MTN Uganda, in partnership with Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom, yesterday launched the MTN County Bicycle Races and the Enganda Football Tournament on the Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom Headquarters. These extremely anticipated calendar occasions intention at fostering cultural preservation and social-economic transformation inside the Kingdom.
This 12 months, MTN Uganda has contributed Ushs. 247 million in direction of supporting each the bicycle races and the soccer match, reaffirming its long-standing partnership with the Kingdom. The County Bicycle Races and the Enganda Football Tournament might be held throughout the 15 counties of Bunyoro Kitara, participating native communities by way of wholesome competitors and selling unity whereas rewarding excellent contributors.
Speaking on the launch occasion, Abel Mwesigye, MTN Uganda’s Regional Business Manager, emphasised the significance of this partnership.
“MTN Uganda takes nice pleasure in being a trusted companion to the Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom. This 12 months’s funding demonstrates our dedication to selling expertise, unity, and neighborhood growth. By supporting sports activities, we’re not solely celebrating our cultural heritage but in addition empowering younger individuals to take part in actions that may enhance the native economic system,” Mwesigye stated.
The MTN County Bicycle Races will embrace each males’s and girls’s classes, whereas the Enganda Football Tournament will function male contributors from all of the clans, competing to showcase their abilities. These occasions will assist promote the values of unity, resilience, and wholesome competitors inside the Kingdom.
“Sports has at all times been a fantastic connector, bringing individuals collectively from all walks of life,” Mwesigye added. “We imagine these occasions will strengthen bonds inside and between communities, symbolizing our journey collectively in direction of shared progress and growth.”
Owek. Andrew Byakutaga Ateenyi, The Prime Minister of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom praised the collaboration, saying: “Our partnership with MTN Uganda displays our shared imaginative and prescient of uplifting the Bunyoro Kitara individuals by way of the preservation of our cultural heritage and the empowerment of our youth. These occasions should not solely a celebration of sports activities but in addition a robust instrument for social-economic transformation.”
MTN Uganda’s partnership with Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom goes past sports activities. Over the years, MTN has supported numerous initiatives which have improved entry to well being and training providers, in addition to contributed to environmental conservation within the area. The launch of those tournaments is yet one more step in direction of enhancing the lives of the individuals of Bunyoro Kitara.
The soccer and bicycle competitions symbolize a way forward for unity, the place cultural heritage is preserved whereas driving social and financial transformation hinged on the idea that Together, we’re unstoppable.
