Gota’s catering services

by admin
Jul 20, 2012
The Ministry of Defence have announced their latest “commercial venture”, opening up catering services in the south of the country, as the military continues to expand its role in civilian affairs.

Having opened in Battaramulla on Thursday, Rakna Lanka Catering Services is looking to expand and open many more outlets.

The CEO of the 'Rakna Arakshaka Lanka Ltd', retired Major General Egodawele said that the idea for the business was the “brainchild of Secretary Defence [Gotabaya Rajapaksa]”, who was also the Chief Guest at the opening ceremony.

The military is involved in a whole host of other activities in Sri Lanka, already running restaurants and shops along the A9 highway to Jaffna, selling vegetables, running holiday resorts in the North-East, maintaining cricket stadiums, constructing buildings, running domestic flights and even have their own reality TV show.

See our earlier posts:

Military does public health (12 May 2012)

Army to form construction company (19 Jan 2012)

Army opens yet another holiday resort in Jaffna (11 Jan 2012)

Army on standby to sell and distribute vegetables (13 Dec 2011)

Army to build a 5-star hotel (06 Nov 2011)

Militarising Cricket (04 Nov 2011)

Sri Lankan military expands commercial arm (01 Oct 2011)

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