Every Leader Should Follow Speaker Anita Among’s Footsteps!! Museveni Praises Speaker Among While Commissioning Her Stadium In Bukedea

President Museveni has expressed confidence in Speaker Anita Among’s efforts to lift the poor of Bukedea out of poverty. The commendation came during a visit to Bukedea on Sunday, in which he was also there to launch the East Africa Schools Sports Association games.

The President’s commendation followed a plea from Kachumbala county member of parliament Patrick Isiagi, who requested him to protect the speaker of Among from mafias who continue to attack her.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni was on Sunday August 18, 2024 the Chief Guest as the 21st edition of the Federation of East Africa Secondary Schools Sports Association (FEASSA) games officially kicked off at Bukedea Comprehensive School in Bukedea District in Eastern Uganda.

Bukedea Comprehensive School is owned by the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Anita Annet Among.Other FEASSA games will be played at AMUS College School and Teso College.The games to be played by both boys and girls include; football, Swimming, Table Tennis, Soccer, Badminton, basketball, Handball, Netball, Rugby 15’s and Hockey.

Before opening the games, President Museveni first commissioned Bukedea Comprehensive School’s sports park which comprises a football stadium, an indoor sports arena, and an Olympic-size swimming pool.The President commended Rt. Hon. Anita Among for developing a sports infrastructure in the region.

“I want to thank the Rt. Hon. Anita Among and her colleagues here who developed this stadium at a reasonable cost and quickly. I think this should serve as an example to others so that we can develop these stadiums in other parts of the country,” President Museveni said.

President Museveni, who delivered most of his speech in Swahili, informed participants that the East African integration is not about just sports but also strategic security and prosperity of all East Africans which is as a result of producing a good or a service and selling it.

“You cannot live a good life without producing a good or a service. This has been our long experience here in Uganda which we shared with colleagues in the East African community like Mwalimu Julius Nyerere and others,” H.E Museveni said, adding that The East African integration is so crucial in addressing the issue of markets for produced goods within the region.

“If the people of East Africa wake up and start producing, they’ll start realising that the internal markets are not enough to absorb all the products. Here in Uganda, we have already experienced that. We have a lot of maize, milk, etc. and we have seen that the internal market is not enough. Our Ugandan people are buying a lot of products from Tanzania especially rice and also a lot of goods from Rwanda. The bigger the market, the better for the prosperity of our people,” President Museveni stated.

He gave an example of Latin America which has got a lot of resources, but its market is fragmented not like that of the United States of America.

On her part, Rt. Hon. Anita Among welcomed participants from East Africa to Uganda and Bukedea and thanked President Museveni for commissioning the Sports Arena. She also commended him for his vision to develop sports in Uganda.

A total of 3,526 participants and young athletes from five (5) countries are taking part in the games. They include Uganda (1590 participants), Kenya (1300 participants), Rwanda (162 participants), Tanzania (443 participants) and Burundi (31 participants). South Sudan has not participated in this year’s edition.

The event was also attended by the Deputy speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Thomas Tayebwa, the NRM First National Vice Chairman, Hajj Moses Kigongo, NRM Vice Chairperson for Eastern Region, Capt. Mike Mukula, Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) President, Hon. Moses Magogo, Ministers and Education Directors from the region, Members of Parliament, among others.