s by British explorers searching for the source of the Nile. Protestant missionaries entered the country in 1877, followed by Catholic missionaries in 1879. The United Kingdom placed the area under the charter of the British East Africa Company in 1888, and ruled it as a protectorate from 1894. As several other territories and chiefdoms were integrated, the final protectorate called Uganda took shape in 1914.

Uganda became an independent nation in 1962, with Edward Muteesa II, the Kabaka (King) of Buganda as the President and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces and Milton Obote as the Prime Minister. In 1966, Obote overthrew the constitution and declared himself president, ushering in an era of coups and counter-coups that would last until the mid-1980s.

Idi Amin took power in 1971, ruling the country with the military for the following decade. Idi Amin's rule cost an estimated 300,000 Ugandans' lives. He forcibly removed the entrepreneurial Indian minority from Uganda, decimating the economy. His reign was ended after the Uganda-Tanzania War in 1979 in which Tanzanian forces, aided by Ugandan exiles, invaded Uganda. This led to the return of Obote, who was deposed once more in 1985 by General Tito Okello. Okello ruled for six months until he was deposed after the so called "bush war" by the National Resistance Army (NRM) operating under the leadership of the current president, Yoweri Museveni.

Museveni has been in power since 1986. In the mid to late 1990s, he was lauded by the West as part of a new generation of African leaders. His presidency has been fouled, however, by involvement in the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and other conflicts in the Great Lakes region, as well as the civil war against the Lord's Resistance Army.

Reime Uganda was incorporated in 2006. Over the years, Reime Uganda has continued to cut itself a niche as the preffered site build contractor and integrator to both technology vendors and operators within Uganda quickly expanding to cover Rwanda and Burundi markets. Our reputation for stability, quality and efficiency continue to drive and grow the business as the telecom market changes technology and matures.

Contacts: 

Postal address P.o.Box: 37590 Kampala, Uganda

Visiting address Plot 32 Kanjokya str, Kamwokya Kampala, Uganda

E-mail: uganda@reimenis.com
Phone: +256 (41) 4533996
Fax: +256 (41) 4533997
Local web: www.reimenis.com

Management

Regional Head - Jonathan Muwonge

+256 77 222 5503

jonathan.muwonge@reimenis.com