Fuel firm Trinity Holdings energises fight against Covid-19

By Charles Lotara

Trinity Energy Limited, the country’s largest energy company has teamed up with the government to save the country from the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

The company on Friday contributed three ventilators and testing kits worth SSP88.4 million ($304,500) to the campaign, in addition to incentives to 65 health-workers at the Emergency Operation Centre. 

This was announced on Friday in a statement by First Vice President Dr Riek Machar Teny, who is also Deputy Chairman of the High Level Taskforce on Covid-19 Pandemic.

The High-Level Taskforce on Covid-19 Pandemic also commended the energy company for procuring basic supplies for the centre valued at SSP14.8 million and providing generator fuel to Dr John Garang Infectious Disease Centre and staff vehicles and ambulances, which cost SSP4.8 million.

Trinity Energy Limited, a part of Rak Media Group, has launched a massive production of face masks that will be distributed nationwide at this time pharmacies and clinics have put the masks out of reach of ordinary citizens.

During the presentation of the donations, Minister for Health Elizabeth Acuei Yol said, “I really want to say thanks to Trinity Energy Company for this beautiful contribution. Their contribution we really welcome it and this contribution will really help us in the fight of the coronavirus pandemic in our country. So I really thank you so much and I would like to say we will be working together.

Trinity Energy Chief Executive Officer Robert Mdeza said the donation will not be the last.

“We will also continue to supply this centre with fuel for the next three months so that the centre does not close down because of lack of fuel. Trinity is a local South Sudanese company owned by a South Sudanese and the owners are the people of South Sudan,” Mr Mdeza pledged.

In a related development, the government has also received donations from other corporate organisations within the country in the fight against the novel coronavirus, known as Covid-19 in the medical industry.

The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management received 20 metric tonnes of maize, 15 metric tonnes of beans, 10 metric tonnes of sorghum, 6,000 litres of cooking oil and 200 kilogrammes of salt from Tristar Transport Limited to relieve families of the social and economic strain triggered the Covid-19 pandemic.

At this time when hand-washing has become a must, the Federation of Business and Professional Women of South Sudan gave out 15 hand-washing containers and their stands and 20 cartons of washing soap, each with 25 pieces.

By Friday, the number of people tested for Covid-19 had risen to 190. The High-Level Taskforce on Covid-19 plans to escalate the number to 500 tests per week.