New sh250b sports policy in the pipeline
Aug 25, 2003
UGANDA will next month have its first ever national physical education and sports policy if cabinet approves a draft proposal it will receive soon.
By Fred Kaweesi
UGANDA will next month have its first ever national physical education and sports policy if cabinet approves a draft proposal it will receive soon.
The proposal is an outcome of a two-day sports policy workshop held at Hotel Africana over the weekend, during which a tentative budget of over sh250b to implement a five-year policy was drawn.
Harley Reeds consultants were procured to prepare the five-year investment plan that was designed to develop a cadre of high performing national athletes, improve planning, management, administration and quality of the institutional capacity in sports.
“We are now done with the cost drafting process and a few changes will be made in an internal review by the ministry before the final draft gets presented to cabinet,†said Harley Reeds workshop facilitator Charles Kaira.
The education and sports ministry was given sh600m this financial year, sh400m short of the budgeted sh1b. The ministry was blamed for failing to present a well-documented policy outlining its annual activities.
“The sports ministry has for the last couple of years received inappropriate funding but with what has transpired now, we hope parliament will be convinced,†said Omara Apitta, permanent secretary in the ministry.
The consultants recommended the law covering all physical and sports activities be revised because the 1964 law is outdated.
Richard Mwirumbi, Harley Reeds managing director also advocated for a tax waive on sports equipment and a data bank of all sports talent created.
The stakeholders also drafted an architectural design of a sports department in the ministry that will have a commissioner for sports.
UGANDA will next month have its first ever national physical education and sports policy if cabinet approves a draft proposal it will receive soon.
The proposal is an outcome of a two-day sports policy workshop held at Hotel Africana over the weekend, during which a tentative budget of over sh250b to implement a five-year policy was drawn.
Harley Reeds consultants were procured to prepare the five-year investment plan that was designed to develop a cadre of high performing national athletes, improve planning, management, administration and quality of the institutional capacity in sports.
“We are now done with the cost drafting process and a few changes will be made in an internal review by the ministry before the final draft gets presented to cabinet,†said Harley Reeds workshop facilitator Charles Kaira.
The education and sports ministry was given sh600m this financial year, sh400m short of the budgeted sh1b. The ministry was blamed for failing to present a well-documented policy outlining its annual activities.
“The sports ministry has for the last couple of years received inappropriate funding but with what has transpired now, we hope parliament will be convinced,†said Omara Apitta, permanent secretary in the ministry.
The consultants recommended the law covering all physical and sports activities be revised because the 1964 law is outdated.
Richard Mwirumbi, Harley Reeds managing director also advocated for a tax waive on sports equipment and a data bank of all sports talent created.
The stakeholders also drafted an architectural design of a sports department in the ministry that will have a commissioner for sports.