The Parliament of Uganda will this afternoon raise a motion to honor a Ugandan Team of athletes that finished 15th at the just concluded 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia.
The athletes were on Sunday treated to a luncheon hosted by President Yoweri Museveni at State House Entebbe. The president promised to build houses for the two Gold medalists and put all medilists on a payroll.
Now, Parliament has borrowed a leaf. Chris Obore, the director of Communication at Parliament said "The Ugandan team members will first have a luncheon in our canteen before they are ushered into the house where a motion will be moved to honor them.”.
Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei a double gold medalist at the Games will lead a team which has not rested since return last Thursday from Gold Coast. They were on return, received by the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataaha Museveni after which they were hosted to a luncheon at the Imperial Hotel in Kampala.
Cheptegei won medals in the 5,000 and 10,000m respectively, while Stella Chesang bagged the women's 10,000m gold medal. Other medalists are Mercyline Chelangat who bagged a bronze in the same race as Stella, Solomon Munyo Mutai who picked a silver medal in marathon and boxer Juma Miiro who won bronze medal in the 46-49kg weight category.
A team of 69 athletes were sent by Uganda to participate in track and field events, Netball, Rugby, Table Tennis, Badminton, Squash, Swimming, Boxing, and Weightlifting, Shooting and Cycling.
But, five athletes Regan Ssimbwa, Nasir Bashir (Boxing), Halima Nambozo (Table Tennis) and two weightlifters Irene Kasubo and Kalidi Batuusa disappeared in Australia during the Games. They never returned home.