Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has given Uganda Cranes a sh3.7 billion ($1million) reward for their performance at the ongoing Africa Nations Cup finals.
The team returned today from Cairo, where they were knocked out at the Last-16 stage by Senegal. This is the first time the team gets to the knock-out stage since 1978.
He also noted the limited budgetary support to sports by government, saying the country is still struggling with basics like security, public infrastructure, roads, electricity and piped water.
President @KagutaMuseveni awards @UgandaCranes $1m (3.7bn ugx) for reaching the round of 16 in the ongoing #AFCON2019 tournament #UgandaUnited @observerug pic.twitter.com/KG3byVuP0d
— Nicholas Bamulanzeki (@bamulanzeki) July 8, 2019
We have always told those who make noise that our president is good.This by the way is a good achievement for the whole country.just reach semis he will give you 6bn you share.
Paying them it’s not bad but the the government has to review it’s policies of engineering and consolidating the team
thanks goes to mzee ,this will give players morale thus leads to do more better next time