The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa says that sport can be utilized as an vital driver within the East African Community (EAC) integration course of.
Tayebwa stated that sport brings Members of Parliament from the eight companions states within the EAC nearer as they try to attain the targets of deepening, widening and tightening the combination course of.
“Sports is essential as a result of many of the members within the area have no idea one another and but they’re presupposed to move legal guidelines which are key for the combination course of. We at the moment are a lot nearer on the individuals consultant stage,” he stated.
The Deputy Speaker made these remarks as he ready to guide Team Uganda within the golf event on the 14th EAC Inter-Parliamentary Games on Tuesday, 10 December 2024 on the Nyali Golf and Country Club in Mombasa, Kenya.
Tayebwa added that he was blissful that the President of Kenya, William Ruto, officiated on the opening of the EAC Games in Mombasa City, including that it was an indication of dedication from the leaders in the neighborhood.
“I hope the executives can take it up from there. It means so much for the combination course of and we’re able to help and promote it and hearken to the challenges confronted by every nation particularly from the attitude of representatives and construct on parliamentary democracy,” he stated.
Tayebwa additionally shared concerning the well being advantages of sport. “What we’re doing is saving very many members from going for therapy for non-communicable ailments; they’ve had over three months of train in preparation for the video games,” he stated.
Tayebwa stated that he’s impressed with the general efficiency of Team Uganda.
“We count on Uganda to retain the general championship which we gained in Kigali, Rwanda. I count on the workforce to win all the important thing prizes within the golf competitors,” he acknowledged.
In the video games performed up to now, Uganda beat Kenya 3-1 in soccer with Tanzania drawing with Burundi 1-1.
In basketball, the Uganda males’s workforce beat Burundi 50-36 whereas the ladies’s workforce beat Kenya 66-13.
In netball, the Uganda girls workforce beat Kenya by three units to 1 whereas their male counterparts misplaced to Kenya by the identical rating.
In the monitor and discipline occasions, Uganda aced the 100M races for each the women and men, the 1500M for males and got here second within the girls’s race.
The video games that began on 06 December will run till the 18 December 2024.
