Published on 29/10/2024
Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Senior Presidential Adviser for Special Operations and Chief of Defence Forces welcomed William Blick Uganda’s second-ever representative on the International Olympic Committee, to SFC Headquarters in Entebbe.
Their meeting centered on enhancing opportunities for youth through sports and human capital development aiming to uplift future generations.
Blick, an IOC member since 2018, follows in the footsteps of Maj. Gen. Francis Nyangweso, who first represented Uganda on this prestigious global platform.
The role of IOC members is primarily to promote the IOC’s vision of building a better world through sport. The IOC also places a strong emphasis on educating youth through sports. It oversees the world’s largest sporting event, the Olympic Games.
Gen Kainerugaba has consistently emphasised the role of sports in Uganda’s development.
Beyond advocacy, he has supported sports teams through financial commitments and morale-boosting initiatives on several occasions.
For example, in 2021, he covered all expenses for the Ugandan national basketball team participating in the FIBA AfroBasket 2021 in Kigali, Rwanda. In 2019, he donated Shs100 million towards the construction of the Joshua Cheptegei Training Camp in Teryet Sub-County, Kapchorwa District.
Recently, in September, he met Mathias Kiwanuka, a former American professional football player who played as a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) and recently returned to Uganda to promote American football.
During the meeting, Gen Kainerugaba committed to supporting Kiwanuka’s project. Kiwanuka, the grandson of Uganda’s first Prime Minister, Benedicto Kiwanuka, won two Super Bowl championships with the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII and Super Bowl XLVI.
