Peter Lunn
Dr Peter Lunn has now stepped down as Chairman but remains very involved with the board of Trustees.
He is a retired orthopaedic surgeon, and we are very grateful for his wisdom, patience and sense of humour.
Peter is also the chair of the group seeking to provide Kagando hospital with a reliable carbon neutral power supply.
Rita Miller
In 2010 Rita visited Kagando Hospital for the first time. The following year she took a three month sabbatical, thinking that would be the end of it. How wrong she was! On her return to the UK she resigned from her job as a practice nurse in York. With the amazing support of her husband Paul and daughter Julia, she was able to spend six months of each year working at Kagando Hospital as well as helping in the wider community.
Rita retired from nursing in 2018 and now focus on the project Rwenzori Women for Health, returning to Uganda whenever possible.
Peter Candy
Peter worked as Project Administrator at Kagando for 2 years and has a very broad experience in administration and management both in the UK and abroad. He has previously worked for the airline Virgin Atlantic and also for MAF and the experience he and Heather gained through working at Kagando is particularly valuable to us as a committee of trustees. Peter is also an accomplished bagpipe player – including playing at the Queen’s funeral – a talent which not many charities can boast and which we are sure will be useful for our purposes in due course!
Elizabeth Lunn
Elizabeth Lunn is a retired primary school teacher, who has had a long association with the Friends of Kagando.
Elizabeth is the trustee who oversees and tirelessly champions the C100 project at the Friends.
She is also on the fundraising team, and is the wife of Dr Peter Lunn, the chair of trustees.
Dr Chris Harris
Dr Chris Harris is a consultant neonatal paediatrician at King’s College Hospital, London.
Chris has recently completed his PhD.
He has served on the board of the Friends for a number of years.
Chris has been instrumental in establishing transformational change in Paediatrics at Kagando.
Dr Dominic Edwards
A resident doctor passionate about women’s health and improving maternal and perinatal outcomes in both a domestic and global context. I am striving for a career in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and currently working in Brisbane, Australia. I have volunteered in Western Uganda (October 2022) and Cambodia (December 2023 and June 2024) under the mentorship of Prof. Goh and Prof. Krause (uro-gynaecologists), conducting high-quality patient-centred research to inform resource allocation as well as participating in their Vesico-Vaginal Fistula and Prolapse Surgical Camps.
Outside of work I am a mad football fan and love spending as much time as possible at the beach. I am excited to continue developing the medical student elective program as well as coordinating local research projects and quality improvement at Kagando Hospital.
Peter Cheshire
Peter has recently become a Trustee. After qualifying as a lawyer, Peter retrained and moved into agricultural development. For the last 50 years he has been actively engaged in Africa and other second and third world countries setting up and running agricultural and agroindustrial businesses. He says that many of these have improved local communities and even survive to this day!
He brings new and useful skills and experience to FoK particularly for the solar power scheme development. He is working with the team to try to secure the long term viability of the Hospital.
Toks Plumtree
Toks is a paediatric nurse. She worked on the children’s ward and taught at the school of Nursing and Midwifery at Kagando for 6 years. Following her marriage to Andrew, she moved to Kampala to live and work for a further 10 years. They currently live in Cambridgeshire with their two sons where Toks works with the NHS in a local neonatal unit.
Toks has always had a heart for the work at Kagando and is keen to support the development of the medical work in the hospital and community as well as the Christian ministry to the patients and staff. Her experience and enthusiasm are very valuable and much appreciated qualities.
Dr Oliver Penney
Dr Oliver Penney, who is now Chairman of the Trustees of Friends of Kagando, is a retired GP from Herefordshire. Early in his career he spent two years working in a remote rural hospital in Papua New Guinea where the first of their 4 children was born. Oli says, “Since retirement we have done several stints at Kagando. I love the contact with patients and staff and have enjoyed trying to learn very basic Lukonjo – at least it gets everyone laughing on the ward rounds!
As time goes on our role has developed as we get to know people. Our visits now involve a lot of talking, getting different points of view, and working with the management team to decide how best to continue the support we give.”
Oli has taken on responsibility for managing student electives, encouraging doctors and other professional to visit, sponsorship for staff training and supporting the junior doctors at Kagando. He has also managed to arrange purchase of an Echocardiogram, and the donation of a shipment of children’s wheelchairs from Australia.
Dr Rachel Penney
Rachel is also retired GP. She says “After spending 2 years in Papua New Guinea at the start of our careers we always planned to do something similar in retirement, and have found a warm welcome at Kagando. We have focused on supporting the junior medical staff, encouraging reflection, communication and continuing education. My sister and her family have lived in Kampala for many years, and seeing more of them is an added bonus.”
Rachel has taken on the responsibility for overseeing the accounts of FoK, with much support from a professional bookkeeper. She is also responsible for editing the Friends of Kagando News/Prayer Letter.