Education ministry to honour sports stars
Aug 28, 2007
THE Ministry of Education and Sports has pledged to create a national sports stars recognition scheme by building on the activities of the Uganda Sports Press Association (USPA).
By Geresom Musamali
and Swalley Kenyi
THE Ministry of Education and Sports has pledged to create a national sports stars recognition scheme by building on the activities of the Uganda Sports Press Association (USPA).
“USPA has created a good scheme for recognising those who excel in sports,†said assistant commissioner for sports Peter Omara.
He represented sports minister Charles Bakabulindi at a memorial service for deceased sports journalists at Christ the King Church in Kampala yesterday.
Celebrating the mass, Msgr. Paul Ssemogerere said: “Death must come for all of us. But you should ask yourself what contribution you have made towards humanity while you are on earth.â€
He hailed the media for sticking to their ethical values during difficult moments.
Among the 24 journalists remembered were Simon Peter Ekarot, Kenneth Matovu and Leo Kabunga of The New Vision and Francis Batte (jr) of The Daily Monitor, who died in a motor accident at Lugazi in August 2001.
Others remembered were Rashid Mudin, who along with fellow Daily Monitor journalist Richard Tebere, died in a motor rally accident in 1999 in Kotido.
Andy Simon Kaweesa, a radio broadcaster, and Paul Waibale, a columnist with The New Vision, were also mourned.
Since their death in 2001, 127 road accidents have been recorded near Lugazi.
USPA held a road safety campaign in Lugazi on Saturday.
USPA president Douglas Mazune said the function was part of the crusade against road carnage.
The mayor, Saidi Mubarak, challenged the journalists to turn the event into a national crusade.
The National Council of Sports will support the campaign with sh2m. Other sponsors are uganda telecom and City Tyres.
USPA pays fees for three of Ekarot’s children and three of Kabunga’s children. Hellen, Kabunga’s eldest daughter, is a student at Ndejje University.
In July 2006, 30 people died when a taxi crushed into a trailer. In February 2004, 16 of the 23 people who perished when a taxi collided with a sugarcane tractor were buried in a mass grave at Kawolo Hospital, after the bodies remained unclaimed.
A family of six also perished near the spot in January 2003, while returning from a burial in Bugiri.
and Swalley Kenyi
THE Ministry of Education and Sports has pledged to create a national sports stars recognition scheme by building on the activities of the Uganda Sports Press Association (USPA).
“USPA has created a good scheme for recognising those who excel in sports,†said assistant commissioner for sports Peter Omara.
He represented sports minister Charles Bakabulindi at a memorial service for deceased sports journalists at Christ the King Church in Kampala yesterday.
Celebrating the mass, Msgr. Paul Ssemogerere said: “Death must come for all of us. But you should ask yourself what contribution you have made towards humanity while you are on earth.â€
He hailed the media for sticking to their ethical values during difficult moments.
Among the 24 journalists remembered were Simon Peter Ekarot, Kenneth Matovu and Leo Kabunga of The New Vision and Francis Batte (jr) of The Daily Monitor, who died in a motor accident at Lugazi in August 2001.
Others remembered were Rashid Mudin, who along with fellow Daily Monitor journalist Richard Tebere, died in a motor rally accident in 1999 in Kotido.
Andy Simon Kaweesa, a radio broadcaster, and Paul Waibale, a columnist with The New Vision, were also mourned.
Since their death in 2001, 127 road accidents have been recorded near Lugazi.
USPA held a road safety campaign in Lugazi on Saturday.
USPA president Douglas Mazune said the function was part of the crusade against road carnage.
The mayor, Saidi Mubarak, challenged the journalists to turn the event into a national crusade.
The National Council of Sports will support the campaign with sh2m. Other sponsors are uganda telecom and City Tyres.
USPA pays fees for three of Ekarot’s children and three of Kabunga’s children. Hellen, Kabunga’s eldest daughter, is a student at Ndejje University.
In July 2006, 30 people died when a taxi crushed into a trailer. In February 2004, 16 of the 23 people who perished when a taxi collided with a sugarcane tractor were buried in a mass grave at Kawolo Hospital, after the bodies remained unclaimed.
A family of six also perished near the spot in January 2003, while returning from a burial in Bugiri.