Will you see the World Cup?

May 30, 2002

Football’s greatest showcase is right here and it has wiped up a frenzy among the soccer fans.

By Harry SagaraFootball’s greatest showcase is right here and it has wiped up a frenzy among the soccer fans. The matches are set at very odd hours and many people might have to choose between going to work and staying home to watch telly. This in turn may see a nosedive in company profits and a loss of jobs in some instances. However, some people are not fazed, and have vowed to throng joints to watch World cup. Vincent Kimera, a kampala lawyer says, “I will watch only particular matches because I have to work. In case some of the matches at very odd hours, I will have no alternative but to forego my work” he says.Unlike Kimera, other folks are just unperturbed by this World Cup hullabaloo. To them its like nothing is going on and they have vowed to live their lives just the same way.“What will I do during the World Cup? Nothing. I don’t care about it because I have no interest in football,” says Fredah Lwanga, a student.Meanwhile, other folks say their enjoyment of this soccer frenzy will depend on their financial stand. Without money to buy a drink while watching soccer they do not think it will be worthwhile.“I don’t think I will enjoy it because I am broke” Charles Matovu, a hardware businessman. For the first time, some bars will be filled with cheering fans from as odd an hour as 8.00am. The more popular sports bars like Just Kicking, Jokers, Wagadugu and the like have sworn that they will relay all the matches regardless of the time. “I will be at Wagadugu, I don’t care what my boss will do to me. I have to watch Cameroon play” says an employee of ADAPT TBWA . “The world cup exhibits the highest standards of soccer and that’s why I am looking forward to it. I will go to work but after watching the games” says Buganda’s youth Minister, Charles Peter Mayiga. Ends

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