President Museveni Rewards Tokyo Olympics Medalists with Brand New Vehicles
Written by admin on August 12, 2021
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has donated three brand new Pajero vehicles to Ugandan athletes who won medals in the just concluded Tokyo Olympic Games.
The athletes rewarded include Joshua Cheptegei who won a 5,000m gold medal and a 10,000, silver medal, Peruth Chemutai who won a 10,000m women’s gold medal and Jacob Kiplimo who won a bronze in the 10,000m final.
Museveni rewarded the athletes during the official welcome reception held this afternoon at the Kololo Ceremonial grounds. The President congratulated the medalists saying that they have represented the country well. In the same development the President also promised to build houses for the parents of the three medalists.
Museveni also re-affirmed that all Ugandan medalists will receive their arrears for the monthly stipends, a pledge he made since 2013. He said only three categories of medalists in the African Continental championships, Commonwealth Games and Olympic Games will receive 5 million (gold), 3 million (silver) and 1m (bronze) as monthly stipends.
The President argued the security forces to recruit all young people who have talent so that they can have a permanent salary to help them in their training.
Janet Kataaha Museveni, Minister for Education and sports thanked the President for facilitating the team in the summer games, she also thanked Japan’s government for hosting Uganda’s contingent.
