Karamoja Games get medals and trophies boost ahead of games in Nakapiripirit

The 3rd edition of the Karamoja Video games in Nakapiripirit District, April 29-30 has been given a important raise from YOTV.

Ahead of the video games, the on-line leisure app entity has presented trophies, medals, and hard cash prizes that will be provided to outstanding individuals and teams soon after the online games that are going to long run 5 sports activities disciplines athletics, netball, football, woodball, and volleyball.

YOTV CEO Aggrey Mugisha accompanied by Head of Diaspora YOTV Allan Butale, athlete Krop Dominic, brand ambassador Knowledge Kaye, and Mariam Jjumba taking care of director Sheeba Establishments made the offers to Karamoja Games Chairman Richard Okot at Commercial Plaza on Wednesday.

Mugisha explained it was a landmark day for them for the reason that they had been listed here to produce alternatives and give value to the game titles. They made available 130 medals, 5 trophies, footballs, volleyballs, netballs, sh1m for income prizes all totaling about sh10m on leading of sanitary Pads, and underwear for the girls from Sheeba Investments.

“It is extra than game titles for us it is seeking for expertise, getting a aspiration, and creating it but we are also having know-how to Karamoja and supplying equivalent alternatives. We are going to Karamoja to adjust lives and bring dreams to life,” Mugisha stated.

Head Industrial Brian Jjuuko explained they were happy to be portion of the collaboration in between YOTV and Karamoja Video games. “The idea close to the games is to inspire the participation of the youth, empower them and to establish the area by means of athletics, and to faucet and develop talent in the Karamoja region,” Jjuuko stated.

Okot claimed the games were being begun in 2018 with the major intention of forging unity, expertise search, natural environment protection awareness, and marketing of training, overall health, and peace.

The online games will attract all the 9 districts of the area that will compete in 5 sporting activities for the duration of university holiday seasons to concentrate on faculty dropouts each individual calendar year. He explained there will also be health care camps for screening and vaccination from COVID-19.

“We shall have three main things to do expertise search, tree planting in netball, athletics, football. Our very best will then be exported to Kampala to compete with the ideal,”Okot observed.

“Karamoja has the possible of talented athletes because of their normal establish. These online games also enable in developing unity and bringing peace so as the govt implements other means, for us we shall use sports activities to bring about peace,”.

Domonic Krop from Amudat one of the athletes who was spotted from the very first version of the video games underlined the significance of athletics and reported he has given that represented Uganda in various competitions

Mariam Jjumba handling director of Sheeba Establishments welcomed the initiative of taking the activity to Karamoja and mentioned she will pay a visit to the region again to seem out for the woman child who requires support with their sanitation.