Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC) has beseeched Parliament to maintain the status quo in appointment of the Secretary-General of the National Council of Sports (NCS). According to the National Sports Council Act of 1964, the NCS council advertises the vacant position of the secretary-general, conducts …
Read More »Summon players, Basalirwa tells MPs investigating sports council
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bugiri Municipality MP, Asuman Basalirwa has tipped the select committee investigating the operations of the National Council of Sports (NCS) to summon players of the different national sports disciplines, saying their experiences could cure the alleged mismanagement. “Speak to the players, the referees and …
Read More »Former MP Odonga Otto should stop misleading Ugandans on sports
COMMENT | Felix Okuye | Former Aruu County Member of Parliament Odonga Otto claims that if he was made the sports minister, Uganda would have already qualified for the World Cup, and would be regulars at the soccer finals. “If I were the Minister for Sports in Uganda, I would take …
Read More »Federations rally behind Parliament to investigate NCS
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sports Federations and Associations have welcomed the decision of Parliament to investigate the activities of the National Council of Sports (NCS). This comes two after the speaker of parliament, Anita Among constituted a seven-member select committee chaired by Laura Kanushu, the National Female PWDs MP …
Read More »Sports federations welcome increase in budget
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sports federations have welcomed additional funding to the sports sector. According to the 2022/23 financial year budget figures read by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija on Tuesday, the sports sector will receive Shillings 47.81 billion up from Shillings 17billion provided …
Read More »Tashobya new NCS chairman, Kiprotich on board
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Federation Basketball Associations-FUBA President Ambrose Tashobya has been appointed the new chairman of the National Council of Sports-NCS. Tashobya together with 10 other members were appointed by the State Minister of Education and Sports Hamson Obua. “In exercise of the powers vested upon …
Read More »NCS lists approved sports activities
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Council of Sports-NCS has categorized sports disciplines ahead of the resumption of sporting activities in the country. According to a document issued on Friday, the sports disciplines have been categorized according to the nature of competition, risks involved, location of the competition, training …
Read More »NCS to meet sports federations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Council of Sports-NCS is scheduled to meet different sports federations to discuss how to resume sports activities in compliance with the Standard Operating Procedures-SOPs issued by the Health Ministry to stop the spread of Covid-19. It comes after President Yoweri Museveni okayed …
Read More »NCS issues standard operating procedures for sports activities to resume
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Council of Sports-NCS has issued standard operating procedures guiding on the recommended minimum requirements that competition organizers and participants should consider if the government okays resumption of sports activities. World over, the sports industry is one of the areas that were greatly …
Read More »Uganda secures additional UGX 28m for Table Tennis regional championships
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The President of the Uganda Table Tennis Association, Robert Jjagwe, says the association has received additional 28 million shillings towards hosting the Eastern Africa Regional Championships. He says the International Table Tennis Federation-ITTF extended the funds on Tuesday to facilitate smooth organisation of the championships …
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