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 mentioned that sport brings Members of Parliament from the eight companions states within the EAC nearer as they try to realize the goals of deepening, widening and tightening the combination course of.
“Sports is essential as a result of a lot of the members within the area have no idea one another and but they’re alleged to cross legal guidelines which might be key for the combination course of. We are actually a lot nearer on the individuals consultant degree,” he mentioned.
The Deputy Speaker made these remarks as he ready to guide Team Uganda within the golf match 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 comfortable 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 locally.
“I hope the executives can take it up from there. It means quite a bit for the combination course of and we’re able to assist and promote it and take heed to the challenges confronted by every nation particularly from the angle of representatives and construct on parliamentary democracy,” he mentioned.
Tayebwa additionally shared in regards to the well being advantages of sport. “What we’re doing is saving very many members from going for therapy for non-communicable illnesses; they’ve had over three months of train in preparation for the video games,” he mentioned.
Tayebwa mentioned that he’s impressed with the general efficiency of Team Uganda.
“We anticipate Uganda to retain the general championship which we gained in Kigali, Rwanda. I anticipate the group to win all the important thing prizes within the golf competitors,” he said.
In the video games performed to this point, Uganda beat Kenya 3-1 in soccer with Tanzania drawing with Burundi 1-1.
In basketball, the Uganda males’s group beat Burundi 50-36 whereas the ladies’s group beat Kenya 66-13.
In netball, the Uganda girls group beat Kenya by three units to at least one whereas their male counterparts misplaced to Kenya by the identical rating.
In the monitor and subject 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.
