Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Netball Normalization Committee in Uganda will next month conduct fresh polls to elect Netball Federation Executive Committee members. Moses Mwase, the Chairperson of the ad-hoc Normalization Committee for Netball in the country told journalists at the Uganda Olympic Committee headquarters that they have …
Read More »Finance Ministry: Ogwel unfit for National Council of Sports accounting officer
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Finance, Ramadhan Ggoobi has declared Dr. Benard Patrick Ogwel, General Secretary of the National Council of Sports (NCS), unfit to continue as the council’s accounting officer. In a letter dated July 25, addressed to the NCS Chairperson and …
Read More »NCS wants at least 1.4 trillion UGX in the new 2024/2025 budget
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Council of Sports Secretary-General Patrick Ogwel has asked for at least 1.4 trillion shillings in the new 2024/2025 budget. Ogwel who alongside other Council members, appeared before the budget committee of Parliament to present the proposed budget, the amount of money they are …
Read More »What next for She Cranes?
NEWS ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | On Wednesday, the National Council of Sports-NCS decided to revoke the certificate of recognition for the Uganda Netball Federation (UNF). The decision followed the federation’s alleged failure to address persistent governance and leadership challenges. This means that UNF is no longer authorized to conduct …
Read More »NCS throws out netball federation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Council of Sports has withdrawn the Certificate of Recognition from the Uganda Netball Federation (UNF). NCS said the decision arises out of persistent managment challenges that have engulfed the netball federation. The UNF will no longer conduct any business to do with the sport, …
Read More »Uganda sends two teams to World Schools Chess Championships
Aktau, Kazakhstan | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Ugandan teams that are set to compete at the FIDE World Schools Team Championship, have arrived in Kazakhstan, hours after being flagged off by the National Council of Sports (NCS). The inaugural edition of the FIDE World Schools Chess Team Championship will take …
Read More »Uganda Boxing Federation President Muhangi remanded to Luzira
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakawa Magistrates Court has remanded to Luzira Prison the president of the Uganda Boxing Federation (UBF), Moses Muhangi on charges of forgery and uttering a false document. On Thursday afternoon, Muhangi, a businessman and a resident of Kololo in Kampala District was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ritah …
Read More »Uganda Boxing Federation officials handed over to CID
Sports federations must account for funds – PAC Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Accounts Committee (Central Government) has urged the National Sports Council (NCS) to tighten accountability measures on sports federations to ensure compliance with the law. This is after the NCS Board Chairperson, Ambrose Tashobya, told …
Read More »NCS General Secretary ordered to refund UGX 100m to Netball federation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Inspector General of Government Patricia Okiria Achan has ordered the National Council of Sports General Secretary, Patrick Ogwel to pay 100 Million Shillings to the Uganda Netball Federation within seven days. Ogwel and the UNF President Sarah Babirye Kityo have been at loggerheads …
Read More »Unqualified sports federations risk repaying Govt funds
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several National Sports Federations and Associations risk reimbursing all government funding they have received over the past five financial years, according to recommendations made by the Select Committee formed to investigate the operations of the National Council of Sports (NCS). The Committee found that …
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